I use my raspberry pi to automatically delete my tweets: https://github.com/mkaz/ephemeral
Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?
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#4521x Raspberry Pi 3 installed in my car within the internal network as a bastion box and to run software that let's my interact with the entertainment system 1x Raspberry Pi 3 running Home Assistant with a Z-Wave USB Dongle (Home Automation) 1x Raspberry Pi 3 running OctoPrint (Host/remote-control for 3D Printer) 1x Raspberry Pi 3 running FullPageOS (Full-screen Chromium in kiosk mode) displaying a server statusboard i…
> Next project: 1x Raspberry Pi Zero W to run Unifi Controller Ugh, have fun with the dependency issues. An easy alternative is to run a Unifi docker image. Currently running it from a Debian VM when needed but looking to move it to an alpine vmm on my OpenBSD APU2. The Linux image is the same as the cloud key so you can roll your own cloud key and use the unifi app. Here is the image I use though there are others: h…
I found it easier to just buy the cloud key...
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#4531) barcode scanner to put products in my online supermarket’s shopping cart
2) security cam to do facial recognition and drop me an email
3) general purpose remote control website/api for turning things on/off such as tv, amp, dac (typical things that need hw integration: ir blaster, 433mhz sockets, 12v trigger voltage etc). Recently discovered APIs integrate quite nicely with Apple’s iOS ‘Shortcuts’ app for poor man’s voice control!
Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?
#454I live in an apartment with quite strict fire-protection standards. Due to the fact that I have a cat that absolutly loves to go outside, I needed to find a solution for him to get outside without a catdoor trough my door. So I installed a fire-protecion-approved door drive that is hooked to a raspberry pi. Another raspberry pi then analyzes a video stream and detects my cat. If my cat is in the frame for n amount of…
Why do you use two separate pis for it?
I'd imagine the processing power required to detect whether or not a video feed contains a cat doesn't jive well with sharing a CPU with something presumably-realtime-sensitive like driving a motor to open a door.
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#455It runs OctoPrint for my 3D printer
Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?
#4561. Programming AVR µCs via ISP/SPI
2. Home automation based on a 433 MHz transmitter
3. Media centre
4. Small router bridging from WiFi to Ethernet
Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?
#457I live in an apartment with quite strict fire-protection standards. Due to the fact that I have a cat that absolutly loves to go outside, I needed to find a solution for him to get outside without a catdoor trough my door. So I installed a fire-protecion-approved door drive that is hooked to a raspberry pi. Another raspberry pi then analyzes a video stream and detects my cat. If my cat is in the frame for n amount of…
Wow. I literally just sat down to relax after building a cardboard prototype cat door fitting in my open window in winter. You just made me feel partly inferior, and partly like I'm in good company
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#4581. Telegram chat bot from this rust crate: https://crates.io/crates/telegram-bot
2. Some web microservices that the chatbot communicates with
3. Pi hole adblocking.
This is all on one 3b+ with plenty of resources to spare.
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#459I discovered that my 17-month old son loves to mess with stereo controls. So I bought a few rotary encoders and neo-pixel rings - build a wooden enclosure with a plastic faceplate, and wrote some code to generate fancy light and audio effects when he turns/clicks the knobs. He loves it.
Watch out, you'll have a DJ before you know it.
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#460Earlier quoted context omitted.
How do you deal with it breaking things like Amazon-based UI(Fire, Mobile shopping etc...)?
I'm not OC, but my solution there would be to seek non-Amazon based UI :)
Of a number of different solutions, Amazon has consistently delivered the best UX for streaming, shopping, and wireless music playback. Why would I switch?