Ubidots Home Automation using Raspberry Pi

A few weeks back we published a tutorial “Home Automation using Raspberry Pi” in rootsaid.com which was well received among hobbyists and college students.This time, we are building a more secure and stable Ubidots Home Automation – The Global Cloud Network for IoT. What is Ubidots? Ubidots provides a simple and secure method for sending…

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Spinel Crux – Gesture Controlled Robot for Wireless Surveillance – Part 2

This is the second part of the Spinel Crux Tutorial – Gesture Controlled Robot for wireless surveillance. In this series, we will build a robot which can travel through rough terrain that can be controlled using hand gestures. Gesture Controlled Robot Tutorial To control the robot, we will be using the control gloves, which will…

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Spinel Crux – Gesture Controlled Robot for Wireless Surveillance – Tutorial Part 1

In this series, we will build Spinel Crux, a Gesture Controlled Robot which can travel through rough terrain and can be controlled using hand gestures. To control the robot, we will be using control glove, which will have an accelerometer and a flex sensor to control the status and the direction it should move. The…

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Hand Gesture Controlled WiFi Robot

Welcome to our new DIY series – Spinel Crux –  A DIY Advanced Hand Gesture Control Robot using Raspberry Pi for Wireless Surveillance Project. Yes, of course, building and tinkering with a DIY robot is fun. In this series, we will build a Raspberry Pi Rover Robot which can travel through rough terrain and control…

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Arduino, PCA9685 Servo Motor Driver 16 Chanel Module Tutorial

As a hobbyist and and electronic enthusiast, you might have heard of Servo Motors and their application. Servo Motors are used in robotics as well as automation projects in home and offices. They are used in door locks, aeroplane wings, robotic hands and they have countless other applications. Using Servo Motors you will have precise…

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MATRIX Voice Google Assistant – MATRIX Voice Project

In the last post, we build a Robot that can be controlled via Amazon Alexa using MATRIX Voice installed in a Raspberry Pi. In this tutorial, we will install and setup MATRIX Voice Google Assistant. Yes Google Assistant using your own MATRIX Device and Raspberry Pi. MATRIX Voice Google Assistant Demo Video Sponsor Link This…

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SSH without Port Forwarding – Remote Access without port forwarding

Remote Access without Port Forwarding – SSH from outside LAN In this tutorial, I will show you how you can gain remote access without port forwarding. I will be showing you how you can SSH without port forwarding from outside your LAN and reach your device within the private network! What is SSH? Let us…

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MATRIX Alexa Home Automation – MATRIX Voice/Creator & Raspberry Pi

So what all things we have now? A A Raspberry Pi, A MATRIX Voice, Alexa configured to work with MATRIX Voice and IFTTT. What to do next? How about some home automation? In this post, I will show you how to set up a Matrix Alexa Home Automation system, that can turn on and off…

Raspberry Pi B+ Model PoE HAT Features – Power Over Ethernet

Raspberry Pi is small credit card sized, light weight and compact computer available which is used by both professions, hobbyist and of course hackers alike. Two years ago, Raspberry Pi 3 Model B was released which was the first 64-bit member of the pi family, and our first member with inbuilt WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity….

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Access Local Device without Port Forwarding – Ngrok Working & Setup

  Access Local device without Port Forwarding ngrok is an service that enables us to connect to any device (inside LAN or internet facing) through any network with out port forwarding. One key advantage of using ngrok is that, you dont have to be local network as your device to access them. You can SSH, use…