Hackers are buzzing with ideas from Pi-powered arcade machines and drones to the home automation and low-cost tablets. 10 coolest uses for the Raspberry Pi article tells that TechRepublic has delved into the Raspbery Pi’s developer forums, and here’s our round-up of the best ideas so far, ranging from the eminently achievable to the massively ambitious. You can use your Raspberry Pi for example as media streamer, arcade machine, tablet computer, robot controller and home automation controller. Rasberry Pi homepage offers also some more interesting projects like Retro games and a retro joystick.
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https://jukkasoft.com/2019/09/03/my-specs-for-a-pi-hole-adwasher-device/
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Oracle’s new supercomputer is made from a cluster of 1,060 Raspberry Pi boards.
Oracle Builds a Supercomputer with 1,060 Raspberry Pi Computers
https://blog.hackster.io/oracle-builds-a-supercomputer-with-1-060-raspberry-pi-computers-6da1c3e2f8d9
they built this Raspberry Pi cluster to gain some publicity for their new Oracle Autonomous Linux distribution. In this case, the Raspberry Pis are running Oracle Autonomous Linux and Java. Those are being network booted through an Oracle Supermicro 1U Xeon server.
https://www.servethehome.com/oracle-shows-1060-raspberry-pi-supercomputer-at-oow/
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Sequent Microsystems has designed a Hardware Watchdog HAT that protects your Raspberry Pi from software freezes and even acts as a power manager.
A Hardware Watchdog HAT and Power Manager for Your Raspberry Pi
https://blog.hackster.io/a-hardware-watchdog-hat-and-power-manager-for-your-raspberry-pi-8b03d61528d1
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/279405789/hardware-watchdog-hat-and-power-manager-for-raspberry-pi
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STEAM education startup Piper has released a new version of their Raspberry Pi-powered IDY computer, designed to teach kids about computer science, electronics and programming.
The Piper Computer Kit 2 Is a DIY Computer for Kids
https://blog.hackster.io/the-piper-computer-kit-2-is-a-diy-computer-for-kids-edce38920adc
The Piper Computer Kit is designed around the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and allows kids to learn about computer science, electronics, and coding
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Bobble-Bot is a self-balancing robot designed specifically to help teach RTLinux and ROS running on a Raspberry Pi.
Bobble-Bot Is a Balancing Robot Designed for Teaching ROS on a Raspberry Pi
https://blog.hackster.io/bobble-bot-is-a-balancing-robot-designed-for-teaching-ros-on-a-raspberry-pi-1840bc62cd36
https://hackaday.io/project/164992-bobble-bot
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https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/image-editing-raspberry-pi/
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SSTL releases spectacular Raspberry Pi camera image and video of the Earth
https://www.sstl.co.uk/media-hub/latest-news/2019/sstl-releases-spectacular-raspberry-pi-camera-imag
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https://hackaday.com/2019/07/01/exploring-basement-humidity-with-a-raspberry-pi/
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https://hackaday.com/2019/07/04/raspberry-pi-catches-the-early-bird/
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A Briefcase Pentesting Rig For The Discerning Hacker
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/03/a-briefcase-pentesting-rig-for-the-discerning-hacker/
In the movies, the most-high tech stuff is always built into a briefcase. It doesn’t whether whether it’s some spy gear or the command and control system for a orbiting weapons platform; when an ordinary-looking briefcase is opened up and there’s an LCD display in the top half, you know things are about to get interesting. So is it any surprise that hackers in the real-world would emulate the classic trope?
An all-in-one briefcase for pentesting, OSINT and radio exploration
https://github.com/Sekhan/NightPi
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BIG LED Sand Toy – Raspberry Pi RGB LED Matrix
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Ce89f873Y&feature=youtu.be
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Pegleg: Raspberry Pi Implanted Below The Skin (Not Coming To A Store Near You)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/29/pegleg-raspberry-pi-implanted-below-the-skin-not-coming-to-a-store-near-you/
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Spot Adulterated Olive Oil With This Spectrophotometer
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/31/spot-adulterated-olive-oil-with-this-spectrophotometer/
Olive oil at its finest quality is a product that brings alive the Mediterranean cuisine of which it is a staple. Unfortunately for many of us not fortunate enough to possess our own olive grove, commercial olive oils are frequently adulterated, diluted with cheaper oils such as canola. As consumers we have no way of knowing this, other than the taste being a bit less pronounced. Food standards agencies use spectrophotometers to check the purity of oils, and [Daniel James Evans] has created such a device using a Raspberry Pi.
https://hackaday.io/project/167360-pi-spectrophotometer-tests-olive-oil
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Meet MutantC: Raspberry Pi Sidekick Complete With Sliding Screen, QWERTY
https://hackaday.com/2019/09/30/meet-mutantc-your-raspberry-pi-sidekick/
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A Web API For Your Pi
https://hackaday.com/2019/10/01/a-web-api-for-your-pi/
There are many ways to attach a project to the Internet, and a plethora of Internet-based services that can handle talking to hardware. But probably the most ubiquitous of Internet protocols for the average Joe or Jane is the web browser, and one of the most accessible of programming environments lies within it. If only somebody with a bit of HTML and Javascript could reach a GPIO pin on their Raspberry Pi!
If that’s your wish, then help could be at hand in the form of [Victor Ribeiro]’s RPiAPI. As its name suggests, it’s an API for your Raspberry Pi, and in particular it provides a simple web-accessible endpoint wrapper for the Pi’s GPIO library from which its expansion port pins can be accessed.
RPiAPI
https://hackaday.io/project/167837-rpiapi
RPiAPI is a lightweight WSGI API built on top of the RPi GPIO library. It provides endpoints so you can interact with your Raspberry Pi
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Growth Monitor Pi Project Provides Plant Scientists with Affordable Remote Experiment Monitoring
Based on a Raspberry Pi, the GMpi offers equivalent functionality to growth monitoring products costing up to $1 million.
https://www.hackster.io/news/growth-monitor-pi-project-provides-plant-scientists-with-affordable-remote-experiment-monitoring-23cf20461a1b
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https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/MadhuGovindarajan/lane-following-rover-using-raspberry-pi-matlab-and-arduino-adad65
Lane Following Rover Using Raspberry Pi, MATLAB and Arduino © MIT
This project is an extension of the Arduino Engineering Kit Rover and is doing a lane following using Raspberry Pi.
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The Kali Pi dropbox is a good build, I think a 4G connection would be cool too.
[http://stuffjasondoes.com/2019/02/02/building-a-poe-powered-kali-pi-drop-box-with-reverse-shell-for-remote-hacking/](http://stuffjasondoes.com/2019/02/02/building-a-poe-powered-kali-pi-drop-box-with-reverse-shell-for-remote-hacking/)
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Install the Rhasspy offline voice assistant on your MATRIXCreator or Voice, through a simple Dockerimage: http://bit.ly/36vOy5S
https://www.hackster.io/matrix-labs/rhasspy-voice-assistant-on-matrix-voice-and-matrix-creator-97f92e
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Portable station to perform WiFi network audits, using Raspberry Pi Zero W and Raspberry Pi 3
https://hakin9.org/portable-hacking-station-rpi-using-raspberry-pi-zero-w-and-raspberry-pi-3/
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Ring a bell, wave a flag, light some LEDs! The Kinetic Courier is a Raspberry Pi-powered notification platform for IoT events: http://bit.ly/35QLpO3
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Wi-Fi Hacking Is Easy and Cheap With a Pi Zero W
BY MATTHEW HUMPHRIES 30 DEC 2019, 12:45 P.M.
Security developer mr.smashy explains how to create a mobile Wi-Fi hacking gadget using a Raspberry Pi Zero W, micro SD card, and a USB power bank.
https://uk.pcmag.com/raspberry-pi-zero-w/124259/wi-fi-hacking-is-easy-and-cheap-with-a-pi-zero-w
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Protect Your Credit Card By Building a Skimmer Detector with a Raspberry Pi
https://www.hackster.io/news/protect-your-credit-card-by-building-a-skimmer-detector-with-a-raspberry-pi-f670f94ffcb2
Credit card skimmers are so effective because they’re very simple. Usually, they’re small modules that are connected to the magnetic stripe…
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https://github.com/kennu/zero-hid-gateway
The zero-hid-gateway works on Raspberry Pi Zero. It acts as a virtual USB HID device and provides a REST API for emitting keypresses.
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Turn a $10 Raspberry Pi Zero W Into a Serious WiFi Hacking Tool
Mr.smashy has a guide explaining how to convert that Raspberry Pi Zero W into a WiFi hacking gadget by installing the right software.
https://www.hackster.io/news/turn-a-10-raspberry-pi-zero-w-into-a-serious-wifi-hacking-tool-a0533b256bc9
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Turn a $10 Raspberry Pi Zero W Into a Serious WiFi Hacking Tool
https://www.hackster.io/news/turn-a-10-raspberry-pi-zero-w-into-a-serious-wifi-hacking-tool-a0533b256bc9
Mr.smashy has a guide explaining how to convert that Raspberry Pi Zero W into a WiFi hacking gadget by installing the right software.
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P4wnP1 A.L.O.A. by MaMe82 is a framework which turns a Rapsberry Pi Zero W into a flexible, low-cost platform for pentesting, red teaming and physical engagements … or into “A Little Offensive Appliance”.
https://github.com/mame82/P4wnP1_aloa
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PWNAGOTCHI: DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR WIFI PWNING!
https://pwnagotchi.ai/
Pwnagotchi is an A2C-based “AI” powered by bettercap and running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W that learns from its surrounding WiFi environment in order to maximize the crackable WPA key material it captures
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Tired of losing vegetable crops to frequent summertime hail storms, Nick Rogness came up with an automated solution to protect them.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/protect-your-veggies-from-hail-with-a-raspberry-pi-zero-w/
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The Road Ahead is an amazing piece of art by Chris Combs that uses 336-digit 7-segment LED displays: http://bit.ly/2Fd3ABN
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https://cython.org/
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https://www.cyberpunks.com/cloud-storage-raspberry-pi/
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https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/cats-and-lasers-and-raspberry-pi-oh-my/
Keeping a modern cat entertained requires something more high-tech than a ball of yarn. The MagPi’s Phil King wonders if this is a purr-fect project…
WARNING! LASER EYE! Don’t look into a laser beam, and don’t point a laser beam at a somebody’s head.
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It’s fairly easy to build your own compact, Raspberry Pi-powered two-bay NAS device.
PiNAS Uses a Raspberry Pi to Power a Network Attached Storage Unit
https://www.hackster.io/news/pinas-uses-a-raspberry-pi-to-power-a-network-attached-storage-unit-c5d27fa2e9cb
AraymBox shows how to build your own compact, Raspberry Pi-powered two-bay NAS device.
German maker Arturos Rex (AraymBox) designed a compact NAS system that’s easy to put together and is powered by a Raspberry Pi and a single USB cable.
https://www.instructables.com/id/PiNAS-the-Raspberry-Pi-NAS/
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Virtual Peephole © GPL3+
Spy on cameras around the world.
https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/carolinebuttet/virtual-peephole-355c1c
There are an estimated 770 million surveillance cameras around the world. Some of them still have their default password, making them easily accessible, by anyone who has an internet connection.
This virtual peephole is a device to watch some of those unsecured cameras. Each time the peephole is opened, a different camera is shown.
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Nyantronics’ Six-Input Raspberry Pi-Compatible Debounce HAT Prepares for Crowdfunding Launch
https://www.hackster.io/news/nyantronics-six-input-raspberry-pi-compatible-debounce-hat-prepares-for-crowdfunding-launch-3da338571054
With six inputs, isolated as three pairs, the Debounce HAT aims to make switch bounce problems a thing of the past.
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Scott Baker Builds a Remotely-Controllable Programmable DC Load Powered by a Raspberry Pi
https://www.hackster.io/news/scott-baker-builds-a-remotely-controllable-programmable-dc-load-powered-by-a-raspberry-pi-42635e9992fb
Controllable via network or using a clever front panel with VFD, Baker’s DC load is a smart alternative to commercial options.
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A Raspberry Pi Zero W Bandwidth Monitor
This unit tracks your actual upload and download speeds, and even resets the modem whenever necessary.
https://www.hackster.io/news/a-raspberry-pi-zero-w-bandwidth-monitor-ffe866830456
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Build Your Own Stratum 1 NTP Time Server with a Raspberry Pi and U-blox NEO-6M
https://www.hackster.io/news/build-your-own-stratum-1-ntp-time-server-with-a-raspberry-pi-and-u-blox-neo-6m-6ce68bcd5752
With a low-cost GPS receiver, some wiring, and a Raspberry Pi, Kenneth Finnegan has a Stratum 1 server for his home network.
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This DIY Split Mechanical Keyboard Is Controlled By a Raspberry Pi
Gosse Adema has designed a Raspberry Pi-based split mechanical keyboard that you can build yourself.
https://www.hackster.io/news/this-diy-split-mechanical-keyboard-is-controlled-by-a-raspberry-pi-2705d8c09c53
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This Raspberry Pi and LEGO Robot Brute Forces Blacklisted iOS PIN Codes
https://www.hackster.io/news/this-raspberry-pi-and-lego-robot-brute-forces-blacklisted-ios-pin-codes-68c2a38195f9
To find out which passcodes are on the iOS blacklist, researchers built a Raspberry Pi and LEGO robot to perform a brute force attack.
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ecoPrinter Automatically Sends PDF Prints From Your Computer to Your Android Smartphone
This device can replace hard copies with no interaction file transferring
https://www.hackster.io/news/ecoprinter-automatically-sends-pdf-prints-from-your-computer-to-your-android-smartphone-0d858686de8c
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ANAVI Has a Pair of New OSHWA-Certified Boards, the Smiley and Tag Manager
The Smiley is a simple add-on for the Raspberry Pi, while the Tag Manager is a WiFi dev board for the PN532 NFC RFID module.
https://www.hackster.io/news/anavi-has-a-pair-of-new-oshwa-certified-boards-the-smiley-and-tag-manager-a9261c2557b6
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New Official Raspberry Pi Diagnostics Tool, Agnostics, Launches with MicroSD Performance Test
https://www.hackster.io/news/new-official-raspberry-pi-diagnostics-tool-agnostics-launches-with-microsd-performance-test-b1397a33c187
Launching with microSD performance testing as the first in a planned series of features, agnostics is available to install in Raspbian now.
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CloverPi Aims to Make Four-Node Raspberry Pi Cluster Computing a Cinch
https://www.hackster.io/news/cloverpi-aims-to-make-four-node-raspberry-pi-cluster-computing-a-cinch-a4c7cb469bbb
Clustering up to four Raspberry Pi boards per backplane, the CloverPi includes a five-port Gigabit switch and smart status LEDs.
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https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/sd-card-speed-test/
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Four-slot Raspberry Pi cluster board starts at $80
https://linuxgizmos.com/four-slot-raspberry-pi-cluster-board-starts-at-80/
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Directory for the dev of an opensource RPIZERO telephone ( 3G and LORA)
https://github.com/ccadic/BlaspBerry
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Broadcast Signal Intrusion with RPi Zero and an old rusty Guitar String
https://pentestmag.com/broadcast-signal-intrusion-with-rpi-zero-and-an-old-rusty-guitar-string/
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Uriah Ligget Turns a Raspberry Pi and ATmega328P Into a Detailed Touchscreen CNC Interface
https://www.hackster.io/news/uriah-ligget-turns-a-raspberry-pi-and-atmega328p-into-a-detailed-touchscreen-cnc-interface-3ad0f4f87cb9
With a custom-built HAT and some clever software, Liggett has seriously upgraded his consumer-grade CNC machine.