by Dominic | Feb 17, 2022 | Circuits, Hardware, Sensors, Tutorials
Motion Sensors Motion detection can be done quite easily by using the GPIO ports of the Raspberry Pi and a motion sensor. Motion detectors use a Pyroelectric sensor which triggers a signal pin when exposed to infra red (IR) radiation, when a person or an animal…
by Dominic | Oct 9, 2022 | Circuits, Getting Started, Hardware
Simple Raspberry Pi GPIO Circuits Interacting with electronic circuits is one of the great things you can do with the Raspberry Pi, utilising it’s General Purpose Input Output (GPIO) ports. If you are new to making electronic circuits then you do…
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…
