101+ Raspberry Pi Projects

Setting up Raspberry Pi OctoPrint

In this Raspberry Pi OctoPrint tutorial, we will be walking you through all the steps that you need to follow to be able to set up OctoPrint on your Raspberry Pi and connect to it from Cura. To simplify things, we will be using the OctoPi distribution. This distribution is a pre-setup version of Raspbian […]

Raspberry Pi Pi-Hole: A Network Wide Ad-blocker

Beginner, Network

In this Raspberry Pi Pi-hole tutorial, we will be setting up a network-wide ad blocker. A network-wide ad blocker works by acting as your DNS server. What the network-wide ad blocker does is act as your DNS server. Your computers and routers will connect to it for DNS requests. These DNS requests will then be […]

Setting up PlayStation Controllers on the Raspberry Pi

Gaming, Guides

If you have ever tried to utilize a PlayStation controller with the Raspberry Pi, you may have found it’s not very simple to do. Hopefully, this tutorial will help simplify the process. Our Raspberry Pi PlayStation controller guide will walk you through the process of setting up and connecting both PlayStation 3 controllers and PlayStation […]

Raspberry Pi Screen Sharing with TightVnc

Beginner, Guides

In this Raspberry Pi screen sharing tutorial, we are going to show you how to setup VNC so that you can share screens. Sharing screens is incredibly helpful if you require viewing what is being displayed on the main screen. Usually, VNC will create a new session on the Raspberry Pi meaning you won’t be […]

Setting up Parsec on the Raspberry Pi

Beginner, Gaming

In this Raspberry Pi Parsec tutorial we take a look at a software package called Parsec, it is a game streaming software designed to offer a simple setup and low latency connection. Parsec allows you to be able to connect to your gaming pc or a cloud gaming pc from anywhere in the world. This […]

Setting up Xbox Controllers on the Raspberry Pi

Gaming, Guides

If you have ever tried to use an Xbox controller with the Raspberry Pi, you will find very quickly that they do not work correctly right out of the box. In fact to get them working you will be required to install a special driver. With the newer Xbox One controllers that feature the Bluetooth […]

How to set up a Raspberry Pi Terraria Server

Beginner, Gaming, Servers

In this project we will be walking you through all the steps to set up your very own Raspberry Pi Terraria server, allowing you to set up a low cost and energy efficient Terraria server. This project is made possible thanks to two open source initiatives, the first of those being the tShock Terraria server. […]

Build your own Raspberry Pi Google Assistant

Beginner, IoT

This Raspberry Pi Google assistant project will walk you through on how to build and set up your very own Pi-powered Google Assistant. This assistant will actively listen to your voice and respond to your queries, all you need to say is “Ok Google” or “Hey Google” followed by your query. To set up your […]

Raspberry Pi Distance Sensor using the HC-SR04

Electronics, Intermediate, Sensors

In this Raspberry Pi distance sensor tutorial, we will be utilizing the HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor with our Raspberry Pi. This guide will go through showing you how to wire up the sensor with the Raspberry Pi as well as exploring how we can utilize the sensor also to read distance. We will be showing you […]

Raspberry Pi RTC: Adding a Real Time Clock

Electronics, Intermediate

In this Raspberry Pi RTC tutorial, we will be showing you how to add either the PCF8523, DSL1307 or DS3231 real-time clock (RTC) modules to your Raspberry Pi. We will be showing you how each of the individual real-time clock chips needs to be wired up to the Raspberry Pi to function correctly by providing […]

How to install Volumio on the Raspberry Pi

Beginner, Operating Systems

In this Raspberry Pi Volumio tutorial, we are showing you the basics of installing the headless music player, Volumio. We will also be walking you through how to get Wifi up and running on your Raspberry Pi through Volumio’s interface. Additionally, the tutorial also shows you the steps to go through to install and setup Volumio’s […]

Viewing RTMP Streams on your Raspberry Pi

Beginner, Media

In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to view RTMP streams on your Raspberry Pi by using three simple pieces of software. For those who do not know, RTMP stands for Real-Time messaging protocol. It was initially a proprietary protocol developed by Macromedia for streaming audio, video and data over the Interface, primarily […]

How to Handle Raspberry Pi Serial Reading and Writing

Electronics, Intermediate

In this Raspberry Pi serial reading and writing tutorial, we will be showing you how to read and write data through the serial GPIO connections that are made available to you on your Raspberry Pi. We will be showing you how to do these serial writes by using an RS232 to TTL Adapter to create […]

How to setup Raspberry Pi Lighttpd

Beginner, Servers

In this project, we will be exploring how to set up a Lighttpd Web Server on your Raspberry Pi. Lighttpd like NGINX is a fast and memory efficient alternative to Apache that is designed to have a relatively low memory footprint and a small CPU load, both of which are perfect qualities for the Raspberry […]