Ask HN: Share Your Raspberry Pi Project

#1

Post by samayshamdasani » Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 2:10 PM UTC

I'm looking for some inspiration for what I can do with my $35 computer. I think we can all learn a lot from any cool hardware project.

Re: Ask HN: Share Your Raspberry Pi Project

#2

Post by malynda » Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 2:38 PM UTC

I will be using the EnviroPhat from Pimoroni to collect data about the solar eclipse on August 21. I was more motivated by the data than putting together my own hardware for this one.

Re: Ask HN: Share Your Raspberry Pi Project

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Post by gavreh » Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 2:42 PM UTC

I have one running PiAware: http://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/

I built a "Kitchen Dashboard" last year: https://gavinr.com/2016/01/10/raspberry-pi-kitchen-dashboard...

And of course you have to build a RetroPie: https://retropie.org.uk/

Re: Ask HN: Share Your Raspberry Pi Project

#4

Post by dagmx » Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 2:43 PM UTC

I use my raspberry pi to run home assistant to control my IoT devices. I also have another pi mounted on my 3d printer running octoprint so I can remotely interact with the printer.

Re: Ask HN: Share Your Raspberry Pi Project

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Post by bronco21016 » Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 2:45 PM UTC

Nothing unique really but I have a handful of older ones laying around that used to be purposed as RaspBMC machines. I recently moved everything to Plex with different client devices so I repurposed one Pi to be a print server for my parent's older printer. Another one has been repurposed as an AirPlay client for my outdoor speaker setup using a cheap amp I bought on Prime day.

I also have a newer Pi 3 running Stratux for receiving ADS-B traffic and weather on my iPad while flying.

Aside from Stratux there are definitely cheaper/easier solutions for what I've set up but nothing beats the 'free' hardware collecting dust in the bin.

Re: Ask HN: Share Your Raspberry Pi Project

#6

Post by dtien » Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 2:45 PM UTC

Not myself, but a friend:

Making an snes emulator in an HDMI dongle form factor with wireless controllers.

SNES on your main TV system, switch TV inputs, play Super Mario Kart. No hookups, no wires.

Re: Ask HN: Share Your Raspberry Pi Project

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Post by alirov » Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 2:46 PM UTC

I used one to build a photobooth for my wedding. The raspberry pi controls a DSLR camera to take 4 photos, stitches them into a 4x6, prints the photo and uploads everything to a Google Photos album which was displayed live on a projector.

Re: Ask HN: Share Your Raspberry Pi Project

#8

Post by oulipo » Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 2:46 PM UTC

I'm the co-founder of https://snips.ai, we are building a 100% on-device Voice AI platform to respect people privacy!

We would love to see what you can do with what we are building and to feature you on our website !

Re: Ask HN: Share Your Raspberry Pi Project

#9

Post by oulipo » Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 2:47 PM UTC

dagmx wrote: post #4

I use my raspberry pi to run home assistant to control my IoT devices. I also have another pi mounted on my 3d printer running octoprint so I can remotely interact with the printer.

If you are using Home Assistant, you can now do your own on-device Voice AI for free using https://snips.ai, we have added an integration!

Re: Ask HN: Share Your Raspberry Pi Project

#10

Post by researcherOne » Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 2:49 PM UTC

i used raspberry pi 2 in order to build 2d mapping robot(i installed ROS on top of ubuntu on pi2). i also tried to make it autonomus but lack of some hardware such as motor encoder made it quite hard to accomplish so i did not go for it. See snippets of video diary at https://robot.birkankolcu.com