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From Webcam to Cloud: Building an IoT-Ready Computer Vision System

By Hector Eduardo Tovar Mendoza

Use a laptop webcam, OpenCV, YOLOv8, and MQTT to detect objects in real time and publish events to the cloud. Code and setup included.

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Raspberry Pi Thermal Camera

By Adafruit Industries

This project fuses the Raspberry Pi's camera feed with a thermal graphic overlay.

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Making a Heat-Seeking Water Turret

By Andrew Kazour

This DIY turret uses a thermal camera to find warm objects and sprays water when it locks on.

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Piranha Pi Camera

By Adafruit Industries

Build a Piranha Plant themed camera using a Raspberry Pi 5!

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128

Understanding Thermal Printers and How to Use it with ESP32

By Rinme Tom

Learn how to interface the ESP32 thermal printer with a complete tutorial. Includes PNP-500 wiring, Arduino code, circuit diagrams, and projects for receipt printing, barcodes, and QR codes. Perfect for microcontroller projects and IoT applications.

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How to Use Huskylens Camera AprilTag Recognition in FIRST Tech Challenge

By DFRobot

Huskylens AI Vision Sensor can be used in the FIRST Tech Challenge Game. In this article, we will show how to use Huskylens AI Camera to identify April Tag. Tag Recognition function can detect tags, and learn, recognize, track specified tags. These tags are called April Tags.

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LLM Voice/Visual Chatbot xiaozhi AI - supports Deepseek

By DFRobot

Wake up your AI friend and do some small talk. You can now use ‘Javis’ to wake up Xiaozhi and talk to it. Have fun with UNIHIKER K10 and xiaozhi.

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Upgrading My Smart Growth Chart with RFID, LEDs, a Camera, and More!

By Zach Hipps

Upgrade your growth chart with LED animations, RFID scanning, and a Raspberry Pi camera for photo updates for family members.

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Raspberry Pi Wearable Time Lapse Camera

By Adafruit Industries

Worn on a lanyard or clipped to a pocket or pack, this adorable camera snaps a photo every few seconds. Slide the SD card into your computer to review the day’s activities or merge all the images into a timelapse animation.