DIY projects
Lightweight services that will make your Raspberry Pi 3 shine again
If you have a Raspberry Pi 3 collecting dust in a drawer because you think it’s outdated, this post will prove you wrong. We’ll show you several simple, lightweight and useful services that will give your device a second life. All of them…
Set up your own newsletter server on Raspberry Pi with Listmonk
Managing newsletters and mailing lists doesn’t have to rely on third‑party platforms, monthly subscriptions, or opaque limitations. With Listmonk, a powerful open‑source, free solution, you can deploy your own self‑hosted email marketing…
TranslateGemma on Raspberry Pi. Local AI translation with Ollama
A few days ago, Google DeepMind announced the release of TranslateGemma, a new family of open translation models with support for 55 languages and availability in several model sizes. Shortly after that announcement, Ollama integrated…
Turn a Raspberry Pi into a multi-service home server with Docker and Portainer
Learn how to transform a Raspberry Pi into a powerful, private, self-hosted multi-service home server using Docker and Portainer. In this complete guide, we show how a single Raspberry Pi device can run multiple useful services at the same…
Build a private, file sharing cloud, with ownCloud on Raspberry Pi. Step-by-Step guide
In this article we explain, step by step, how to use your Raspberry Pi to create a private cloud where you can store, manage and share files — just like Google Drive or iCloud — but hosted locally, securely, and fully under your control,…
Installing local LLMs on Raspberry Pi CM5 and benchmarking performance
At blackdevice we constantly push small hardware platforms to see how far they can really go. This time we focused on our own Pi Hack carrier board paired with a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (CM5), 8GB RAM and a 256GB NVMe SSD. The goal…
How to turn your Raspberry Pi into a full WordPress web server
Your Raspberry Pi is not just a tiny computer for experiments—it is powerful enough to work as a fully functional web server capable of hosting and running a WordPress website. Whether you want to build a personal site, a portfolio, or a…
Build a self-hosted photo & video server with Immich on a single board computer
In this tutorial we’ll install Immich — a high-performance, open-source photo and video manager — on single-board computers, Orange Pi 5 Plus and Raspberry Pi 5. Immich offers automatic mobile backups, face recognition, search by…
Build your own Open source Mute button for video calls
Who hasn’t been in a video call where someone forgets to mute, or tries to speak while their mic is off? During the pandemic, when remote work and endless group calls became the new normal, these situations quickly turned into common…
Home Assistant OS on Raspberry Pi 5. Smart home setup guide
If you've ever wanted to control all your smart devices – from lights and switches to TVs, voice assistants, and even your washing machine – from a single platform, Home Assistant OS is the perfect solution. It’s a dedicated operating…
Contribute to science with your Raspberry Pi and BOINC
Did you know that your Raspberry Pi can play a role in cutting-edge scientific research in fields like biology, astrophysics, mathematics, and medicine? Thanks to BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing), you can share…
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 Pi 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 pi boards from the original post, because it has helped us to…
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…