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Ideas for Raspberry Pi Zero Projects

spannerspencer
spannerspencer over 9 years ago

So, we've got the Raspberry Pi Zero games console here, Problemchild mentioned a great idea about turning an old stereo into a modern media player, and Workshopshed has already designed a Pi Zero case for 3D printing.


All of which makes me wonder what other kinds of projects you guys think the Pi Zero would be ideal for?

 

And, for that matter, if you have any Pi Zero projects planned yet?

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  • fvan
    fvan over 9 years ago

    Just finished the hardware side of a small project to use the Pi Zero as an internet-connected information display. Could be used to display emails, social media stuff, weather, time, ... I added two general purpose push buttons which can be used to cycle through the different options, or for confirmation or triggering an action.

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    michaelkellett over 9 years ago in reply to fvan

    How does it connect to the internet ?

     

    MK

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    Problemchild over 9 years ago in reply to michaelkellett

    That Damn Elephant in the room again image.. Would imagine WIFI in this case but in many you just don't have enough USB I/O

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    Workshopshed over 9 years ago in reply to Problemchild

    I gather that some of the IO pins on the Broadcom chip can be remapped so that they appear on the GPIO pins, is it possible to do that with the USB data lines?

     

    I also saw something about using a serial to ethernet module, http://raspi.tv/2015/ethernet-on-pi-zero-how-to-put-an-ethernet-port-on-your-pi

    I wonder if there's a Wifi equivalent?

    It looks like some people are working on this

    https://hackaday.io/project/8678-rpi-wifi-hat

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    fvan over 9 years ago in reply to michaelkellett

    Wifi dongle soldered to the data pins exposed on the bottom side of the Pi.

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    fvan over 9 years ago in reply to michaelkellett

    Wifi dongle soldered to the data pins exposed on the bottom side of the Pi.

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    Problemchild over 9 years ago in reply to fvan

    Yep the best way of doing that otherwise you'll need a micro to standard USB adaptor before you start!

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