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The Cooker Connector - Blog #7: PCB Design (Pi Chef Challenge)

jschools

Time is flying by! There’s less than one month left in the Pi Chef Challenge. If you’re not familiar with my Cooker Connector project, have a look at my project proposal. An essential part of my project is a Printed Circuit Board for my Sensor Hub, a...
- 4 Mar 2018
Bake Mate - Pi Chef Blog #6 - Measuring Oven Temperature

avnrdf

Bake Mate - Pi Chef Blog #6 - Measuring Oven Temperature Status Update:I was busy last week with exams (hence the missing blog post), and couldn't spend much time on the project this week either. What remains is the code for recipe step scre...
- 4 Mar 2018
S.H.E.L.F. - The one item shelf - Pi Chef Design Challenge - Blog post #7

milosrasic98

Hi guys, for this blog I managed to connect the whole project to the real world a bit. I added LED indicators, a buzzer, connected the program to work with files which will store all of the data and more excitingly I finally got the load cell up and ...
- 3 Mar 2018
PiCA - Pi Chef Challenge Blog #5 : Building Block Set

giganggu

Now, in this post, I will show you the building process of a block set. This block set will be used for put the raspberry pi installed OpenCV and USB camera. Since my plan is to build, develop and install each component individually first before inte...
- 3 Mar 2018
Smart Range Hood - Intro to the control system - DHT22 (et al) [Buzzer, Light control] - Pi Chef Challenge - Blog post #7

aspork42

My Goal - Make a sort of "hat" thing that sits above the stove to bring the stinky stinks to the outside world (i.e. a smart range hood which can run itself, text the home owners, summon the husband for dinner with images of dinner, and do othe...
- 2 Mar 2018
iTender #4 Drawing up the plans

justin.berger

Drawing up the plans The iTender is made up of several different part. To put it all together correctly it is necessary to study the different options in order to choose the best compromise. The machine is made up of 3 main parts:the coolin...
- 1 Mar 2018
The Spice of Pi - Blog Doug 8

dougw

I have finally assembled the complete mechanical system. Both the carousel rotation mechanism and the jar lifter mechanism have been mounted on the bamboo base plate. The video below shows the first operation of the complete mechanism.players.brightc...
- 1 Mar 2018
PiChef - SafeDegree Blog #4

mark.gitsham

Goals for this BlogContinuing on from my last blog, this time I will be installing and configuring the web server and database. For these, I have decided on using lighttpd for the web server and SQLite3 for the database. The reasoning behind using th...
- 28 Feb 2018
Stove Assistant - Bernhard - Pi Chef #2.5 - Camera mount

bernhardmayer

Stove Assistant - Camera mount Unfortunately during last couple of days I have been quite busy and had only a small progress on the project. I only managed to manufacture a camera mount where the Raspberry Pi Camera and the Grid-Eye Sensor ...
- 28 Feb 2018
PiChef - SafeDegree Blog #3

mark.gitsham

Goals for this BlogWhilst I am still waiting for a case to arrive for the Raspberry Pi3. During this blog I will be going through the installation of Raspbian on the Pi3. Configuring parts of the OS I deem both an improvement in security and person p...
- 28 Feb 2018
The Spice of Pi - Blog Doug 7

dougw

I have been struggling to get the main platter printed successfully. I've had 3 prints on the machine for more than 2 days each and it still isn't where I want it.However I just realized the design challenge is almost over and I have a huge amount of...
- 27 Feb 2018
Smart Range Hood - Can I have a bigger slice of breadboard? - Pi Chef Challenge blog #6

aspork42

The goal - have a range hood which is cooler than yours See blog post #1 for links to all the posts. In this installment, I cover hooking up basically all the electronic components. I also start to get into some of the software work that I've do...
- 25 Feb 2018
PiCA - Pi Chef Challenge Blog #4 : Testing OpenCV Installation and Building Block Set

giganggu

Following the prior blog post about the installation of OpenCV to Raspberry Pi, then I tested the installation using USB camera and Pi camera with python code. After that, I will show you the block set I build for putting a camera and raspberry...
- 25 Feb 2018
S.H.E.L.F. - Labels - Pi Chef Design Challenge - Blog post #6

milosrasic98

For this blog I will be showing how I'll identify the different objects on the shelf. As I have mentioned in the previous blogs, I am going to use an overhead camera in combination with specifically designed labels. The goal with this is to make ...
- 23 Feb 2018
The Cooker Connector - Blog #6: Back-End Data Architecture (Pi Chef Challenge)

jschools

I have been writing a lot about the hardware for my prototype. This post is a shift to the software side, and I will be describing the architecture of my back-end system at a high level. If you don’t already have a basic understanding of my Cooker Co...
- 23 Feb 2018
Automatic Dough Shaper - Blog #4 Pi Chef Design Challenge

a_davis_22

A quick summary of the last blog: I used a thermistor to measure temperature, soldered my mains power switching circuit, and I discovered that the raspberry pi is not made to be used like a microcontroller. I started working on controlling my st...
- 22 Feb 2018
The Spice of Pi - Blog Doug 6

dougw

It has been a heavy week of mechanical design and fabrication. The machine is not together yet, but I wanted to post a blog showing progress:www.youtube.com/watch There are still a couple of pieces to design and print, but I have enough to start...
- 21 Feb 2018
Cracked pepper sir? (3D Splinter...) Pi Chef Challenge Blog post #6

crackedpepper

This week has again been quite slow in terms of progress. I spent most of the weekend slowly watching a 3D printer fail. As i posted last week the 3D printer I am using is a micro3D (https://printm3d.com/themicro/ ). I had a reasonable amount of...
- 19 Feb 2018
The Spice of Pi - Blog Glenn 3

glennvanderveer

So in the 2ish weeks since my last update I have been on and off again playing with the Google assistant. I have also started coding the Python code and gui. I was hoping to find an IDE for Python that mimics the drag and drop creation of...
- 19 Feb 2018
Bake Mate - Pi Chef Blog #5 - Testing the weighing scale: load cell + HX711

avnrdf

Bake Mate - Pi Chef Blog #5 - Testing the weighing scale: load cell + HX711 Status Update: I had a hectic week and couldn't work on the project on any of the weekdays. I set out to build the weighing scale on Saturday and realised that ...
- 18 Feb 2018
PiCA - Pi Chef Challenge Blog #3 : Installation OS/Software to Raspberry Pi

giganggu

After unpackaging of Challenger Kit and designing the initial database for data communication, the present blog post will show my recent step in this project. Thus, in this short post, I will install some softwares (OS and OpenCV + Python) to t...
- 17 Feb 2018
Pi Chef Challenge - Blog post #5 - MQ Sensor Selection

aspork42

The goal - A way, super-awesome, extra special, super-duper range hood like the world has never seen before!Blog post #1 has links to all sections of the build: Smart Range Hood - Pi Chef Challenge Blog post #1 Trying to decide on sensor selecti...
- 17 Feb 2018
S.H.E.L.F. - Real Life Model - Pi Chef Design Challenge - Blog post #5

milosrasic98

For this blog I will be showing the first real life model of the shelf that I will be using in the project. For its construction I used the thin plywood used in schools (270x200x3mm), I find these easy to work with, while they are pretty light and st...
- 16 Feb 2018
iTender #3 Communication with the real world

justin.berger

ITender communication with the real worldAs announced in the old tickets, I set up two systems with node-red. 1. iTender writes! This is an opportunity to use Sense Hat! my goal is:- &nbs...
- 14 Feb 2018
PiChef - SafeDegree Blog #2

mark.gitsham

Firstly, I would like to apologise in the tardiness of having my second blog uploaded. As Murphy’s Law always does I experienced a catastrophic kitchen accident that resulted in wine being spilled on my laptop… Maybe I should be concentrating on buil...
- 14 Feb 2018