I think I killed the pi zero running my retro pie. Yep, it’s dead. Good thing I got a ton of these 5 dollars pi zeros from Micro Center.

My 10 year old product owner demanded that a case be installed on his retro pie. Business case was that there is high likelihood of liquids or other particulates 10 year olds spew would get into his retro pie when he plays with it during after school. A related business case was that it was…

My Pi2-D2 can move its head, light up, play sounds and turn appliances on and off. It’s only natural for it to start seeing too. I took apart an old USB webcam from its case and mounted it on its head. Took a bit of elbow grease to poke a hole on that socket and…

Upgraded my smart lamp from an RPI 3 to a Particle Photon (downgraded if you just look at specs). Also added Alexa integration to it

This week’s IoT project. RPI zero w + oled + power booster and a lipoly battery

RPI Zero W + TFT 2.2 inch screen + Old Logitech gamepad + USB sound card + 2500 mah battery. Can’t wait to bust this out on the train tomorrow 😂

Almost gave up on this one. Added electret mic amp to the build. Now this is where it gets complicated. Photon analog reads data from mic then I map it to 8 bit encoding. This is because the photon only has 12 bit analog pins. I wanted to use 16 bit audio to simplify the…

What good is a programmable lamp if you don’t have a cool way to control it? So I built one. Even made it work for the tv and cable box. I also put a “manual” switch on the lamp itself to make it look more… uhmm… normal. I used a Particle Photon as the brains…

I was left at home alone for a couple of days so I decided to take our old boring regular lamp and give it an upgrade. I honestly never thought I would ever need a hammer to fix a light fixture 😂. That thing refused to give up its secrets easily! A Raspberry Pi, a…

Ever since I “installed” my Raspberry Pi IR Blaster on the living room lamp, I have been getting a flood of praises from my wife about how well it goes with the decor and how she barely notices that it’s there. Well, that’s what I hoped she would say after I tied a Raspberry Pi…