[HN Gopher] Ask HN: What cool projects do you suggest I build wi...
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Ask HN: What cool projects do you suggest I build with a Raspberry
Pi 2W
I just got a Raspberry Pi 2W. What are some cool project ideas for
building with it?
Author : vivegi
Score : 14 points
Date : 2022-07-02 16:23 UTC (6 hours ago)
| sandreas wrote:
| You could try to build a bluetooth / wifi audio receiver (!) with
| push buttons for Play, Pause, Forward, Rewind, etc.
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| I always wanted to try this for having bluetooth to aux in my
| car, but I never finished it.
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| Here is a project, that tried to accomplish this:
| https://github.com/BaReinhard/Super-Simple-Raspberry-Pi-Audi...
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| And my personal notes and scripts:
| https://github.com/sandreas/raspberry-bluetooth-receiver
| h2odragon wrote:
| I want to put one on a model train, with camera; possibly with
| pan & tilt on the camera. have it stream video, offer camera
| controls, maybe put audio output on it.
|
| I wanna do this in N scale.
|
| I doubt i'll ever get the full vision of the idea realized but
| i've got a few seconds of footage from train POV as it runs
| around the table from a taped together prototype test and that
| may be enough to keep me interested in the idea.
| saidinesh5 wrote:
| Do check out OpenHD. People use it to fly FPV Quadcopters and
| flying wings... With raspberry pi the latency is still ehh so
| it's more for fixed wings than fpv quads as of now.. But it's
| still fun.
|
| https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H4mWYgangOs
| jtode wrote:
| Get a few RGB bulbs and install Home Assistant, instant disco!
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| https://www.home-assistant.io/
| alexk307 wrote:
| Buy a bunch of cheap sensors from Amazon and learn to interact
| with them. Learn what I2C is, and learn how to chain a bunch of
| devices together. Get a few relays or servos and you can learn
| how to start interacting with the physical world through
| machines. Find a recurring task in your life and automate it
| dontbenebby wrote:
| Something like "The Clapper" but more elaborate, to scare away
| burglars
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clapper
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| I'm very anti "internet of things" but I used to wire that to
| an AM/FM radio and/or lamp so it would give the appearance of
| someone waking up if you jiggled the door handle at night,
| after one too many times exactly that happened when I _was_
| home.
|
| (Just before I came to town a white woman had gone missing, so
| I was surprised at how many weirdos they let just wander around
| under the pretense they were selling magazines or Jesus or
| whatever.)
| ewuhic wrote:
| Almost same question, but quite tangential: I'd like to have a
| plant watering system with least complexity involved. I would
| assume a fish tank pump plugged into any PC. The plugging part
| however is not quite-well thought out, neither the output to
| multiple pots. Could you suggest some ideas? Arduinos, valves,
| etc? The watering is not automatic and should happen with a push
| of a PC keyboard key.
| 35mm wrote:
| I recommend you look into Blumats [1] - no electronics required
| watering system.
|
| [1] https://blumat.com/
| BeatQuestGames wrote:
| If you make music, my project lets you send midi over Bluetooth
| via the PI
|
| https://github.com/Mylab6/PiBluetoothMidSetup
| irq-1 wrote:
| Attach a battery, a camera, a 1 inch screen and a big button --
| make a doorbell.
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