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I Built an AliExpress Homelab, Is It Surprisingly Good or Total E-Waste?

Today I’m building a complete 10-inch homelab using only components bought from AliExpress. No name brands, no local retailers, no trusted vendors, just the cheapest parts I could find that...
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Pi 5 NAS With Custom Carbon Fibre Panels, Made on the Makera Z1!

Today, I'm going to be building a low-power SSD NAS that is built around the Raspberry Pi 5. This Pi 5 NAS...
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Electronics Projects

Turn a Raspberry Pi Zero into a Global Ad Blocker with Pi-hole and Tailscale

Today I’m going to show you how to block ads and trackers, not just at home, but...
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3D Printing

I Built an AliExpress Homelab, Is It Surprisingly Good or Total E-Waste?

Today I’m building a complete 10-inch homelab using only components bought from AliExpress. No name brands, no...
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Electronics Projects

Pi 5 NAS With Custom Carbon Fibre Panels, Made on the Makera Z1!

Today, I'm going to be building a low-power SSD NAS that is built around the Raspberry Pi...
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3D Printing

I Built a Pi 5 AI Chatbot That Talks, Blinks, and Looks Around!

There’s something fun about bringing tech to life, literally. Today’s project is all about that, building an...
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Pi 5 NAS With Custom Carbon Fibre Panels, Made on the Makera Z1!

Today, I'm going to be building a low-power SSD NAS that is built around the Raspberry Pi 5. This Pi 5 NAS offers...
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I Built a Pi 5 AI Chatbot That Talks, Blinks, and Looks Around!

There’s something fun about bringing tech to life, literally. Today’s project is all about that, building an AI chatbot that blinks, looks around,...
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A Pi Cluster That Fits in the Palm of Your Hand – The Sipeed Nanocluster

Building a Raspberry Pi cluster usually means dealing with messy cables, stacks of boards, and a tangle of power supplies. But what if...
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I Turned PET Bottles Into A 3D Printed Pi Case – PET Bottle Recycler Part 2

A few weeks ago I published a project on the controller that I designed for a PET bottle recycler that I've been working...
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PET Bottle Recycler Part 1 – Using An Arduino Uno R4 To Control A 3D Printer’s Hotend

Today we're going to be using the new Arduino Uno R4 WiFi to build a controller for a PET bottle recycler. I'm doing...
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Meet Bittle, an Advanced Open-Source Robot Dog by Petoi

This is Bittle, a ready-to-run advanced open-source robot dog by Petoi that is based on the OpenCat robotic pet framework. If you’ve ever wanted...
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What Makes TMC2208 Stepper Motor Drivers Silent

A while ago I did a bit of an experiment to compare the sound level between TMC2208 and A4988 stepper motor drivers. At...
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Grafana Weather Dashboard using InfluxDB and an ESP32 – In-Depth Tutorial

Following one of my previous projects where I built a weather station dashboard using InfluxDB and Grafana on the reTerminal, I had quite...
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Making An Ultra Low Power Arduino Pro

This 3.3V Arduino Pro Mini uses over 600 times less power than a traditional Pro Mini, using a couple of simple, low power,...
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I Built an AliExpress Homelab, Is It Surprisingly Good or Total E-Waste?

Today I’m building a complete 10-inch homelab using only components bought from AliExpress. No name brands, no local retailers, no trusted vendors, just...
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Pi 5 NAS With Custom Carbon Fibre Panels, Made on the Makera Z1!

Today, I'm going to be building a low-power SSD NAS that is built around the Raspberry Pi 5. This Pi 5 NAS offers...
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I Built a Pi 5 AI Chatbot That Talks, Blinks, and Looks Around!

There’s something fun about bringing tech to life, literally. Today’s project is all about that, building an AI chatbot that blinks, looks around,...
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Electronics Projects

Beelink ME Pro, A Small Form Factor NAS with Serious Home Server Potential

Today, we’re taking a detailed look at the Beelink ME Pro, a new two-bay NAS that packs...
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Electronics Projects

Turn a Raspberry Pi Zero into a Global Ad Blocker with Pi-hole and Tailscale

Today I’m going to show you how to block ads and trackers, not just at home, but...
Michael Klements -
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3D Printing

I Built an AliExpress Homelab, Is It Surprisingly Good or Total E-Waste?

Today I’m building a complete 10-inch homelab using only components bought from AliExpress. No name brands, no local retailers, no trusted vendors, just the cheapest parts I could find that...
Michael Klements -
Electronics Projects

Pi 5 NAS With Custom Carbon Fibre Panels, Made on the Makera Z1!

Today, I'm going to be building a low-power SSD NAS that is built around the Raspberry Pi...
Michael Klements -
Read
3D Printing

I Built a Pi 5 AI Chatbot That Talks, Blinks, and Looks Around!

There’s something fun about bringing tech to life, literally. Today’s project is all about that, building an...
Michael Klements -
Read
Electronics Projects

A Pi Cluster That Fits in the Palm of Your Hand – The Sipeed Nanocluster

Building a Raspberry Pi cluster usually means dealing with messy cables, stacks of boards, and a tangle...
Michael Klements -
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Electronics Projects

LattePanda’s New IOTA SBC – A Palm-Sized N150 Board for Makers

LattePanda’s latest release, the IOTA, packs Intel’s new N150 processor into a board barely larger than a...
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Beelink ME Pro, A Small Form Factor NAS with Serious Home Server Potential

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Today, we’re taking a detailed look at the Beelink ME Pro, a new two-bay NAS that packs some surprisingly unique features into an extremely...

Turn a Raspberry Pi Zero into a Global Ad Blocker with Pi-hole and Tailscale

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Today I’m going to show you how to block ads and trackers, not just at home, but on every network you connect to. We'll...

I Built an AliExpress Homelab, Is It Surprisingly Good or Total E-Waste?

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Today I’m building a complete 10-inch homelab using only components bought from AliExpress. No name brands, no local retailers, no trusted vendors, just the...

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Adjusting Cabinet Hinges

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If your cabinets have adjustable concealed hinges, you may need to adjust them every now and again to keep the doors in line and...

Mini Raspberry Pi Server With Built In UPS

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Today we're going to be building a mini Raspberry Pi server with a built-in UPS and OLED stats display. A Raspberry Pi makes a...

I Built A 4-Bay Raspberry Pi 5 Based NAS

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Last year, I built a Pi-based NAS as cheaply as possible using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W. It was a great project to learn...

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