Raspberry is a development board that has made a lot of noise since its introduction to the public. The cost and the wide support community has further added to the wide range of applications this board supports. Let’s take a look at the top 20 Raspberry Pi project ideas for you to get busy with.
Raspberry Pi Project Ideas: Configuring the Raspberry Pi
Before we go into designing projects, let’s configure that little board first. This project takes you through understanding the project and lists out on some of the basic requirements which being:
- a secure home network.
- a router that can accept a direct ethernet cable.
If you are working at an office, the network configuration settings outlined here might have to be adapted for your specific company’s network/firewall.
You can find the project here: Configuring the Raspberry Pi
Surveillance Camera
Security has been a major concern with a lot of people living in the big cities. Even if you are not in a major cities, security is still a concern. A lot of people want their hands on what is not theirs. The surveillance camera is based on a raspberry pi board and uses Wi-Fi for transmission of captured signals.
You can find the project here: Surveillance Camera
Media Centre
Once you know nobody can enter your home without being caught on camera. You can go ahead with feeling a bit safer. This next project let’s you make your very own media centre right in your house, to enjoy some of your new found safety. The project takes you through the various steps involved with designing the system using a raspberry pi. Probably you could have a dance-off over the weekend as well.
You can find the project here: Media Centre
Track away
With the surveillance camera project you could know who is coming in, but how do you track your family? After all, there is a danger of them dropping by unannounced. With this next project you could build a system that uses GPS over a raspberry pi to help you track targets. Now don’t go all Bond and start tracking every person you know. Everybody has a right to their privacy as well.
You can find the project here: Track away
Setting your Server
Once all the fun and games are over, you might want to get down to business. Raspberry pi let’s you setup a web server from the comfort of your own home. This next project, takes you through setting up a web server for WordPress on Raspberry Pi. WordPress is a PHP and MySQL based open source blogging platform and content management system. With the huge support community, this should be a blast to work on.
You can find the project here: Setting your Server
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