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ICYMI: Koen Vervloesem shows you how to use ESPHome with a Thread ...

2025-11-13T16:36:35Z

ICYMI: Koen Vervloesem shows you how to use ESPHome with a Thread network to create your own smart-home devices that seamlessly integrate with Home Assistant
https://www.makerspace-online.com/creating-thread-devices-with-esphome/?utm_source=mms
#ESP32 #OpenSource #ESPHome #SmartHome #Thread #MeshNetwork

In the market for a new SBC? @npub1q77…ngzx looks at the Orange ...

2025-11-06T20:39:04Z

In the market for a new SBC? Ferdinand Thommes (npub1q77…ngzx) looks at the Orange Pi RV2 to see how it compares to the Raspberry Pi
https://www.makerspace-online.com/competition-for-the-raspberry-pi-orange-pi-rv2/?utm_source=mms
#OrangePi #RV2 #RaspberryPi #SBC #RISCV #OpenHardware #ARM #OpenSource

Learn how to control the Adafruit NeoPixel (WS2812) with a few ...

2025-09-19T19:54:17Z

Learn how to control the Adafruit NeoPixel (WS2812) with a few lines of MicroPython
https://www.makerspace-online.com/micropython-ws2812-aka-neopixel/?utm_source=mms
#AdafruitNeoPixel #WS2812 #LED #MicroPython #programming #OpenHardware

Learn to create your own home automation devices with an ESP32 or ...

2025-08-15T15:45:10Z

Learn to create your own home automation devices with an ESP32 or Raspberry Pi Pico W microcontroller board
https://www.makerspace-online.com/creating-home-automation-devices-with-esphome/?utm_source=mms
#RaspberryPi #EPS32 #ESPHome #automation #firmware #ESP8266 #RP2040 #microcontroller #OpenHardware #FOSS

Learn how to send Raspberry Pi and Arduino messages to your ...

2025-08-11T20:04:37Z

Learn how to send Raspberry Pi and Arduino messages to your desktop
https://www.makerspace-online.com/send-raspberry-pi-and-arduino-notification-messages-to-your-desktop/?utm_source=mms
#notifications #RaspberryPi #Arduino #desktop #Linux #SSH #TCP #data #microcontrollers

You don’t need much to create a smart home information center ...

2025-07-17T18:51:48Z

You don’t need much to create a smart home information center -- just a Raspberry Pi Pico, an ePaper panel, a battery, and some Python
https://www.makerspace-online.com/smart-home-info-center/?utm_source=mms
#RaspberryPi #PiPico #Python #SmartHome #ePaper #MakerProject #makerspace

Learn how to use a Raspberry Pi 4B with Linux to solve equations ...

2025-06-02T21:37:27Z

Learn how to use a Raspberry Pi 4B with Linux to solve equations for a real-time nonlinear aircraft simulation, including the emulation of modern aircraft flight displays
https://www.makerspace-online.com/flight-simulation-on-the-raspberry-pi/?utm_source=mms
#RasbperryPi #Linux #FlightSimulation #aircraft #EFS #SourceCode #software #OpenGL

Looking to design your own power supply? Reduce some of the ...

2025-05-30T19:38:07Z

Looking to design your own power supply? Reduce some of the inherent risk by building a model and running simulations with SPICE in KiCad
https://www.makerspace-online.com/spice-and-kicad/?utm_source=mms
#PowerSupply #SPICE #KiCad #SMPS #simulation #projects #makers

Not Just for PCs: @npub1k2z…uf8n shows you how to run ...

2025-05-13T21:58:04Z

Not Just for PCs: Hans-Georg Eßer (npub1k2z…uf8n) shows you how to run Canonical Ubuntu (npub12ln…vs03) 24.04 on your Raspberry Pi
https://www.makerspace-online.com/ubuntu-24-04-on-the-raspberry-pi/?utm_source=mms
#Ubuntu #RaspberryPi #OpenSource #Pi5 #GNOME #Debian #SBC #OpenHardware #FOSS

Is Python causing performance issues with your small embedded ...

2025-04-17T20:06:04Z

Is Python causing performance issues with your small embedded machine? The Lua programming language may be a better alternative
https://www.makerspace-online.com/rpi-plus-temperature-sensor-to-talk-to-a-ps-vita-display-2/?utm_source=mms
#RaspberryPi #Lua #Python #programming #languages #performance #Bash #scripting #PSVita

Pete Metcalfe shows you how to create a Julia graphical user ...

2025-04-16T17:48:21Z

Pete Metcalfe shows you how to create a Julia graphical user interface, micro-web server, and charting apps that communicate with Raspberry Pi hardware
https://www.makerspace-online.com/julia-programming-language-on-a-raspberry-pi/?utm_source=mms
#Julia #languages #RaspberryPi #hardware #SBC #programming #DataScience #AI #Jupyter #Python #GUI

Exploit the full power of your microcontroller with the FreeRTOS ...

2025-04-01T15:22:30Z

Exploit the full power of your microcontroller with the FreeRTOS multitasking operating system
https://www.makerspace-online.com/real-time-operating-system-for-microcontrollers/?utm_source=SOC
#OperatingSystem #FreeRTOS #OpenSource #API #memory

Breathe new life into your old Raspberry Pi with light open ...

2025-03-31T15:21:39Z

Breathe new life into your old Raspberry Pi with light open source router firmware
https://www.makerspace-online.com/openwrt-on-a-pi?utm_source=SOC
#RaspberryPi #firmware #OpenWrt #OpenSource #OpenHardware #router #performance

Combine a Raspberry Pi Zero and the new Raspberry Pi Cam 3 to ...

2024-12-06T17:15:01Z

Combine a Raspberry Pi Zero and the new Raspberry Pi Cam 3 to create your own cost-effective, energy-saving webcam
https://www.makerspace-online.com/weather-cam/
#RaspberryPi #PiZero #webcam #projects #makers #OpenSource #MakerSpace #WeatherCam #Python

Ever wonder how parking meters and vending machines detect and ...

2024-11-20T20:00:46Z

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
https://www.makerspace-online.com/coin-counter/
#counter #RaspberryPi #Pico #Python #chips #project

We dive into the new vendor-independent, open Matter standard for ...

2024-11-08T15:24:43Z

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
https://www.makerspace-online.com/matter/
#IoT #SmartHome #OpenSource #Matter#KNX #FOSS

Need to share files when you're off the grid? Learn how to ...

2024-10-31T15:11:59Z

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 ownCloud (npub12rj…vndp)
https://www.makerspace-online.com/off-grid-file-sharing/
#remote #hotspot #FileSharing #solar #NextPi #RaspberryPi #OpenHardware #OpenSource

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

2024-09-19T21:22:53Z

Learn how to re-purpose your old router with a few easy projects https://www.makerspace-online.com/breathe-new-life-into-your-old-home-router/
#router #projects #firmware #VideoStreaming #webcam #OpenWRT #RaspberryPi #Arduino

End of support for your Chromebook? Breathe life back into it ...

2024-09-18T19:42:09Z

End of support for your Chromebook? Breathe life back into it with GalliumOS
https://www.makerspace-online.com/breathe-life-back-into-your-old-chromebook-with-galliumos/
#OpenSource #GalliumOS #hardware #Chromebook #Bismuth