Breathe new life into your old Raspberry Pi with light open source router firmware

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OpenWrt on a Pi

Light open source router firmware breathes new life into your old Raspberry Pi.

#RaspberryPi #firmware #OpenWrt #OpenSource #OpenHardware #router #performance

Combine a Raspberry Pi Zero and the new Raspberry Pi Cam 3 to create your own cost-effective, energy-saving webcam

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Build Your Own Webcam with a Pi Zero 2W and a Cam Module 3

Combine a Raspberry Pi Zero and the new Raspberry Pi Cam 3 to create your own cost-effective, energy-saving webcam.

#RaspberryPi #PiZero #webcam #projects #makers #OpenSource #MakerSpace #WeatherCam #Python

Ever wonder how parking meters and vending machines detect and count the coins you insert? You can mimic that functionality with some particleboard, a Raspberry Pi Pico, a few extra chips, and some Python code

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Build a Coin Counter from Particleboard and a Pi Pico

Parking meters and vending machines detect and count the coins you insert, but how do they work? We’ll show you how to mimic the functionality wi...

#counter #RaspberryPi #Pico #Python #chips #project

We dive into the new vendor-independent, open Matter standard for IoT and smart home devices and show you how to build your own Matter device

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Matter: New Standard for IoT and Smart Home Devices

The new vendor-independent, open Matter standard for IoT and smart home devices has what it takes to revolutionize the market. We describe its basi...

#IoT #SmartHome #OpenSource #Matter#KNX #FOSS

Need to share files when you're off the grid? Learn how to set up a battery-powered WiFi hotspot with a Pi Zero 2 W and @npub12rjy...vndp

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User-Friendly File Sharing for a Remote Location

A battery-powered WiFi hotspot can provide useful services like file sharing even when you're off the grid. A Pi Zero 2 W as the hotspot with ownCl...

#remote #hotspot #FileSharing #solar #NextPi #RaspberryPi #OpenHardware #OpenSource

Learn how to re-purpose your old router with a few easy projects

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Breathe New Life into Your Old Home Router

If you have an old router lying around, you can put it to good use with a few easy projects and learn something along the way.

#router #projects #firmware #VideoStreaming #webcam #OpenWRT #RaspberryPi #Arduino