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Project Ideas

Laser Cut Projects

• Laser cut things from here

Thermal Camera Projects

• Pair camera with iPad and fuse the 3D model generated by the iPad with thermal input.
• Use Raspberry Pi + screen + camera + thermal camera + (depth sensor?) to fuse thermals and camera input.

• One approach requires learning iOS app development but may be more useful in the long run.
• The other needs more hardware but could be fun for other projects too.

Additional Ideas

• Use DeepL to segment the image input, overlay the thermal image, then do a best-fit to impute segment temperatures.
• Track motion in the camera input and overlay thermal input (copy what the iPad does). Potentially use OpenCV.
• Can the Raspberry Pi GPU be used with compute shaders yet?

Getting Into SMD Manufacturing

• Start with a simple test board — maybe an ESP32 datalogger.
• Get tools.
• Decide how to heat: maybe a DIY hotplate?

DIY Hotplate

• Already have the hotplate.
• Do I have the switches though?

Custom Home Assistant / Smart Speaker

• Use existing Raspberry Pi.
• Add Home Assistant.
• Add air quality sensor.
• Add RGB LEDs for display.
• Add a small screen for extra metrics.
• Make a nice white case with plenty of space.
• Maybe add a microphone and try to find an open source smart speaker:
  • Mycroft AI Docs
  • ODAS on GitHub

Other Ideas

• Replace driver board on Ender 3 for quieter operation.
• Hook up PSU control with a transistor.

Build a Linux System from Scratch

• Linux From Scratch Guide

Adjustable Bedside Lamp

• Adjustable colour temperature and brightness.
• Use high CRI LEDs and RGB LEDs.
• Power with 20V USB-C supply.
• Add microcontroller and rotary encoder.

Custom Low Profile Keyboard

• Hackaday: Low Profile Keyboard Guide