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I’ve been wanting to build a proper desktop arcade machine for a while now, and I finally got around to making one. It’s powered by a Raspberry Pi 4, has a 10-inch touchscreen, real arcade controls and a custom-designed laser-cut enclosure with printed graphics. In this blog post, I’ll show you how I built it […] The post Build a Desktop Arcade Machine with a Raspberry Pi and RetroPie appeared…
Last year I built my own version of the TRMNL from scratch, and it quickly became one of my most popular projects. Rather than simply showcasing their own hardware, I took advantage of the fact that the platform is open source. I designed my own enclosure, added a display and electronics, installed TRMNL’s software, and […] The post TRMNL X: A Larger Smart E-Ink Display That’s Built to Last…
Every evening I spend a few hours in my workshop filming videos, designing parts, editing, or just working on projects. It’s only about three by four and a half metres, and because I don’t want dust blowing in and I’m often filming, I normally keep the door and windows shut. But recently that had me […] The post I Built a Smart Ventilation System for My Workshop appeared first on The DIY Life .
This entire homelab rack took less time to cut than a set of these Lab Rax corner pieces take to 3D print. Today, we’re going to find out whether laser cutting is a good alternative to 3D printing for a Lab Rax homelab. Lab Rax is a 3D printable 10” homelab system, and over the […] The post I Rebuilt My 3D Printed Lab Rax Homelab… in Wood appeared first on The DIY Life .
This entire Raspberry Pi cluster fits in the palm of my hand. Inside this small acrylic enclosure is four independent Raspberry Pis, their own dedicated network switch, a system monitoring display and enough compute power to run a homelab stack. I built the entire thing myself from sheets of acrylic and aluminium using the new […] The post I Built a Compact Raspberry Pi Cluster Using The Makera Z1…
Today, we’re taking a look at what might be the most over-the-top Raspberry Pi 5 case I’ve tried out so far – the Pironman 5 Pro Max by Sunfounder. At first glance, it looks like it’s just a bigger version of the Pironman 5 Max that I reviewed last year. You’ve still got a very […] The post Pironman 5 Pro Max, A Raspberry Pi 5 Case with Touchscreen, Camera and Speakers appeared first on The DIY…
I’ve built a lot of Raspberry Pi and Mini PC setups in my Lab Rax system, but they all hit the same limitation, no real computing expandability. So today I’m fixing that by mounting a full Mini ITX PC inside a 10” rack. This gives you access to features like full-size PCIe ports to add […] The post I Designed A Mini ITX PC Shelf For My Lab Rax 10″ Homelab appeared first on The DIY Life .
I tried running a ChatGPT-style AI model locally on a Raspberry Pi… and the results were not what I expected. When you use an online or cloud-based service like ChatGPT, you’re obviously sharing your data with another company. This may be ok in some cases, but there are a lot of instances where you might […] The post I Ran AI on a Raspberry Pi… The Results Were Unexpected appeared first on The DIY…
What if you could take your entire homelab with you when you travel? In this project, I designed a portable Pi homelab by shrinking my original 10″ Lab Rax down to a 5″ rack that can still run a router, NAS and Docker server using Raspberry Pi hardware. In this post, I’ll walk through the […] The post I Built a 5″ Portable Raspberry Pi Homelab appeared first on The DIY Life .
The Pi 5 is the most powerful Raspberry Pi that is currently on the market, and with the increase in power comes an increase in heat. While there are already quite a few cooling solutions available, I wanted to tackle this project on my own and design a Pi 5 Peltier cooling system that can […] The post This Is the Most Overkill Raspberry Pi 5 Cooler I’ve Ever Built appeared first on The DIY Life .