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Questions tagged [raspberry-pi]

For questions related to using the Raspberry Pi in IoT applications or solutions. Questions about a software or hardware issue with Raspberry Pi are usually more appropriate at Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange. Programming language questions are usually more appropriate at Stack Overflow.

Use this tag for questions related to the IoT applications of the Raspberry Pi.

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Which IoT platform should I use for low-energy temperature sensors to be powered by battery?

I'd like to setup two temperature detectors: one outside and one inside my house, in order to compare temperature and act on the difference (opening/closing the window for example). The issue I'm facing is which platform to take. My initial thought…
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Connect raspberry pi with 4G

I have a robot (use raspberry pi 3) outside my home (no internet connection there) and I'm with my laptop at home and I want to see the graphical environment (with all applications it has) of raspberry pi. How can I do this? I'm thinking to get…
Nick_Gkoutzas
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How to add resistor between two connections on breadboard

I am trying to replicate a circuit-diagram for my Raspberry Pi and DHT temperature & humidity sensor. I noticed that the author of the tutorial added a resistor between two connections (see orange and purple on the left side). Unfortunately I have…
Mike Nedelko
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How can I send images from a webcam using a Raspberry Pi?

I want to send the image captured (and stored on RPi) by 3 webcams from my RPi to any user anywhere in the world. The user just has to type a web address and access the images. How do I do this? I have a dongle, RPi and 3 webcams. I am able to…
CR7
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High data usage on a raspberry IOT

I have notice a signification data usage on my pi even when I am not using it. this can be a problem as I am using a IOT sim card with a small cap. I have setup iftop and monitored the traffic for a couple hours. here are few of the connections my…
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How to decouple the hardware components

Is it possible to make the connections between the Raspberry Pi , Motor Controller and Stepper Motor connected wirelessly? As you can see above, I have 1 Pi (connects to the Motor Controller), 1 Motor Controller(is connected from Pi and connects to…
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Error occurred in installing ThingsBoard Raspberry Pi

I am installing ThingsBoard on Raspberry Pi by following this guide. It gave me an error when I tend run installation script in second last step: Run installation script: sudo /usr/share/thingsboard/bin/install/install.sh --loadDemo Error creating…
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Unable to configure nrf24l01+ with Raspberry Pi 3 B+

I have a new Raspberry Pi 3 B+ model. I also bought a few nrf24l01+ modules. I hooked up one of the nrf24l01+ modules to my RPi with these connections: RPi | nrf24l01+ -------|---------- 3.3 | VCC GND | GND GPIO8 | CSN GPIO17 | …
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Raspberry Pi Monitor: Qualify as IoT device?

Not sure if this is the right platform (please let me know any recommendations if not), but I made a display monitor in the Raspberry Pi to pull in information such as news feeds, weather, local news and sports scores. I'm trying to learn more about…
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Trouble pinging between host (Windows) and guest OS (Raspberry Pi) in VirtualBox

I am working on an IoT project where I have set up a Raspberry Pi as a guest OS in VirtualBox on my Windows host machine. Both the host and the guest OS have been assigned static IP addresses: 192.168.56.1 for the host and 192.168.56.2 for the…
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Is there a way to quickly detect when pilight stops working?

I have a number of pending updates on my raspberry pi. Until I take a day to perform all those updates, I'm sitting at pilight version v8.1.5. Updating may potentially solve my ultimate problem, but until then, I'm dealing with about a once daily…
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MH-Z19B span point calibration: Anyone managed so far?

According to datasheet you can span point calibrate the MH-Z19B CO2 sensor. https://www.winsen-sensor.com/d/files/infrared-gas-sensor/mh-z19b-co2-ver1_0.pdf E.g. with 0xFF 0x01 0x88 0x07 0xD0 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xA0 you should calbrate it to 2000 ppm.…
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How to measure temperature using a sensor and Raspberry Pi?

I am new to IoT, and I want to measure the temperature of a motor and record the data to a server. Since I have experience in back-end programming, I know how to push data to a server from a Pi, but my problem is how to properly measure temperature…
Rinas Musthafa
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