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Analog Input on Raspberry Pi with MCP3008

“How to get analog input on Raspberry Pi using CircuitPython. The lack of analog inputs on the rpi and how this can be solved with MCP3008 IC The MCP3008 is a 8-Channel 10-Bit Analog to Digital Converter IC with SPI …

RPi - IoT Weather Station

“On this tutorial we will get data from several different sensors, sending them to an IoT service, ThingSpeak.com and to a mobile App (Thingsview), where we can log and play with data. We will explore several different communication ways …

Arduino Controlled Robotic Arm W/ 6 Degrees of Freedom

“I am a member of a robotics group and each year our group participates in an annual Mini-Maker Faire. Beginning in 2014, I decided to build a new project for each year’s event. At the time, I had about …

Smart Battery Charger Multiplexer with Smart Display

“Use a smart battery charger on up to 6 batteries - wave your hand to turn display on and check charging. Living in the North East if you have an older car or a boat, or lawn mower or other vehicle …

Herb(ert): A Desk Plant with Automated Irrigation

“I have a history of over/under watering plants. Herb(ert) combines sensor data with edge IoT logic to automate watering and stay healthy! Story Inspiration In our connected world there is no excuse for letting houseplants die. I have …

Rain Alert System

“This is a Rain Alert System, the alarm and LED will activate and warn the user that it is going to rain soon, the target audience for this application is for those people who put out their clothes to dry …

Hydrosys4 - DIY Automatic irrigation system with APP

“The Hydrosys4 is a hobbyist project based on the raspberry PI3 (but it also works just fine for the RPi0W). I started it because I could not find a proper irrigation system for my balcony and terrace plants, the system …

Small Stepper Robot Arm

“This entry is about a small stepper robot arm I made a while ago. In this post, I will first talk a bit about how I built it and what my thoughts were while doing so. After that, I will …

Smart plant alerts using nio, Raspberry Pi, and Twitter

“Using a Raspberry Pi 3 and a soil moisture sensor, nio sends a tweet mentioning @dale-kylie whenever it’s time to water her plant. Using nio, I set up my desk plant (aka Keanu Leaves) to tweet me when it …

How to Build a Raspberry Pi Weather Station

“A few months back, I was wondering how weather stations work. How do they acquire and display data? I decided it would be a great IoT project to make. I did a little research and found some commercial systems I …