So you’ve picked up a brand new Raspberry Pi 2 – but what to do with it? Thankfully the possibilities are endless – but what should you do first? Here’s some straightforward projects to try on your new toy.
Weather Station
Why stop at humidity and temperature? Here’s a tutorial for programming your Pi to record everything from rainfall to wind speed by rigging it up to aMaplin weather forecaster. From there, you could even program the Pi to automatically update a website with the weather conditions. Combining both science and tech, this could make an ideal school project.
Digital Picture Frame
Instead of buying a pricey digital picture frame at your local electronics store, you can make one for half the cost and double the features with Raspberry Pi. This Instructables tutorial outlines a frame that displays not just photos, but also movies, musics, and weather reports. Better yet, project author Andy Jagoe said he built it in just a couple of hours.
Landline
Why pay for a landline when you have a Raspberry Pi? That’s what this tutorial argues, and it shows you how to substitute Pi and Google Voice for your current landline provider. You can make free calls, but it’s important to note that you won’t have the ability to make 911 emergency calls with this tutorial. But that’s what your smartphone is for.
Turn your Raspberry Pi into a Web Server
If you want to learn to make websites, but don’t want to faff about with hosting packages, then a Pi can make a great little web server for your home network. All you need to do is install some packagesand your Pi will start serving up webpages. It’ll even support PHP and MySQL if you want to code anything more advanced.
Make a Media PC with XBMC on Raspberry Pi
One of the most popular uses of the Raspberry Pi is as a media device. It comes with a HDMI port to plug straight into your TV – and with a piece of software like XBMC, it can give you a user experience better than even the likes of Apple TV.
Helpfully, there’s already a Raspberry Pi specific XBMC distribution to make it super easy – all you have to do is burn it to an SD card and you’re away.
Get rich with Raspberry Pi, by turning it into a Bitcoin Miner
The Raspberry Pi could be your ticket to wealth… Rather the buy Libertarian magic beans and hope they gain in value, you can ‘mine‘ new Bitcoins by putting your Raspberry Pi’s processor to work.
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