by Dominic | Jun 15, 2022 | Pool Monitor, Projects, Python, Software
Sending an email with a Raspberry Pi Python program can be very useful when you want an alert, or to send a large number of personalized emails or perhaps just automate the sending of common emails among other things. To achieve this we need to create a python script…
by Dominic | Jun 12, 2022 | Pool Monitor, Projects, Software, Website
In this tutorial I will show you how to install phpMyAdmin on a Raspberry Pi, phpMyAdmin is a free tool that has been designed to allow for easy administration of MySQL via a browser. If you have never used a relational database like MySQL (MariaDB) then phpMyAdmin…
by Dominic | Jun 6, 2022 | Pool Monitor, Projects, Software, Tutorials, Website
Configuring a Raspberry Pi as a web server has the advantage of allowing you to host your own webpages. Out of the box, Raspian does not have this configured to ensure that the operating system is as small as possible so we will need to add some packages. We will be…
by Dominic | May 31, 2022 | Circuits, Hardware, Pool Monitor, Projects, Python
In this tutorial I will show you how to connect a relay board to a Raspberry Pi, relays are an electromagnetic switch that allows you to control a high voltage electrical circuit by opening and closing contacts in another low voltage circuit. On the Raspberry Pi the…
by Dominic | May 2, 2022 | Getting Started, Pool Monitor, Raspbian, Software
Setting up WiFi on a Raspberry Pi (Pi) is a very simple process if you are using the latest version of Raspian, it can be very helpful if you want to use your Pi in an indoor/outdoor environment where being connected via an Ethernet cable is not possible. The…
by Dominic | May 1, 2022 | Getting Started, Pool Monitor, Raspbian, Software
Setting a static IP on a Raspberry Pi has the advantage of giving you a known IP address each and every time you power up your Pi, this can be helpful if you are running your Pi as a web server or want to connect via SSH. In this example, I am assuming that you are…
