DIY Projects

Pi enthusiasts interested in building a Raspberry Pi cluster may be interested in a new project published to the Hackster.io website this week by Dave Glover. Who provides full instructions on how to build a Kubernetes Intelligent Edge Raspberry Pi cluster using a selection of Raspberry Pi 4 and 3 … [Read more...] about Intelligent Edge Raspberry Pi cluster

If you fancy building your very own quadruped robot inspired by the MIT Mini Cheetah you may be interested in this new project by Jegatheesan Soundarapandia whose built a fantastic smaller version measuring 23 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm powered by a 9 V battery. The aptly named Baby Cheetah quadruped robot is … [Read more...] about Baby Cheetah mini quadruped robot

The team over at RetroKits have created a new open source RK-007 MIDI Commander allowing those interested to hack into their MIDI setup. The device requires minimal soldering and set up and is based on an Arduino Pro Micro and easy available parts found online. The Pro Micro is able to be a USBMIDI … [Read more...] about Open source RK-007 MIDI commander created by RetroKits

Electronic enthusiasts, hobbyists and makers looking for a USB-C battery charger board for Lithium Ion and Lithium Polymer batteries, will be pleased to know that one is now available from the Adafruit online store. Battery charging boards are great for battery-powered projects and allow you to … [Read more...] about USB-C battery charger board for Lithium Ion and Lithium Polymer batteries

Using parts from Blu-ray players combined with a few 3D printed components Instructables member “ Noselace” has created a fantastic miniature microscope and 3D scanner which can be seen in action in the video below. The miniature microscope has been aptly named the LadyBug and has been built to take … [Read more...] about LadyBug miniature microscope and 3D scanner

Instructables member Patrick Panikulam has created a versatile wireless Arduino pen plotter and laser engraver, powered by an Arduino UNO microcontroller and offering a work area of 200 x 162 mm and using a 1000 mW laser module which is run using a 5v USB power source. Panikulam has kindly made … [Read more...] about Arduino pen plotter and laser engraver

Sailors interested in building their very own computer-controlled chart plotter using the awesome Raspberry Pi mini PC may be interested in a project created earlier this year by James Conger, which has been featured this week on the official Raspberry Pi Foundation website. The Raspberry Pi chart … [Read more...] about Open source Raspberry Pi chart plotter project for sailors

Using a Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless mini PC Hackster.io member Jen Fox has created a wearable Raspberry Pi impact force monitor to help keep your "very important brain and body safe" says Fox. The project is classed as an intermediate build and will take approximately two hours to complete and … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi impact force monitoring system

If you are interested in building your very own Raspberry Pi smart mirror complete with optional Amazon Alexa integration you may be interested in this smart mirror project published to the Hackster.io website a little time ago. The project is classed as an intermediate level build and should take … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi Smart Mirror with Alexa support

 A prototype oxygen rebreather has been designed, created and published by AYLO providing an insight into how a rebreather functions and how you can create one of your very own to explore beneath the waves. “The type of rebreather I built is the oldest and simplest type- an oxygen rebreather. As … [Read more...] about Awesome oxygen rebreather allows you to explore under the waves