DIY projects
Turning your Raspberry Pi into an affordable NAS server
In this project, we’ll transform your Raspberry Pi into a budget‑friendly NAS (Network Attached Storage). You’ll get centralized backups, effortless file sharing, and even private multimedia streaming without splurging on commercial…
How to install and run DeepSeek R-1 on a Raspberry Pi 5. Step by step guide
Large Language Models (LLMs) have become part of our everyday lives. From writing emails and generating creative ideas to summarizing documents, they’re everywhere. But these impressive systems typically require huge data centers,…
Retro gaming emulation platform with Raspberry Pi. DIY project
In this guide, you’ll learn how to transform a Raspberry Pi into a retro gaming platform using RetroPie or Recalbox. We’ll compare the two leading emulation platforms and cover everything from gathering hardware, flashing via Raspberry Pi…
DIY smart home project. Build your smart relay with ESP32 and Arduino Cloud
Welcome to our DIY guide on building a Smart Relay for home automation using an ESP32 and a relay module board! In this post, we’ll walk you through each step—from gathering components to setting up the Arduino Cloud and uploading your…
How to turn your old stereo into a smart audio streamer with Raspberry Pi and Volumio
If you still have an old amplifier, Hi-Fi system, or mini stereo collecting dust at home, this project is for you. With just a Raspberry Pi and the Volumio app, you can upgrade your vintage audio gear to stream music from modern services…
Monitor your network with a Raspberry Pi: testing NEMS and NTOP
If you've ever wondered whether your internet is acting up, or just want to keep an eye on the devices connected to your home or office network, a Raspberry Pi can help — a lot. In this article, we’ll show you how to set up a network…
Build your Raspberry Pi cluster and unlock distributed computing
Our colleagues at Raspberry bring us a great tutorial about setting up your own SBC ARM cluster: We are going to remember the steps used to unify a cluster of Raspberry cards from the original post, but it has helped us to develop our own…
Unlocking the 7722AZ CO2 Sensor. A data extraction guide
Because of the needs of one of our projects, we have to extract data from a CO2 sensor. We got this one, 7722 from AZ Instrument : This device is a simple CO2 sensor. It gives you a measure result each second. It measures too the…
Step-by-step Mosquitto MQTT broker installation & SSL configuration
In this article, we’ll explore what an MQTT broker is, its purpose, and how it works. In this previous article, we introduced and discussed the MQTT protocol itself—what it is and what it’s used for. Now, we’ll take a further step by…