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How to Protect Indoor‑Only Gear in a Marine Environment
Boaters are an optimistic species. We believe we can dock perfectly on the first try, that the weather will “probably hold,” and that our delicate,…
The Windy Truth: Why Lake Erie Taught Me to Stop Trusting “Perfect Weather”
Weather is always on my mind when I’m sailing Lake Erie. It’s not a lake — it’s a freshwater inland sea with a personality disorder. Add El Niño int…
Running LLMs locally on Linux: what actually works on a Raspberry Pi
Running LLMs locally on Linux: what actually works on a Raspberry Pi A 5B-parameter model can run on a Raspberry Pi 5 every day. It is not fast. It…
The coffee log, rebuilt in .NET
The coffee log, rebuilt in .NET Back in June I wrote about my coffee machine writing my blog . Smart plug watches the coffee machine, Raspberry Pi w…
How to Build a Raspberry Pi AI Companion with a Real-Time Animated Face Using Rive
How to Build a Raspberry Pi AI Companion with a Real-Time Animated Face Using Rive AI companions are moving beyond chat windows. Developers are now…
Using fstab instead of autofs for a samba share
A few weeks ago, I borrowed a Raspberry Pi 4B from a friend. Since it wasn't going to be used for a while, I decided to set up a network storage for…
Умная теплица на Raspberry Pi 4. Или сказ про то как проект вырос в полноценный контроллер умного дома. Часть 2
В первой части я рассказывал о системе автоматизации теплицы на Raspberry Pi 4. Она собирала показания датчиков и управляла оборудованием. Постепенн…
How I Turned a 10-Year-Old Galaxy Note 4 into a 1.2W Linux Server for Marine Safety
Like many developers, I have a drawer full of retired electronics. Among the tangle of micro-USB cables and obsolete tablets sat a 2014 Samsung Gala…
How we built a desktop companion robot with Gemma 4 and Raspberry Pi
Have you ever wished for a little desk companion—something with the tactile charm of a retro game character that could chat with you, keep track of…
smart agriculture system
This is documentation of my latest and most exciting project so far a smart agriculture system on raspberry pi running a linux image that was custom…
Pi Zero + MPU-9250: empty i2cdetect is a 3.3V problem, not a Python library
I keep seeing Pi Zero + MPU-9250 threads where SDA/SCL look right and i2cdetect is empty — or the GPIO dies after a 5V VCC. Pi GPIO is 3.3V tolerant…
Building a 24/7 Home Security NVR Using Frugal Hardware and a Raspberry Pi 3 Bridge
Building a 24/7 Home NVR Using Frugal Hardware and a Raspberry Pi 3 Bridge How to transform a 10-year-old Dell laptop and a 7-year-old Raspberry Pi…
From Pixels to Prescriptions: Building a Smart Pill Reminder with YOLOv8 and Raspberry Pi
Taking the right medication at the right time is more than just a routine—it's a critical part of healthcare. However, for the elderly or those with…
How I'm Building an AI Agent Business on a $80 Raspberry Pi
Most people think you need a $30,000 GPU rig to run AI. I'm running a full autonomous AI agent on a $80 Raspberry Pi 5 — and it's doing real work: w…
Self-Hosting AI Models on a Raspberry Pi 5: A Complete Guide to Free, Private, Local AI Inference
I've been running an AI agent on a Raspberry Pi 5 for the past three months. It writes code, browses the web, manages my email, and even deployed a…
Raspberry Pi 5 Price History: How Far Have Prices Come?
Raspberry Pi 5 Price History: How Far Have Prices Come? The Raspberry Pi 5 has been on the market for a while now, and if you’ve been watching the p…
Raspberry Pi 5 vs Radxa Rock 5B: Speed vs Value in 2026
Raspberry Pi 5 vs Radxa Rock 5B: Speed vs Value in 2026 When you’re building a home server, an edge AI rig, or a desktop replacement on the cheap, t…
Orange Pi 5 Max vs Rock 5B+: The 32GB SBC Battle in 2026
Orange Pi 5 Max vs Rock 5B+: The 32GB SBC Battle in 2026 If you’ve been shopping for a high-performance single-board computer in 2026, you’ve likely…
Editing an ext4 Partition Directly from macOS (No Linux VM Required)
I lost the private key for a Raspberry Pi and needed to add a new public key to /root/.ssh/authorized_keys . The Pi's SD card was plugged into a Mac…
Best SBCs Under $100: Real Price Data for 2026
I run ChipRadar, a real-time price tracker for single-board computers. We monitor 55+ boards across 5+ vendors and update prices every 6 hours. Here…
My side account posts to X every day and I never touch it — here's the setup
For the last few months, one of my side-project social accounts has posted to X and note every morning and every night. I have never pressed the pos…
ESP32 Bowling Scoring System Beats a $120K Proprietary Quote
A site reliability engineer bought an abandoned eight-lane bowling center in a small Midwestern town for $105,000. The roof leaked, the electrical s…
My Book 'Java Programming for Raspberry Pi' is Now Available as Softcover and Hardcover on Amazon
"Java Programming for Raspberry Pi: A Hands-On Guide to Electronics and IoT Projects" is now available as a softcover and hardcover paper book throu…
Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck Turns a Teensy Into a Pocket Music Studio
Got a spare weekend and a Raspberry Pi gathering dust? Maker chrisicksix's cyberdeck is the kind of build you start on a Saturday morning and end up…
I Stopped Paying Google and Built My Own Cloud
How I replaced Google Photos, Google Drive, and Google Home with a self-hosted Raspberry Pi 5 setup - and what the full technical stack looks like.…
Understanding ADCs and Using the ADS1115 with Raspberry Pi
Understanding ADCs and Using the ADS1115 with Raspberry Pi Learn how analog signals become digital data, and how to connect the ADS1115 ADC to a Ras…
Python Projects for Raspberry Pi: PIO, Sensors, and ML on Pico
What do you build once you've mastered the blinking LED? That's the wall most Raspberry Pi learners hit a few weeks in. You can wire a button, light…
Загружаемся с Raspberry Pi Pico
Я продолжаю освещать работу с USB на Raspberry Pi Pico. В текущей статье хочу привести пример, как можно использовать Raspberry Pi Pico в качестве з…
Build a Cloud-Connected Weather Station with Arduino UNO R4 WiFi
Learn how to build a real IoT weather station using the Arduino UNO R4 WiFi and BME280 sensor, sending live temperature, humidity, and pressure data…