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Re: Best Raspberry Pi Projects

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Post by philjohn » Wed, May 04, 2022, 2:11 PM UTC

See also RaspAP - turns your raspberry pi into a wireless access point.

I have one setup in a Raspberry Pi 400 for when I travel - it's configured as a wireguard peer back to inside my home network so any devices I connect to it are being routed securely to there before out to the internet (and I can also access my network from the road, including backups and media).

Re: Best Raspberry Pi Projects

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Post by reaperducer » Wed, May 04, 2022, 2:12 PM UTC

sparker72678 wrote: post #2

Many cool ones in this list! Other great ones: - https://birdnetpi.com — Bird call logging - https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/ — ADS-B Tracking - https://pi-hole.net — Network wide ad blocking - https://homebridge.io — HomeKit bridge for many devices/services

https://birdnetpi.com — Bird call logging

I love this idea. I've just started getting into birds, and I wish I had steady enough hands to build a solar+battery version of this I could stash in the woods for a week.

Re: Best Raspberry Pi Projects

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Post by auxym » Wed, May 04, 2022, 2:13 PM UTC

gspr wrote: post #9

I'll hijack this thread to ask: What are some good Pi alternatives that don't need blobs to boot and run, and that use mainline (or more-or-less mainline) kernels? I don't need any video output, and I'm happy to pay double. What are my options?

Pine64 maybe?

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PINE64_ROCKPro64

Re: Best Raspberry Pi Projects

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Post by geoffeg » Wed, May 04, 2022, 2:26 PM UTC

sparker72678 wrote: post #2

Many cool ones in this list! Other great ones: - https://birdnetpi.com — Bird call logging - https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/ — ADS-B Tracking - https://pi-hole.net — Network wide ad blocking - https://homebridge.io — HomeKit bridge for many devices/services

Along the lines of piaware, also checkout https://liveatc.net. If you live near an airport that's not currently served by the site you can set one up moderately easy.

Re: Best Raspberry Pi Projects

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Post by jmherbst » Wed, May 04, 2022, 2:34 PM UTC

reaperducer wrote: post #12

sparker72678 wrote: post #2

Many cool ones in this list! Other great ones: - https://birdnetpi.com — Bird call logging - https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/ — ADS-B Tracking - https://pi-hole.net — Network wide ad blocking - https://homebridge.io — HomeKit bridge for many devices/services

https://birdnetpi.com — Bird call logging I love this idea. I've just started getting into birds, and I wish I had steady enough hands to build a solar+battery version of this I could stash in the woods for a week.

I've set this up recently with a cheap(~$20) USB microphone and just have it running on the back porch and it's been such a delight. Loving it!

Re: Best Raspberry Pi Projects

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Post by thecolorblue » Wed, May 04, 2022, 2:37 PM UTC

gspr wrote: post #9

I'll hijack this thread to ask: What are some good Pi alternatives that don't need blobs to boot and run, and that use mainline (or more-or-less mainline) kernels? I don't need any video output, and I'm happy to pay double. What are my options?

Can you explain a little more? I don't know what you mean by 'blobs to boot and run'. As far as I know, the latest Linux kernel supports the raspberry pi.

Re: Best Raspberry Pi Projects

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Post by ohbeishah9Ienus » Wed, May 04, 2022, 2:40 PM UTC

gspr wrote: post #9

I'll hijack this thread to ask: What are some good Pi alternatives that don't need blobs to boot and run, and that use mainline (or more-or-less mainline) kernels? I don't need any video output, and I'm happy to pay double. What are my options?

http://www.orangepi.org/ ? https://ameridroid.com/collections/single-board-computer ?

Re: Best Raspberry Pi Projects

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Post by flyinghamster » Wed, May 04, 2022, 2:52 PM UTC

thecolorblue wrote: post #16

gspr wrote: post #9

I'll hijack this thread to ask: What are some good Pi alternatives that don't need blobs to boot and run, and that use mainline (or more-or-less mainline) kernels? I don't need any video output, and I'm happy to pay double. What are my options?

Can you explain a little more? I don't know what you mean by 'blobs to boot and run'. As far as I know, the latest Linux kernel supports the raspberry pi.

The Pi actually boots from the GPU, which runs a closed-source binary blob. The GPU then starts up the ARM cores, and that's where Linux boots.

Re: Best Raspberry Pi Projects

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Post by flyinghamster » Wed, May 04, 2022, 2:58 PM UTC

If you want to monitor things around you, and you have an SDR dongle set up, rtl_433 is handy. I have a Pi 3 running it to graph temperature and humidity readings from a couple of remote-reading sensors, plus barometric pressure from a Sense Hat and voltage, load, and battery readings from my UPS. It will display selected readings on the LED display, but I mostly just let mrtg/rrdtool do its thing.

https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

Re: Best Raspberry Pi Projects

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Post by fsagx » Wed, May 04, 2022, 3:06 PM UTC

gspr wrote: post #9

I'll hijack this thread to ask: What are some good Pi alternatives that don't need blobs to boot and run, and that use mainline (or more-or-less mainline) kernels? I don't need any video output, and I'm happy to pay double. What are my options?

If you just need a tiny, fanless board that runs linux, like-new Wyse3040 can be had in any quantity you like for ~$30 - $40 (ethernet only, though). Wyse5010 is a bit bigger and more capable (and has built-in wifi) around the same price.