Headless Install of Raspbian Stretch Lite
Install Raspbian Stretch Lite without a monitor using Etcher and editing the microSD boot partition. I find it much easier to remotely access the Pi from my PC so I can copy and…
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Face Recognition Raspberry Pi Zero Party Greeter
Building a face recognition system to recognize the faces of my friends and welcome them to a party. There’s a few ways of building a system like this. Possibly the simplest…
Back Up Headless Raspberry Pi Zero with RPI-Clone or PiShrink
Learn how to make a back-up or clone an installation of Raspbian Stretch Lite using RPI-Clone or DD with PiShrink. If you are running Raspbian Stretch Lite and want to make a…
Raspberry Pi Zero W Bluetooth Speaker Connection Voice
Connecting a Bluetooth speaker to a Raspberry Pi Zero W running Raspian Stretch Lite. Using a DW-CT14+ Bluetooth amplifier module and speaker with the Zero W for text to speech…
5A Lithium MPPT Solar Charger – Set Up Instructions
Instructions for setting up the MPPT-V08A Lithium Solar Charge Controller with CN3722 The information in the listings for these modules is virtually incomprehensible so after a…
ESP8266 Fan Speed Control with DS18B20 Temperature Sensor
This simple project controls the speed of a fan based on the reading from a temperature sensor. The video below shows the fan speed changing when the temperature sensor is moved…
ESP8266 Sending Data Over Wi-Fi to another ESP8266
A simple guide to sending data from one ESP8266 to another over Wi-Fi using an ad-hoc, device to device network, without using a wifi router. The ESP8266WebServer library allows…
ESP8266 Built-in OLED – Heltec WiFi Kit 8
A set-up guide for the Heltec WiFi Kit 8 development board (an ESP8266 with built-in OLED display). Follow the easy steps below to get up and running with this board using…
WINEXT SX1278 LoRa Module
A first look at the WINEXT SX1278 LoRa Module available from banggood.com. I bought this as it will be easier to solder connections to than the bare Ra-02 boards. This is the…
Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 – ESP32 with OLED and SX1278
Some initial information to get up and running with the Heltec Wifi Lora 32 Kit Module. Like a lot of these devices this is pretty easy to set up. Once you know which libraries…