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Best Electromaker Projects July 2020 Edition
Check out the best Electromaker community projects, July 2020 edition!
Giant Board SBC Contest Winners Announced!
Our Giant Board SBC contest winners have been announced! Check out the winning entries including a thermal camera MIDI sequencer, neighborhood power usage tracker, and a smart thermostat!
Custom IoT - Function Pointers
Learn how to build a custom Internet of Things (IoT) application and specifically how to implement function pointers in an MQTT client to it responds as soon as variables are updated!
ComputArte Puts Private AI in the Living Room
ComputArte places private artificial intelligence and smart home hubs in living rooms for the future of AI, smart home hubs, and virtual assistants.
Raspberry Pi Add-on Pi-oT Board Offers Industrial IoT Automation Solution
The crowdfunded, cleverly-names Pi-oT Raspberry Pi add-on board offers a nifty industrial IoT automation solution.
Best Uses for a Raspberry Pi 4 - Top Raspberry Pi 4 Applications
From retro gaming to a DIY HTPC or a smart home hub, these are the best uses for a Raspberry Pi 4!
What is the CYW20819 Bluetooth 5 Arduino Eval Board (CYW920819EVB-02)?
The Cypress CYW20819 evaluation kit is a nifty board for realizing Bluetooth applications. Learn about the CYW20819-based CYW920819EVB-02 Cypress Bluetooth development kit and what you can do with it!
Best Smart Home DIYers You Should Follow on Twitter
Follow these best smart home DIYers, hobbyists, and makers on Twitter for coverage of home-based and industrial IoT.
Electromaker Meet a Maker Podcast Episode 6: Matt Farley
Matt Farley, coder, home automation wizard, and blockchain tinkerer Matt Farley stops by the Electromaker Meet a Maker podcast to talk blockchain in business, basketball, and more!
The Best DIY Smart Home Devices You Can Make Yourself
Here are the best DIY smart home devices you can make yourself!
Picroft Migrates to Raspbian Stretch: Picroft Now Available for Raspberry Pi 3 B+
Mycroft on the Raspberry Pi is a neat artificial intelligence (AI) project. This do-it-yourself (DIY) virtual assistant provides an open-source alternative to the likes of Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, and Cortana. You can spin up Mycroft on the Raspberry Pi, or purchase a Mycroft device such as the Mark I or Mark II that's ready to go out-of-the-box. When the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ launched, compatibility with Mycroft for the Pi, or Picroft, broke. However, with an update to Raspbian Stretch, Picroft now works on the Raspberry Pi 3 B+.
Remotely Switch on Your PC with a Raspberry Pi
Ever wanted to switch on your PC from a remote location? Perhaps as a precursor to connecting to it via RDP? Without making a phone call first to request a friend or colleague boots up the machine, this is pretty much impossible ... until you factor in a low-power, always-on Raspberry Pi...
Making a Digital Door Lock Smart with a Raspberry Pi
How can you make a door lock smart? While a standard lock can be made smart by adding a servo (several systems can be purchased that help you do this) digital keypad locks can also be enhanced.
10 Best Raspberry Pi Projects
In the single-board computer (SBC) space, there are loads of maker boards. These include the Odroid XU4, ASUS Tinker Board, UDOO x86, and Orange Pi Prime. However, the most popular SBC on the market remains the Raspberry Pi. With its various iterations, solid price to performance ratio, and fantastic community support, the Raspberry Pi is easily the top development board available. Since it's such a widely-adopted SBC, the Raspberry Pi features tons of projects ideas. Check out 10 best Raspberry Pi projects!
Create a Low Budget Smart Trash Can with Arduino
Smart trash cans were all the rage a couple of years ago. The idea is simple; a sensor detects movement or the presence of trash and triggers a servo to open the lid of the trash can.
Is the Bathroom Free? Find Out with Occup-Pi!
Need to find out if the bathroom is free or not, without negotiating a flight of stairs, or meandering along the corridor?
Build a Doctor Who Themed TARDIS Doorbell
Doctor Who and Raspberry Pi-based projects go hand in hand. Both are British, and both have links to Cambridge (writer Douglas Adams studied there, and was Doctor Who script editor at the time Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy hit the airwaves).
Something Fishy about Alexa…?
The Billy Bass wall display was a perennial feature in bars and restaurants (and a few home-built bars and domestic snugs) throughout the nineties and noughties.