The Raspberry Pi Product That Shouldn’t Exist
When the Raspberry Pi 4 originally launched I wrote about how when enclosed in the official case sitting idle on
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Enabling SNMP on Ubiquiti UDM Pro
It seems odd that a self-proclaimed Dream Machine “Pro” device lacks SNMP capability, something fairly ubiquitous amongst most networking products.
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Automatic Dog Door (Part 3) – Version 1.0 Complete
This post is the final part of a series from initial idea and prototype automated dog/pet door I described in Part
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Raspberry Pi4 USB3.0 Storage Performance
The ability to boot from USB3.0 storage devices attached to the Raspberry Pi4 has been long anticipated. On 17 June
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Water Softener Salt Level Monitor (and more)
Living in a hard water area is a pain, so several years ago we had a water softener installed which
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Broadband Utilisation Display
We’ve always relied heavily on our home broadband but even more so during the current COVID19 lockdown. The whole family
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219 Design Raspberry Pi 4 3D Printed Case
I was contacted by Abe McKay, Mechanical Engineer at 219 Design to see if I was interested in testing their
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Automatic Dog Door (Part 2c) – Software Problems
This post is part of a series looking at the challenges faced when taking my initial idea and prototype I
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Automatic Dog Door (Part 2b) – Electrical Problems
This post is part of a series looking at the challenges faced when taking my initial idea and prototype automated
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Automatic Dog Door (Part 2a) – Mechanical Problems
In Part 1, I talked about my plan for creating an Automatic Dog Door, or more accurately a Pet Door,
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