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Use the Raspberry Pi Camera to Detect and Classify Objects in Pictures

“Use Google Cloud Vision on the Raspberry Pi to take a picture with the Raspberry Pi Camera and classify it with the Google Cloud Vision API. First, we’ll walk you through setting up the Google Cloud Platform. Next, we …

A Simple Electronic Game

“You are learning how to make a small very funny electronic game. You can play with your friends and test your reflex.”

Arduino Sun Tracker Turret

“Follow the sun with Arduino! In this tutorial, we’ll be building an Arduino based Solar Tracking Turret. Most commonly, these are used in Photovoltaic systems to maximize the surface area of sun exposure on solar panels. This is an …

Arudino Harpsi-Gourd

“Build your own Harpsi-Gourd to play just like Lurch of the Addams Family, trading the over-rated touch sensitive banana for the season appropriate Pumpkins, that generate musical notes. This Harpsi-Gourd was built to be exhibited at our local “How-to Halloween …

Build a Dual Thermostat for Precise Preset Temperatures

“It’s not a complicated concept. It’s not even terribly difficult to implement. It’s just that I really don’t understand why no one produces a product like this I have a heated shop and a heated garage …

Build Your Own Low-Resistance Meter

“You probably already have a DMM for measuring resistance, but can it be used with resistances below 1O? And if so, are those low-ohm readings reliable? This project will show you how to make your own low-resistance meter; it uses …

Building a LED matrixGame console with Arduino

“Retro games are cool! The pixel games like tetris, ping-pong, snake etc., are fun to play with physical buttons instead of a touch screen. In this tutorial, we will build a Retro gaming console with super bright Red led matrices …

Capacitor Tester / Capacitance Meter

“If, like myself, you’ve got an enormous stash of unlabelled electronic components that seem to look like capacitors, it’s probably a good idea to either throw them away or test them with a capacitance tester. Furthermore, there’s …

Controlling a Roomba Robot with Arduino and Android device

“As one of Instructables Robotics Contest 2016’s winners, I received as a prize an iRobot Roomba Create2. It is a great and very affordable platform for robotics development, costing around US$200. Create 2 allows for a variety of …

DIY Remote Controlled Flamethrower

“In this Instructable I will show you how to build a flamethrower from inexpensive materials found in your local hardware store and hobby shop. With a very simple frame made from 15x15 square wood, brass tubing as the exhaust pipe …