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Reverse Engineering a Bluetooth Low Energy Light Bulb
Control a Bluetooth Low Energy device with your own code!
Learn how to sniff Bluetooth low energy traffic using the Bluefruit LE sniffer and reverse engineer a simple Bluetooth low energy device like a light bulb. Then control the device yourself using a Raspberry Pi and Bluetooth low energy USB adapter!
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Raspberry Pi Video Looper
Turn a Raspberry Pi into a dedicated 1080p video playback tool for art installations, digital signs, or just playing cat videos!
Learn how to install software on a Raspberry Pi to automatically play video files on USB drives. It even does seamless looping with audio support! Your Raspberry Pi can be an awesome little video playback appliance with up to 1080p HDMI playback
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MPR121 Capacitive Touch Sensor on Raspberry Pi & BeagleBone Black
Easily sense touch from up to 12 inputs using the MPR121!
How to connect a MPR121 capacitive touch sensor board to a Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black. You can even turn the MPR121 into a virtual keyboard for the Raspberry Pi!
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Adafruit FT232H With SPI & I2C Devices
Use the Adafruit FT232H USB to GPIO / SPI / I2C breakout with Adafruit's SPI & I2C devices.
Learn how to use Adafruit SPI & I2C devices that support the Raspberry Pi & BeagleBone Black with the Adafruit FT232H breakout and your PC!
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Adafruit FT232H Breakout
Add a serial protocol 'swiss army knife' to your computer and talk directly to devices with SPI, I2C, serial UART, GPIO's, and more!
Using the FTDI FT232H chip this breakout provides a USB to serial UART with a special 'Multi-Protocol Synchronous Serial Engine' (MPSSE) that can talk many serial protocols such as SPI, I2C, serial UART, JTAG, and more!
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Halloween Scream Box
What's in the box? Open it and find out! AHHHHhhhh!!!
Build a box that plays scary screaming sounds when you open it! The Audio FX board, a PIR motion sensor, and a few other small components are all you need for this quick Halloween project.
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Freq Show: Raspberry Pi RTL-SDR Scanner
See what's in the radio waves around you using software-defined radio and a Raspberry Pi!
Use a Raspberry Pi, PiTFT, and RTL-SDR software-defined radio dongle to build a compact radio frequency scanner.
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MCP9808 Temperature Sensor Python Library
Use a MCP9808 precision temperature sensor on a BeagleBone Black or Raspberry Pi!
Learn how to install and use the MCP9808 precision temperature sensor Python library.
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MAX31855 Thermocouple Sensor Python Library
Use a MAX31855 thermocouple temperature sensor on a BeagleBone Black or Raspberry Pi!
Learn how to install and use the MAX31855 thermocouple temperature sensor Python library.
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TMP006 Temperature Sensor Python Library
Use a TMP006 non-contact temperature sensor on a BeagleBone Black or Raspberry Pi!
Learn how to install and use the MCP9808 precision temperature sensor Python library.
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NeoPixels on Raspberry Pi
How to control NeoPixel LEDs with Python on a Raspberry Pi!
Learn how to install and use a Python library that lets you control NeoPixel/WS281x LEDs connected directly to a Raspberry Pi. No microcontroller needed!
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Setting up WiFi with BeagleBone Black
Use a USB WiFi adapter to get your BeagleBone Black on the Internet!
Follow this guide to learn how to avoid some issues and configure a USB WiFi adapter to work with the BeagleBone Black.
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User-space SPI TFT Python Library - ILI9341
Use an ILI9341 TFT display with a Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black!
Add an ILI9341-driven 2.8" TFT to your Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black and draw on it using Python code.
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Character LCD with Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black
Use a 16x2 or 20x4 character LCD with a small Linux board!
How to wire up and use a 16x2 or 20x4 character LCD with a Python library for the Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black.
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FONA Tethering to Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black
Connect your Linux board to the internet through a cellular data connection with FONA!
How to connect a Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black to FONA, and configure PPPD to access the internet through a GPRS cellular data connection.
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LED Backpack Displays on Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone Black
Use LED matrix, bar graph, and segment displays on your favorite small board computer.
Learn how to install and use the Adafruit Python LED backpack library to use LED backpack displays with the Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black.
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SSD1306 OLED Displays with Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone Black
Add a beautiful, bright OLED display to your Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black project!
Using the SSD1306 Python library you can connect a 128x64 or 128x32 pixel OLED display to your Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black.
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Nokia 5110/3310 LCD Python Library
Use a simple graphic LCD with a Raspberry Pi or Beaglebone Black.
The Nokia 5110/3310 display is a great low cost display that you can now use with your Raspberry Pi or Beaglebone Black projects using this Python library.
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Embedded Linux Board Comparison
Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone Black, Arduino Yun, and Intel Galileo--which one is right for you?
Comparison of the hardware, performance, power usage, and development environment for popular Linux-based development boards.
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WiFi Yun Soundboard
Annoy your friends and coworkers with a soundboard you control over WiFi!
Use an Arduino Yun connected to a USB speaker/soundcard to play audio from a Python Flask web application.
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Smart Measuring Cup
Show the volume of liquid in a measuring cup on a web page!
An eTape liquid level sensor placed inside a container and connected to an Arduino Yun allows you to build a measuring you can view over the web.
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Automatic Monitor Color Temperature Adjustment
Adjust the color temperature of your computer monitor based on the temperature of ambient light!
Use an RGB color sensor to adjust the color temperature of your monitor with an Arduino or FT232H cable.
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Smart Cocktail Shaker
Use an Arduino and Android device to help you mix drinks!
Learn how to hack a kitchen scale to be readable by an Arduino so it can send data to an Android device over USB or bluetooth.
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Low Power WiFi Datalogger
Log sensor data with an Arduino and CC3000 for days on batteries!
Learn how to measure and reduce the power consumption of an Arduino and CC3000 datalogger project.
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Trellis Python Library
Use the Adafruit Trellis with a Beaglebone Black or Raspberry Pi!
Learn how to use the Python port of the Trellis library on a Beaglebone Black or Raspberry Pi.
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