Your Raspberry Pi Projects

I will add, the older retropie (NES, SNES) games may work on the Pi2 and they're still good fun. My son enjoyed them and didn't seem to notice the old school graphics.
So you may still get good use out of it.
 
I've always wanted to build a smart mirror. Only thing is, where can I get a two-way / one-sided mirror or film.

If it's going to cost me more than R300, I'll find another purpose for my pi.
 
Jar-man said:
I've always wanted to build a smart mirror. Only thing is, where can I get a two-way / one-sided mirror or film.

If it's going to cost me more than R300, I'll find another purpose for my pi.
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I built an intercom system with my Raspberry Pi. Bought a Fanvil SIP intercom, mounted at my gate, and a few cheap Yealink SIP deskphones, distributed around the house, and now I never miss a delivery. Of course, all working through the PABX server running on the Pi.
 
deweyzeph said:
I built an intercom system with my Raspberry Pi. Bought a Fanvil SIP intercom, mounted at my gate, and a few cheap Yealink SIP deskphones, distributed around the house, and now I never miss a delivery. Of course, all working through the PABX server running on the Pi.
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Maybe I'll skip the mirror idea and fit the screen in a frame and display information like Weather, Time, Security camera feed, load shedding slots :)
 
Jar-man said:
Maybe I'll skip the mirror idea and fit the screen in a frame and display information like Weather, Time, Security camera feed, load shedding slots :)
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i thinkthe screen is the hard part, the glass is easy. if you have an old monitor it will be cheap
 
Nerfherder said:
i thinkthe screen is the hard part, the glass is easy. if you have an old monitor it will be cheap
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So I actually took my old 16" laptop apart and took out the screen only.
I bought the following items:
LCD controller board (https://www.robotics.org.za/PCB800807),
Step up circut board (set it to convert 5V to 12V),
USB C female.

Boom, display sorted. I just need a picture frame for the screen and find my PI2 (or buy a PI Zero)
 
Jar-man said:
So I actually took my old 16" laptop apart and took out the screen only.
I bought the following items:
LCD controller board (https://www.robotics.org.za/PCB800807),
Step up circut board (set it to convert 5V to 12V),
USB C female.

Boom, display sorted. I just need a picture frame for the screen and find my PI2 (or buy a PI Zero)
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sounds like you make a youtube video with it
 
Moonshot, as I am not successful in Googling most direct hit for a 14" touch screen for a RPi implementation. Local supply 1st prize.
Typical warehouse/production line use.
Thanks in advance.
 
Willie Trombone said:
Anyone know which receiver module would work with one of these generic Centurion branded garage remotes?

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I want to automate stuff with the inevitable 2 / 3 spare buttons on these.
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Just FYI. Not sure if it will be helpfull. Bit OT.

But you can program one of these to work on multiple receivers. For instance, I have a 4 button where all the buttons are being used at my place. I also programmed 2 buttons on the same remote to operate the gate and garage at my dad's place. No need for extra remotes for different sites.

I also used a 1 button remote connected to my Raptor's AUX 1 toggle switch to open my one gate. So now I can operate the gate as I am approaching with the toggle switch instead of fiddling with the remote.

There are pre-wired terminals for each AUX switch around the vehicle to power different stuff you might want to install. So I bridged the button on the remote board with a wire so when ever it gets power the button is activated. And then I wired the pre-wired points of the vehicle to the + and - of the remote and mounted it in a housing. Works a treat.

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