Tech & Auto
5 Useful Ways To Upgrade Your Backyard With A Raspberry Pi
By CODY D. CAMPBELL
Gardening
While you’ll still need to do some labor, such as pulling weeds and trimming branches, you can program a Raspberry Pi to automate your daily watering.
The popular open-source gardening system called MudPi allows users to remotely schedule watering. It can also monitor and maintain soil moisture, weather, and light intensity.
Security Camera
Using a Raspberry Pi as a network hub for security cameras has become a popular home surveillance method. The project uses the free motionEyeOS software.
MotionEyeOS allows you to set up a motion-triggered security camera that can take pictures or video, which you can then view on a networked computer or upload to the cloud.
BBQ
There are a few Raspberry Pi-based automated BBQ controllers to help you with your weekend cookouts, such as the trusted HeaterMeter software.
HeaterMeter allows you to monitor and control BBQ smokers and grills on the Raspberry Pi or through web-based automation using an algorithm to adjust your cooker.