At first glance, using a microcontroller for a simple fancy light project is overkill. However, the existing design can be modified later without additional hardware. Often a few extra code lines will ...

The Pi Zero is a great piece of hardware, even if you’re not designing another USB hub for it. [Marcel] wanted to control a few RGB LED strips from his phone, and while there are a lot of fancy ways ...

[Avi Gupta] recently sent in their LoRaSense RGB Pi HAT project. This “HAT” (Hardware Attached to Top) is for any Raspberry Pi with 40-pin header. The core of the build is the custom printed circuit ...

There are a variety of creative uses for the Raspberry Pi that can be incorporated into specialized projects that include visual elements, automation, and more. According to Eben Upton, CEO of ...

A Raspberry Pi powered LED matrix sports scoreboard that displays live scores fetched from ESPN's API onto a HUB75 RGB LED panel. This project was inspired by the scorebug and ticker that is always ...

Rasberry Pi enthusiasts or those looking to engage younger members of their family may be interested in a new Raspberry Pi add-on created by electrical engineer Ryan Walmsley based in the United ...

The Banana Pi BPI-Pico-RP2040 is a tiny, low-power single-board computer that looks a lot like the Raspberry Pi Pico… and should be compatible with most Pico-powered projects, since it has the same ...

As its name suggests, the Raspberry Pi 500 Plus contains some upgrades over the original Raspberry Pi 500 while retaining its core functionality. For instance, the new model carries over the Broadcom ...

Using the awesome Raspberry Pi mini PC, a fantastic RGB LED illuminated world map has been created by Hack A Day user Joshua Krosenbrink for his office, that is capable of showing his co-workers ...