Coolers, Calculators, and Trackers: Raspberry Pi project ideas

Raspberry Pi project ideas: Whisky flask cooler, mechanical calculator, solar system tracker

Here are some fantastic Raspberry Pi project ideas! Whisky Flask Cooler What happens if you can’t get a heat sink in time for your project, but want to start immediately? How about liquid-cooling? A guy named Joel posted this cooling solution with the Raspberry Pi 4. According to Joel’s blog, he started using his Raspberry…

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Control a servo with Raspberry Pi Pico W and PWM

how to control servo with pwm raspberry pi pico w

A servo is one of the most fundamental ways to learn to use pulse width modulation (PWM) with the Raspberry Pi. In this article, I’m going to show you how to do this with a Raspberry Pi Pico W. PWM tutorial objectives Parts needed What is pulse width modulation? Children find it amusing to switch…

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Raspberry Pi Pico W (Solar-Powered) Remote Weather Station

Raspberry Pi Pico W softap weather station

One very special feature in the Raspberry Pi Pico W is the SoftAP feature. SoftAP stands for software-enabled access point, which allows you to broadcast a WiFi network right from the Raspberry Pi Pico W. This is why we’ve chosen to do this solar-powered project. How a solar-powered project intersects with SoftAP Here’s the issue.…

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Create a Wi-Fi Doorbell with a Raspberry Pi Pico W

Raspberry Pi Pico W projects WiFi doorbell and notification

Here’s a simple but practical tutorial that helps you understand how to trigger an email to send (or a notification to appear on your phone) when a button connected to the Raspberry Pi Pico W is pressed. Thus, you can use your Pico W as a Wi-Fi doorbell! Through this project, you will learn how…

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Raspberry Pi project ideas: One key custom keyboard

raspberry pi pico projects button

The one-key keyboard is one of my favorite Raspberry Pi keyboard projects. After all, sometimes your computer needs just one button to activate a specific action. If you are transcribing an audio recording, you might want one button to rewind the track three seconds. If you are picky about your music, you might want a…

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Run a web server on your Raspberry Pi Pico W

Raspberry Pi Pico W control onboard LED with web server

This project can be regarded as the ‘Hello World!’ of the Pico W. It demonstrates how to connect to Wi-Fi, how to run a HTTP web server on the Pico W, and how to control the GPIO pins. If you’re looking for a quick and easy project to get started with your Pico, this is…

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Raspberry Pi project ideas: e-ink calendar and clock

Raspberry Pi projects eink calendar and clock

Today, we’re taking a look at two really brilliant Raspberry Pi projects – an e-ink calendar and an e-ink clock! E-paper calendar Reddit user Beaverknighterino said he was “fascinated with E-paper projects so I finally decided to make one for my work calendar.” The materials Beaverknighterino used are as such: Beaverknighterino mentioned that the project…

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Nobody asked for these, Pi fans did it anyway

raspberry pi projects jukebox portable raspberry pi smile detector

In this article, we’re looking at some fantastic Raspberry Pi projects – a smile detector, a jukebox, and a cyberdeck to master Python! Nobody asked for these, but we Raspberry Pi fans just built it anyway. Smile detector A smile detector for anyone who has asked me to smile more ⚡😊 pic.twitter.com/IFgIks0rkU — lee cyborg…

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