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suncloud

Hi guys, I just posted an Instructables project that might interest some of you. It's a DIY Safety Alarm system that let you turn old stuff into something useful, create various sorts of alarm systems by automating them and let you remotely control and monitor them. It's a great cheap alternative to...

suncloud

Hi, guys! I just made an Instructables to guide beginners on how to set up very easy smart office automation without having any high-level tech knowledge/skills and with a modest budget. The objective is to show how smart office can be accessible to anyone and hopefully helping a little to spread th...

suncloud

Hi, everyone! :D I just made an Instructables guide for beginners on how to set up very easy automated Photo Frame for IOS/Android Photos and Emails without having any tech knowledge/skills. Easily turn a small LCD into your own personalized side desk photo memories center using a 3.5 or a 5 inch LC...

suncloud

Hi guys I've just written a new instructables about automating scenarios that you trigger from a DIY remote control (through a breadboard). I'm sure this might inspire some of you for your home projects so don't hesitate to have a look ;) Cheers! https://www.instructables.com/id/Entrance-Master-Remo...

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Hi guys, Might be an interesting project for those of you who are big users of cloud systems and at the same time aware of security/privacy issues linked to them: https://www.instructables.com/id/NO-CODE-Ultimate-Cloud-Media-Server/ This project aims at turning a Raspberry Pi connected to an externa...

suncloud

Hi guys, I just wrote a very accessible Instructables i wanted to share with you, it's mostly meant for beginners to discover simple steps of making and smart automation by connecting LEDs, RF modules, RF sockets, Philips Hue and speakers to your RPi in order to set up voice command triggers and tra...

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Hi everyone I just released a cool project for beginners, to discover how to turn a RPi and a breadboard into a jukebox with just few buttons and wires https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Jukebox-With-Raspberry-Pi/ I think it's a good 1st step to start discovering what you can do in automation. Ple...

suncloud

Hi guys! I wanted to share with you my project of making a smart home automation system as cheap as possible using Raspberry Pi Zero W. I managed to stay below $40 and integrate essentials like monitoring and smart lights. I think it can be a good start for most beginners in smart home since it's ch...

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Hi guys My new Instructables shows easy and unexpensive ways of improving the reach of your Google Home or Google Assistant-enabled smartphone by connecting your Raspberry Pi to IFTTT very easily with Prota OS https://www.instructables.com/id/Boost-Your-Google-Home-With-Prota-OS-for-Raspberry/ A sim...

suncloud

Hi guys! I just made an instructables to guide beginners on how to set up very easy smart home automation without having any tech knowledge/skills and with a minimum of budget. The objective is to show how smart home can be accessible to anyone and hopefully helping a little to spread the good worrd...

suncloud

Hi guys! My latest project is about turning a random monitor into a photo liveshow which is instantely updated from any photo taken by your smartphone's camera via IFTTT and/or via emails including photo. It's a great way to keep in constant touch with your family when you're away on holiday or livi...

suncloud

Hi everyone! I've just posted my latest project on Instructables. It allows you to turn your RPi, sound detector, old webcam, old speakers into a smart doorbell with almost the same features as August Doorbell or Ring Doorbell, for a fraction of the cost. You can check out how to make your DIY smart...

suncloud

Hi guys My latest instructables focuses on creating smart automation workflow that will self-monitor your house and let you know if any intrusion happen. It lets you keep a hand on lights and equipment at home and allow you to turn on an alarm if need be. Might be a great project to try if you're pl...

suncloud

Hi guys, I'm excited to show you my latest project. It's principle is to bring a smart home hub into the car environment and adapt its capacities to a very different reality to implement new cool features to your car. All you need is a RPi, an old webcam and an old smartphone and you're ready to tra...

suncloud

Hi guys, I just posted an Instructables project that might interest some of you. It's a DIY smart security system that let you turn an old smartphone and an old webcam into smartcams, automate them and let you remotely control and monitor them. It's a great cheap alternative to the many expensive sy...

suncloud

Hi everyone, I've just posted a new project that might interest some of you. It's a breadboard to set at your desk to keep you informed of major notifications and news, a good way to never miss an essential information while keeping the phone away for better concentration. For smarter office and bet...

suncloud

Hi guys! I've just released on Instructables a project to automate your old speakers with a simple PIR sensor and Raspberry Pi, so that it plays only when there is motion around and that you can control remotely via a telegrambot or Amazon Alexa (so a fun project for a smart home or a smart office)....

suncloud

Hi everyone! I just released an instructables that I think some people here might find interesting to support their personal project. It's showcasing an easy to make bedside remote made with a GPIO breadboard which buttons are linked with lights connected via three different methods (RF switch, Phil...

suncloud

Hi there! I posted an instructable last week I thought it might be interesting for some people here who want to build a diy smart hub for monitoring specific places. The basic project is a time clock machine to monitor employees entering the company and checking how many showed up at work, but it's ...

suncloud

Hi everyone! I made an Instructable last week to create a smart doorbell, which can be compared to Ring doorbell in use (for those who know a bit about smart home products), based on Raspberry Pi 2 and 3 and Naran's Prota OS, all for around $40 and no need for special skills. I think it can be great...

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I made some DIY project called 'Macro button box for smart home'!. (detail project info: http://www.instructables.com/id/Macro-Button-Box-for-the-Smart-Home/) F28S4N7IDECXBEK.MEDIUM.jpg Just used Raspberry Pi 2 and Prota OS(It is for IoT operating system). If you have some buttons and jumper wires, ...

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Dear all, We used Raspberry Pi to transform affordable radio remote control sockets into a full IoT solution. Project is also suitable for beginners. http://blog.prota.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/DIY-1.jpg You can check it out on Instructables: http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-alternative-to-...

suncloud

Is it possible to have two or more Raspberry Pis on the same network running PROTA? I'm assuming they start up with a predefined name, if so is it possible to tell them apart? (I'm thinking of this application - several RPIs in different rooms, doing temperature monitoring for example, and relaying...

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gkreidl wrote:@suncloud: Is this based on a linux kernel / distribution or a completely new OS based on your own bare metal code?

It's based on linux kernel (https://github.com/narantech/linux-rpi). Some apps on the Pi version use pre-compiled packages from the raspbian apt repositories.

suncloud

What's the unique "selling" point that makes me want to use Prota rather then stock Raspbian? What do you do that I can't do already on my Raspberry Pis? A least one thing comes to my mind: you cannot check the source code ... We are planning on open-sourcing our OS once things get more stabilized ...

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DIY Cheap Safety Alarm System W/ Raspberry - a Smarter Way to Stay Safe

DIY - Smart Office Automation

Automated Photo Frame for IOS/Android Photos and Emails

Entrance master remote

[NO CODE NEEDED] Ultimate Cloud Media Server

[For beginners] Smooth ambience system to relax at home

DIY jukebox

Smart home automation for $38! With RPi Zero W

Boost your Google Home skills with Prota OS

Beginner's guide to smart home automation

Turn your monitor into a photo liveshow

DIY Smart doorbell w/ voice command & sound detection

Self monitored smart home for vacations

Turn your regular car into a smart car!

Homemade smart security system for less than $50

Notification breadboard for Smart Office

Automate your speakers with PIR sensor

Project to make a controller to remotely turn off the lights

Monitoring smart office or pet at home w/ DIY smart hub

A DIY smart doorbell for $40 with RPi 2/3

Macro button box for smart home

DIY smart power sockets for home automation [beginner lvl]

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