Fish tank and Raspberry Pi

First of all, sorry if lately my posts are published less often than before, but I'm quite busy with several other things and my time for hobbies is quite limited...

Today I will show you a project made for request.

One friend have a small fish tank and he wished to make a really small system, just to check the temperature, pilot lights and few other things .

One Raspberry Pi model A+ was perfect to manage the fish tank with those features, so I decided to start this project and I finished it in few days.

Now this system has been named Aquarius and it's working as it was requested, with some small addition made by myself.

Raspberry Pi and astronomy

This time I selected a topic a bit different from usual. After all the blog is about experiments and not only home automation, with RPi...

Since I was a child I've always loved astronomy. I own a small telescope and I took several photos with film cameras, but now I can go a step further thanks to my RPi.

Yowsup server

This time I wish to share some thought with you about an evolution of my projects. No need to code something for now...

In all my previous posts about Youwsup and Whatsapp messaging I always assumed on thing: chatting involved just one Raspberry Pi.

Anyway I own more than one RPi. What if I wish to use Whatsapp with more than one device?

Raspberry Pi Robot (RaPiRo)

Ok, after spending almost a month doing many things not related to Raspberry Pi and home automation, I wish to  show one of the latest projects about RPi: RaPiRo (contraction of Raspberry Pi Robot).

This is a really nice small robot that can be 3d printed at home without too much trouble (if you wish you can also buy the full kit, but it will cost you much more).

By printing the shell and using many parts I had at home, I got this nice item at a really low cost.

But you may ask what this robot has to do with home automation.... Well, let's se how it could be used.

3D printer remote control

Let's keep Whatsapp aside for a while... This time I will offer you a short post about a useful Raspberry Pi application if you own a 3D printer.

3D printers are becoming more and more affordable. Still high in price, but today you can buy them for less than €600. They are not really easy to use, but they can be quite useful in many situations. Also for creating cases for your RPi!