We may one day look back at 2016/2017 and realize this was the golden age of maker/DIY electronics. New maker boards and add-ons are being introduced at a ridiculous pace. A few of these boards will …
Category: Internet of Things
Want to become “maker famous”? Enter your best Raspberry Pi IoT project at http://www.piot.io for a chance to be published in MagPi magazine and win a ton of prizes including Raspberry Pi kits from MCM Electronics, a $250 gift …
Project difficulty: suuuuper easy *Note: as AWS frequently updates their services, some steps in this tutorial may slightly differ over time Create an Initial State account: https://app.initialstate.com/register Create a bucket: Click the icon (Create HTTPS Bucket) Name your …
Who doesn’t love space? Seriously. Especially when we live in a glorious day and age of public space data! Thanks to NASA and Open Notify, we can access data about where the International Space Station is right …
Looking for an easy and useful project for that Raspberry Pi you just have lying around? Setup a sensor-free presence detector to let you know when someone’s close enough to connect to the WiFi! Know who’s …
Lots of cool boards for makers and developers have been coming out, and the C.H.I.P. is one that boasts both built-in WiFi and Bluetooth. What really makes the C.H.I.P. standout, however, is that it only costs …
One of my favorite things about Initial State is the ability to send data from multiple devices to one dashboard. In my last post, I showed you how to create a scoreboard w/ Amazon Alexa. This …
The Enviro pHAT from Pimoroni is an add-on board for Raspberry Pi with a set of sensors on-board to capture temperature, pressure, motion, light, and color. The size of pHAT boards match the size of a Pi Zero …
What if your Raspberry Pi Zero could access internet services from anywhere? What if your Fona Cellular GSM and GPS breakout had the brains of a full Linux computer behind it? What if you could access …
We just bought an Amazon Echo, better known as Alexa, for our office. She’s been a great addition to our team. She plays music, she knows cat facts, and now she even integrates with Initial State …