Your Raspberry Pi Projects

Latest Pi Project - FlightRadar24 receiver.

Had a spare Pi1 lying around, ordered a USB RTL-SDR Receiver on eBay for $10. Even with the crappy antenna you get I'm pickup up lots of aircraft with a range of up to 70nm.

FR24 Feeder Tracked Aircraft List
Updated: 12:26:29 GMT+0100 (GMT Summer Time)

ModeS: 400612 Callsign: BAW31F
Lat: 54.157
Long: -2.3871
Alt: 34050ft
SQW: 0547

ModeS: 40073E Callsign: BAW11M
Lat: 53.412
Long: -1.6936
Alt: 33975ft
SQW: 3413

ModeS: 40075B Callsign: TCX2914
Lat: 53.3925
Long: -2.9319
Alt: 10875ft
SQW: 4444

ModeS: 400A9F Callsign: EZY78WC
Lat: 53.5223
Long: -1.6945
Alt: 35975ft
SQW: 4473

ModeS: 400B82 Callsign: SHT16D
Lat: 53.6493
Long: -1.8287
Alt: 35975ft
SQW: 0235
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Data all gets uploaded to FR24.


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Just installed Rasplex onto my Pi2B and boy was I impressed, using Ipad and Phone as a remote,

So good was this simple little device on a home wired network, that I ripped my WDlive out and replaced it with the Pi.

Going to order another tomorrow.....

If you have not tried Rasplex yet, Do it!
 
Mortymoose said:
Just installed Rasplex onto my Pi2B and boy was I impressed, using Ipad and Phone as a remote,

So good was this simple little device on a home wired network, that I ripped my WDlive out and replaced it with the Pi.

Going to order another tomorrow.....

If you have not tried Rasplex yet, Do it!
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Might I suggest you also look at an OS with Kodi, something like LibreELEC with the Plex for Kodi add-on, it's way more up to date, RasPlex was last updated March 2017, you will get the powerful Kodi video player that will give you proper refresh rate switching etc and you can also then use other Kodi streaming add-on it's that's your thing.

I also just personally think the Plex for Kodi UI looks really nice:

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Soul Assassin said:
Might I suggest you also look at an OS with Kodi, something like LibreELEC with the Plex for Kodi add-on, it's way more up to date, RasPlex was last updated March 2017, you will get the powerful Kodi video player that will give you proper refresh rate switching etc and you can also then use other Kodi streaming add-on it's that's your thing.

I also just personally think the Plex for Kodi UI looks really nice:

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H.265 decoding gotten any better? I wonder if the RPi3b+ has the extra oomph to eek the last few fps from that format... I kept downloading H.265 videos feeling all smug about the download size then arriving with the popcorn only to be greeted by 15-25 variable fps and feeling a fool. I could just load Kodi on to an old laptop and stick it under the TV but I would be sad about the extra watts and wouldn't know what to do with my 3D printed VESA Pi mount.
 
Pseudonym said:
H.265 decoding gotten any better? I wonder if the RPi3b+ has the extra oomph to eek the last few fps from that format... I kept downloading H.265 videos feeling all smug about the download size then arriving with the popcorn only to be greeted by 15-25 variable fps and feeling a fool. I could just load Kodi on to an old laptop and stick it under the TV but I would be sad about the extra watts and wouldn't know what to do with my 3D printed VESA Pi mount.
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720P worked the last time I checked months ago but not 1080P and nothing high bitrate, what you want is the ODROID-C2.
 
Pseudonym said:
H.265 decoding gotten any better? I wonder if the RPi3b+ has the extra oomph to eek the last few fps from that format... I kept downloading H.265 videos feeling all smug about the download size then arriving with the popcorn only to be greeted by 15-25 variable fps and feeling a fool. I could just load Kodi on to an old laptop and stick it under the TV but I would be sad about the extra watts and wouldn't know what to do with my 3D printed VESA Pi mount.
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Not going to happen without better hardware. Odroid looks good. The vero from osmc also looked inserting.

https://osmc.tv/vero/
 
That looks stunning also, however I already have two Plex Media Servers running in the house and the XBOX one and four Ipads are all synced to the server.

My kids and better half are all happy with the way it works, so for the time being I shall be sticking with the RasPlex.
 
HavocXphere said:
I want to build a PM2.5 thing but the reliable sensors are quite expensive. 400zar ish. Cheaper ones seem unreliable.
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My PMS7003 arrived from eBay. Cost 18 pounds. Hooked up to a Wemos and outputting values to OpenHab. Took 10 mins :)

Seems to work well. How accurate I can't say as nothing to compare it to, but this model gets good reviews.
 
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gregmcc said:
My PMS7003 arrived from eBay. Cost 18 pounds. Hooked up to a Wemos and outputting values to OpenHab. Took 10 mins :)

Seems to work well. How accurate I can't say as nothing to compare it to, but this model gets good reviews.
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Do a indoor braai & see if the values fly :p
 
Enjoying my rasp. Moved it into a cupboard this weekend - much faster internet access due to eth, but had to remove BOINC since it was hitting 80C temps.

Thus far:
  • Deluge (seeding *nix cause uncapped fibre)
  • Samba server for attached drives
  • sabnzbd
  • pi hole

Next up Sonarr.

And figuring out how to automatically rsync data over to HTPC when it's detected as being online.
 
Dit you ever want to use multiples of the same i2c devices or other devices with the same i2c address. Take a look at this tutorial. No more slow multiplexers or soldering bridges on i2c devices. This is a super fast solution, build in to the latest raspbian distro using GPIOs as i2c busses.

I added an python example for two BMP280 Temperature and Pressure sensors. You can easily extend it two much more BMP280 sensors.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-PI-Multiple-I2c-Devices/
 
jaco.slabbert said:
Dit you ever want to use multiples of the same i2c devices or other devices with the same i2c address. Take a look at this tutorial. No more slow multiplexers or soldering bridges on i2c devices. This is a super fast solution, build in to the latest raspbian distro using GPIOs as i2c busses.

I added an python example for two BMP280 Temperature and Pressure sensors. You can easily extend it two much more BMP280 sensors.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-PI-Multiple-I2c-Devices/
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Thanks Jaco, I will definitely keep this in mind when tinkering around.
 
So my house has a solar geyser (not connected to electricity) and an inside (connected) geyser. The two are connected with a water pump that can circulate water from outside to inside if the solar geyser becomes warm enough. So far a GeyserWise system has been managing the element / pump. Had to replace the pump recently, and the electrician advised me that the geyserwise control system wil not last much longer.

Enter GeyserPi: a Raspberry Pi with a relay board:
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Another Pi manages my home network:
DHCP
UniFi controller
DynDNS updater

No screenshots there, for obvious reasons...
 
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