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I love seeing these kinds of projects, but as someone who currents owns 2 pi 3s and one elgato that are all gathering dust, I hit the wall before actually start

I love seeing these kinds of projects, but as someone who currents owns 2 pi 3s and one elgato that are all gathering dust, I hit the wall before actually starting a project because of that pesky "what would I even do with this" thought.

bungie4 8y ago
I was in the same boat. Now, one of my Pi's is running PiHole and I couldn't be happier with it.
cheeko1234 8y ago
I have one running HomeAssistant (which I use >40 times a day), one running pi-hole (almost 20% of my internet is blocked), and one running octoprint for wireless 3d printing, status, and control.
- z2 8y ago
  Getting HomeAssistant set up with integration into an ancient home security system has been a blast! (Someone reverse-engineered the bus protocol for a very common hardware provider [1]) Besides security, now I have automations like turning on a relevant light if a door opens, or if motion is detected after sunset, and turning off the A/C when a window is opened. That and collecting a ridiculous amount of data on my home and my use of it... 1: https://github.com/taligentx/dscKeybusInterface/tree/master/examples/esp8266/Homebridge-MQTT https://github.com/taligentx/dscKeybusInterface/tree/master/...
henesy 8y ago
Make one a Plan 9/9front terminal :)
Uehreka 8y ago
Let me try to cure you of that! So I've used Pi's in various hackathon projects, and they're great for building wearable tech things that involve audio, electronics and require internet connectivity. One time, we tried to connect one up with a Leap Motion* to create a wearable device that would turn sign language into audio speech. But even if that's not your bag, there are plenty of other "home appliance" uses for a Raspberry Pi. Other people have mentioned PiHole, which is awesome. There's also a way to set one up (in combination with an external USB drive and powered USB hub) to act as a Time Machine backup server (there's a sort of open source version of Apple's Time Capsule software floating around). Finally, if streaming services are getting you down and you feel like flying the Jolly Roger like back in the 2000's... you can set up a Plex Server (which will work with the Plex Mobile app and many Smart TV's and Smart TV devices like Chromecast) and set up a BitTorrent app with a web front-end that you can access via local WiFi. Then you just need to write some scripts to listen for completed downloads, clean up file names and put them in the right folders for the Plex Server to find them. *Leap Motion doesn't have arm64 drivers, but we were able to connect the device to a laptop via a long Ethernet cable and forward the USB port over that cable, then send the results back to the Pi.
sleepybrett 8y ago
I too run one w/ pi-hole, I also run one slaved to my 3d printer running octoprint, finally I have one running homebridge. I'm willing to bet that I have enough cycles to consolidate the homebridge and pihole into one, but .. I kinda like the discreetness.
- jlgaddis 8y ago
  You could set up Pi-hole on the second one and have another DNS server in case the first one craps out.
zouhair 8y ago
Radarr/Sonaar/Jacket/Plex/ and so on and so forth.

bungie4 8y ago

I was in the same boat. Now, one of my Pi's is running PiHole and I couldn't be happier with it.

cheeko1234 8y ago

I have one running HomeAssistant (which I use >40 times a day), one running pi-hole (almost 20% of my internet is blocked), and one running octoprint for wireless 3d printing, status, and control.

z2 8y ago
Getting HomeAssistant set up with integration into an ancient home security system has been a blast! (Someone reverse-engineered the bus protocol for a very common hardware provider [1]) Besides security, now I have automations like turning on a relevant light if a door opens, or if motion is detected after sunset, and turning off the A/C when a window is opened. That and collecting a ridiculous amount of data on my home and my use of it... 1: https://github.com/taligentx/dscKeybusInterface/tree/master/examples/esp8266/Homebridge-MQTT https://github.com/taligentx/dscKeybusInterface/tree/master/...

henesy 8y ago

Make one a Plan 9/9front terminal :)

Uehreka 8y ago

Let me try to cure you of that! So I've used Pi's in various hackathon projects, and they're great for building wearable tech things that involve audio, electronics and require internet connectivity. One time, we tried to connect one up with a Leap Motion* to create a wearable device that would turn sign language into audio speech. But even if that's not your bag, there are plenty of other "home appliance" uses for a Raspberry Pi. Other people have mentioned PiHole, which is awesome. There's also a way to set one up (in combination with an external USB drive and powered USB hub) to act as a Time Machine backup server (there's a sort of open source version of Apple's Time Capsule software floating around). Finally, if streaming services are getting you down and you feel like flying the Jolly Roger like back in the 2000's... you can set up a Plex Server (which will work with the Plex Mobile app and many Smart TV's and Smart TV devices like Chromecast) and set up a BitTorrent app with a web front-end that you can access via local WiFi. Then you just need to write some scripts to listen for completed downloads, clean up file names and put them in the right folders for the Plex Server to find them. *Leap Motion doesn't have arm64 drivers, but we were able to connect the device to a laptop via a long Ethernet cable and forward the USB port over that cable, then send the results back to the Pi.

sleepybrett 8y ago

I too run one w/ pi-hole, I also run one slaved to my 3d printer running octoprint, finally I have one running homebridge. I'm willing to bet that I have enough cycles to consolidate the homebridge and pihole into one, but .. I kinda like the discreetness.

jlgaddis 8y ago
You could set up Pi-hole on the second one and have another DNS server in case the first one craps out.

zouhair 8y ago

Radarr/Sonaar/Jacket/Plex/ and so on and so forth.