Easy Raspberry Pi Projects for 2023!

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The Raspberry Pi single board computer is an amazing little device filled with TONS of potential - here are my Top 5 Raspberry Pi projects for 2023. Each one of these projects is a learning experience that has a super useful server as an end result! So let's dig in and see what we can do with our Raspberry Pi!
Project Links
Pi-hole
Project: pi-hole.net
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PiVPN
Project: pivpn.io/
Step-by-step tutorial: www.crosstalksolutions.com/pi...
Octoprint
Project: octoprint.org/
Home Assistant
Project: www.home-assistant.io/
Internet Speed Test Monitor
Project: pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-i...
Timecodes
00:00 Intro
00:43 How to Get a Raspberry Pi in 2023
03:08 Pi-hole - Network-wide Ad Blocking and DNS Server
04:19 PiVPN - OpenVPN or Wireguard VPN server
05:21 Octoprint - A Must-have 3D Printing Companion
06:32 Home Assistant - Open Source Home Automation Platform
08:02 Internet Speed Test Monitor - Grafana-based Internet Monitoring
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@DGTubbs Жыл бұрын

1:26 It worked! I have managed to purchase a couple of Raspberry Pis like this! I paid MSRP, waited a couple of weeks on one (from England), and now I'm off to the races with my projects! Thank you, Crosstalk Solutions!!!!!

@Reducer Жыл бұрын

I got a Rock Pi 5B a couple of weeks ago, and it's definitely been a tiny little powerhouse. Using it as a worker node in my little Kubernetes home lab.

@jaibalakatun6844 10 ай бұрын

❤❤😢

@TGC1775 Жыл бұрын

“Got yourself a raspberry pi” that was good. That was the best joke of the year already.

@dumpsterdiner Жыл бұрын

I'm here for this Big Flex 😆

@walterbkeen Жыл бұрын

Exactly!!! Placed an order over a year ago for an RPI4 to replace a failed octoprint server, and i've given up hope of ever seeing it. Until they figure out the chip shortage situation, the RPI4 is effectively DEAD!!!

@bern047 Жыл бұрын

There are tons now, you will get one soon trust me

@adrianhendy Жыл бұрын

Get an RK3588 based product. Much better performance and availability

@butsukete1806 Жыл бұрын

@@adrianhendy Which one has good device tree support? I bought a Libre Renegade (RK3328 based) recently and it's a huge pain trying to get any GPIO working.

@Joseph-ko2kl Жыл бұрын

Biggest rabbit hole...Home Assistant... A truer statement has never been spoken. ☺️💰

@hesandr Жыл бұрын

1:24 thank you!!! I'm 16 and I've been looking for a raspberry pi for a very long time that I can buy with my money for a project!!! you saved me soooo much time.🙏🤝👀

@endorphinity Жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, thanks for this video. My next Pi is almost at my doors, thanks to you I might add a couple of cool things to it.

@ckay8510 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorials. Just setup the Pivpn. Works like a charm. I really like the written guides you make and in combo with your video tutorial, is just great. Keep up the good work!

@sambranton3346 Жыл бұрын

I put pivpn on a 2b with pihole, more than powerful enough to run both seamlessly and doesn't use much power compared to the 3 and 4 models.

@ckay8510 Жыл бұрын

@@sambranton3346 Nice. Maybe i willl try to setup pihole as well. How did you do it with the IP-address? One address to Pivpn and one to Pihole?

@RaduRadonys 8 ай бұрын

@@sambranton3346 I have both on the first generation pi zero, and it works without a sweat... 2b is overkill I might say :) these are the stats with both pi-hole and open vpn installed and running with multiple clients connected: Load: 0.09 0.1 0.09 Memory usage: 16.1 % Temp: 32.6 °C

@marcuskobel6562 Жыл бұрын

Great content man! Appreciate it!

@norm_sueb122 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!

@ahuesphoto Жыл бұрын

Great video! I though that I had an idea of how to use a Raspberry Pi but I had no knowledge of the projects you mentioned. Simply amazing!

@Kattoe Ай бұрын

These aren't even projects lol

@mcoko15 Жыл бұрын

Magic Mirror is my favorite. Great fun that combines tech and woodworking into one fun project. Learning about two way mirrors and trying to track them down is a rabbit hole for sure but a rewarding one I believe.

@coreylineberry8557 Жыл бұрын

You know... It's funny, that's how I got my Pi. It was something salvaged from the IT department that was a Magic Mirror.

@idk12147 Жыл бұрын

@@coreylineberry8557nice

@DarkestValar Жыл бұрын

Salute this guy for actually making the world better.

@JonathanSmith_IRL Жыл бұрын

Octoprint was cool but I've recently moved to Klipper and fluidd and really like it. It moves most of the processing from the printer board to a raspberry pi and has a much better UI in my opinion.

@gregorysmith3097 Жыл бұрын

I've been toying with the idea of Home Assistant, but not quite ready to put in the time and effort. But my daily use Pi projects are: Pi-Hole, Unifi Controller and OctoPi.

@RealRuler2112 Жыл бұрын

I use them for digital signs & built a custom RFID badge-based clock in/out system at work with them. Haven't been able to find ANY though, so really appreciate the tip about the site that tracks the in-stock availability of them. =)

@Lostmymind1 Жыл бұрын

The Raspberry Pi foundation has stated that supply chain issues are coming to a close, and that RP4's should be easily available in Q3 of 2023. So, hanging in there for 6 months is another option.

@michaeldemers2716 Жыл бұрын

I have the Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB in the Vilros keyboard/touchpad hub with an 8bitdo N30 wireless mouse. It's like a stealthy C64 in black. I love using the different Berryboot Operating Systems I have on it. Plus I have a SD adapter with a switch for a whole other SD at the touch of a switch. I leave my keyboard on all the time because it will sleep. Berryboot Retro Pi is awesome. I have the Pi 400 and a Pi 4B 2 GB as well.❤Love them.

@duncang55 Жыл бұрын

Very usedull, thank you!

@imyour_huckleberry Жыл бұрын

great video! i think i want to rack mount a series of Pi's and do a couple of these. the Pi-hole and speed test one for sure. The automation thing seems neat too

@malachai80 Жыл бұрын

Octoprint & Octolapse are so great. Not only for fancy printing video, but also for troubleshooting, because its possible to see on which layer it went wrong. And of course the remote check via the livestream, so that settings can be tweaked and failing prints can be aborted, without beeing next to the 3d printer. Next I'll give Home Assistent a shot! thx

@Penofhell 11 ай бұрын

A better use of the pie on a lot of printer would be to convert the printer from Marlin to Klipper firmware. Can still use octoprint, on the same pi, as a front-end with that setup but tze l dedicated Klipper front-ends (Mainsail and Fluidd) are so much more integrated and nicer looking.

@bhollingsworth Жыл бұрын

I love these videos especially when hardware is still scarce.

@elektron2kim666 Жыл бұрын

Got a couple of RPi 3B's from an eBay seller. Just installing a display is something, however, I got to a breadboard level and have plans for a few external toys. For me it was the GPIO and I started on a Pocket CHIP in 2022 and wanted something better which I got.

@JeremyDismukes225 Жыл бұрын

you straight up tripped me out when you called out the town i live in currently

@jasonax1523 Жыл бұрын

I've been a subscriber for three years!

@botialoach1 Жыл бұрын

Great video, excellent suggestions, my question I would like to install Home Assistant on an alternative raspberry pi hardware but which one is supported by the Home assistant?

@bob_mosavo Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😁

@bradw256 Жыл бұрын

INTERNET SPEED TEST APPLIANCE!!! Yes, please.

@MyIOnU Жыл бұрын

I use my raspberry pi to run display for unifi cameras, and also do self-hosting the BitWarden server.

@dfitzy Жыл бұрын

Did you change keys that produced those qr codes? Pretty sure that blur is reversible given the 'simple' black and white grid behind it.

@kenneencail 7 ай бұрын

This is actually a pretty dope page

@anttisalminen1916 Жыл бұрын

Basically all above and more. Plus everything running on Docker containers. Pi4 and Pi3 are fully capable. But if to name few extra: Bitwarden/Vaultwarden password manager. Jellyfin media server. RustDesk remote desktop server. Whoogle search engine.

@axelotl86 Жыл бұрын

I use mine as a homebridge for my Smarthome devices. I love my rasp. Would like to have an affordable pi 4 for more projects. Sadly stocks are empty

@pierreruwet8479 11 ай бұрын

Hello, my favorite is IOTStack, a special docker configuration, running on RPI4B with a SSD combining piHole, WireGuard, Nodered, influx DB , grafana , unify controller, samba server for my music library for Sonos player, Nextcloud . this could also include Home assistant that I did not yet installed preferring Openhab running on a separate RPI3B.

@joushajames1351 Жыл бұрын

Thank you bro

@bestredditstories1158 8 ай бұрын

I’m relatively new to IoT and Raspberry-Pi projects, but I think it’s really interesting stuff!

@DexterRose 11 ай бұрын

The coolest project for a rpi4 is scoring one at suggested price

@screwyouyoutube5493 Жыл бұрын

nice and interesting. I have a pi on my network running stubby for DNSoTLS along with adguard home for Advertisement blocking, which in my opinon is much better than Pi-Hole..been there done that. 😂 Another great Pi usage is a VPN travel router, running as a wifi connection between hotel open wlans and Openvpn allowing access only through a vpn for laptops, cell phones and tablets while on vacation. Thirdly, my last PI has Astroberry running on it which is a great astrophotography tool, pretty much for free. And last but not least, running a free edition of VM ware ESXi is my absolute favorite and runs super smooth for linux virtual machines. Not being a windows fan, using a non-gui interface and ubuntu along with debian linux as VM's is just...Great 😀

@MrTubertub Жыл бұрын

Thank you. So for each and every project we need a separate Pi??

@Litehamer 10 ай бұрын

New to this idea and considering getting a raspberry pie to learn about hardware. Do you require a case? Several starter kits available with case, power supply etc . Are these worth while ?

@AndyKopac Жыл бұрын

I’m sailing around the world single handed using a pi400 with Openplotter for my navigation /ship computer. The system has radar, AIS, GRIB and wearherfax overlay chart overlay. The system does have a 7 inch screen I rarely use. I VNC to an IPad at the helm over the WiFi access point the raspberry provides using its own WiFi hardware.

@ThunderStruck94660 Жыл бұрын

That is super cool. Do you have a site we can view your progress?

@AndyKopac Жыл бұрын

@@ThunderStruck94660 No, but I should. Early on the RPI system would hang and was a bit flaky. Now the RPI system is the most reliable system on board.

@ThunderStruck94660 Жыл бұрын

@@AndyKopac OK, well best of luck! Wish you a safe journey!

@kamertonaudiophileplayer847 Жыл бұрын

I would also like to add Java web server and bunch applications on it. So I use Raspberry Pi for that for decades. Thanks for this video because I am planning to get Orange Pi 5 now.

@JerryDLTN 11 ай бұрын

I have an idea that could probably use a Raspberry Pi and a "That was easy" button. This would be for senior citizens that live alone. A button that flashes and makes noises at least once per day that needs to be pressed to turn off for that preset time. If the button is not pressed within a couple of minutes, it sends emails and text messages to their family and friends to warn then and check on them. This is different than the "call button on a lanyard" if they've fallen and can't get up because if they're not conscious, they couldn't press the button.

@RimdarRanch Жыл бұрын

MY input.. I have an almost New Pi3b+ in a Custom Acrylic Case with a Pi Hat Board and 2 32gb micro sd card that has been listed "For Sale for MONTHS, well below the price people are asking for Pi Boards today.. It is configured as a Ham Radio DMR Hot Spot. They work AWESOME. I built 7 of these, and this is the last one I wanted to sell.

@g.s.3389 Жыл бұрын

you might not believe but I use RPI for all the 5 project you mentioned!

@ookkllii 9 ай бұрын

Would you suggest to run PiHole, PiVPN, Home Assistant on a single RPI 4 4GB RAM?

@JimmytheCow2000 Жыл бұрын

NTP GPS Stratium 2 timer server was my last pi project. Creates cool graphs too

@robdevlin2111 Жыл бұрын

Love this, Chris. I will say that after receiving my first Pi 4 device and going to install Home Assistant, I was disappointed that it seemed my options to run it along with other applications appears to be limited given that you now need HomeAssistant OS instead of another hosted OS for best results. Do you still think running Home Assistant with other functions is a good idea in 2023? Or should folks continue to run HA on its own Pi?

@molohov3875 Жыл бұрын

Why? I run it on Ubuntu using Docker.

@iankester-haney3315 Жыл бұрын

I have 2 Rpi4bs. 1 for Home Assistant, 1 for DNS (technium dns) and a fast Rock5b for Tailscale and Unifi Controller.

@Tuungaful Жыл бұрын

Can the home assistant be used to turn a smart switch on and off from a webpage?

@davidmartineziii7343 Жыл бұрын

During lockdown I created a single player retro pi mini arcade cabinet for myself and my kids with an i Cade cabinet I had lying around, a cheap lcd display controller board and a spare ipad screen 😄 It was fun while it worked but the tiny little video connection cables would continuously snap after just a little bit of jockeying around. After which I just turned it into a Monero miner for the 18 months or so thereafter that I had forgotten I even had it 😅

@madzen112 Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure a retro game platform will be my first project as well 😀

@TylerjWebb 9 ай бұрын

My top two pi projects are retro pi and using the pi as a cheap nas. I eventually bought a dedicated nas, but it was a great low cost solution.

@duckmeat4674 5 ай бұрын

Why did you choose a dedicated Nas over a pi solution? I mean is there a meaningful difference? Just curious

@TylerjWebb 5 ай бұрын

@duckmeat4674 The pi was great for a long time as a jank but functional option. But as space became less available in my home I wanted redundancy and something more self-contained. Running two usb cables to two different hard drives, many drive bay adaptors also require their own power. Or a synology was reasonably priced at the time. I've also got no experience setting up raid. Mostly just the cord mess and size.

@duckmeat4674 5 ай бұрын

@@TylerjWebb thanks! That makes a lot of sense, I'm looking to setup a Nas drive as well and good to hear there is a genuine tradeoff

@TylerjWebb 5 ай бұрын

@duckmeat4674 it's changed a lot since I last used my pi as a nas, so I'm sure some of my experience may not translate. For example, I believe the new pi 5 can likely power an external ssd through usb. So plugging two of those wouldn't be so bad. Initial cost goes up because ssds are more expensive, but they are also generally more reliable, so not the worst idea for long-term storage. The last time I looked nas solutions seem to be much more expensive, or a lot of the entry-level models have been dropped. Your millage may vary, but if I had to build a new nas today, I might lean towards the pi 5 and 2 SSDs option if I could eat the cost.

@TCKum Жыл бұрын

Very interesting projects. Thanks for the introduction.

@Ollital Жыл бұрын

I like Pi-Hole best. Using it for some years now in a docker container

@apveening Жыл бұрын

There is a reason it is his number one as well ;)

@aoikuroyuri6536 Жыл бұрын

Using mine as a Jellyfin server ... Works great (except for H265)

@simtitan1 Жыл бұрын

Can you have a Pi-Hole and Pi-VPN running on the same board or is it better to use two separate Pis for it?

@declanmcardle Жыл бұрын

@2:00 You can also get a starter kit with a case and a USB-C power supply and a few other bits'n'bobs for maybe 20 more than the list price of the 1/2/4/8GB unit you're looking for as opposed to 150%/175%/200% more than RRP....

@hudsonreynolds4349 2 ай бұрын

Love it

@bryanteger Жыл бұрын

I have a pi4 8gb that runs: Prometheus, graphana, home assistant, pi-vpn, pi-hole with unbound, a Minecraft server, then in docker; a Calibre ebook server, Plex server, ATAK server, kiwix server and tautulli.

@gregtourte5240 Жыл бұрын

I have one setup as a network scanner server. I have setup `sane` to share the usb scanner over the network and then can have any of the linux machines (dekstop or laptop) use the scanner as it if were connected directly. I think it should probably work with macos clients as well but I haven't tried it yet.

@panoshountis1516 Жыл бұрын

Excuse my ignorance, but how do I identify on the market hardware components that are HA-compatible, meaning that can communicate/being controlled by a Home Assistant Server? Are they designated as such? What is the tell-tale, otherwise?

@christophermoon2769 7 ай бұрын

Easy as Pi!!!

@3drts753 11 ай бұрын

I see that Raspberry Pi 4 is finally back in stock at retail pricing. However is this too late for the little board to compete with the likes of Orange Pi5? I have both and looking to get another SBC but is the Pi4 enough?

@fritzdaledelossantos8328 Жыл бұрын

Hi may I ask? can I use for example: pi hole, home assistant, and nas in one raspberry pi at the same time?

@dennybe Жыл бұрын

Weird question maybe... is there a way to connect multiple monitors (let's say 4) to a raspberry pi and have a different program or window open in each of them and controlled by the monitor if it is a touch screen?

@kareemschultz Жыл бұрын

I can't wait for the internet speedtest monitor to arrive. I'd like to see if I can perform speed tests on multiple networks, such as if I have a site with several vlans and traffic shaping enabled.

@biohazel Жыл бұрын

Fav project: Lightning node.

@Jamxknife 11 ай бұрын

Do you install all of these on one pi natively or are you using something like docker?

@Phlebz Жыл бұрын

Can I run all these projects on one RPi or do I need to run them each with their own RPi?

@gaffle7646 9 ай бұрын

What case does he have at 5:08? And will it work with the upcoming RPi5?

@tinuflint393 6 ай бұрын

Can you combine both pi-hole and openVPN is the same device (ex Pi Zero) or is it not possible?

@allliver123 5 ай бұрын

octoprint is top notch

@panoshountis1516 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you. I am intrigued by the Home Assistant, although a bit alerted as well for the rabbit-hole it brings along. I currently have 2 Pi 4B/4GB, one running PiHole and PiVPN for 3+ years and the other running FlightRadar24 feeder service. I have a spare Pi 4B/8GB that I am itching to utilize, so Home Assistant might be a not-so-sensible option. :)

@wpattison Жыл бұрын

Ok - adding the FlightRadar24 project to my To Do list... thanks!

@panoshountis1516 Жыл бұрын

@@wpattison it's great fun seeing on a map how far your antenna can pick up ADS-B messages from overflying planes. An additional project would be to setup a Pi with an SDR dongle for listening to these planes talking to ATC.

@lanzer22 Жыл бұрын

I had a Pi running HA for a while, but things do get intensive when you get more and more stuff setup. Eventually I used an old laptop which greatly sped up the HA interface. The web interface and phone app responding quickly is important for me, and I think the Pi is a bit underpowered for that. It's still great as my router and DNS though.

@naylor2006 6 ай бұрын

Shout out to Will Hayley’s ‘Wi-Fi Bridge’ project, bringing Wi-Fi to Ethernet only devices, really useful.

@Jay-eg8md 5 ай бұрын

Could i use Pi to create a podcast setup.. im new to this, but this idea crossed my mind.. if so, could you point me in the right direction...??

@Steveindajeep Жыл бұрын

I just set up my pi-hole with your guide and it works well. Guide was super easy to follow. Was wondering if i should get anther one for redundancy? My next project will be a OSMC box if i can find another PI that is.

@Weeem Жыл бұрын

I run a second one in a docker container in my NAS. Uses a macvlan for a dedicated LAN IP and behind a second switch so even if half my LAN is offline then there's still access to at least one. Can apt-get wireshark or tailscale on both too, so you can have ad-free phone use while out and about :)

@MarcSolomonScheimann Жыл бұрын

I have two instances, running on two separate Pis. I use Gravity Sync to keep them in sync.

@joedoe6471 Жыл бұрын

ROCK Pi 4SE, 4C+, and 5B FTW!!!! RPi might have market share since they were first to market in 2012, but Radxa kicks their ass.

@dam_j4105 Жыл бұрын

Could you pleas update the Pi RSTP viewer ? The "old" one doesnt seem to work anymore... Would to have one again for our UBI cams in the office. THX!

@iteagle03 Жыл бұрын

Not exclusively using RPis but I am working on building a Kubernetes cluster.

@jameshlavaty213 Жыл бұрын

Dakboard is another easy and quality project you can put on a pi.

@irregularmana6216 7 ай бұрын

I got 2 when they were hard to come by. I used one for retropie. The other is just sitting in a drawer but I don't want to let it go

@warrenlead Жыл бұрын

I want to do the ADS-B aircraft warning device with GPS and a radar screen so I can see when low flying aircraft are nearby.

@szymonbernasiak7526 2 ай бұрын

Can you use 1 raspberry pi for two projects? I would like to run Pi-hole and Home assistant on one Raspberry Pi 4 8GB

@RogierYou Жыл бұрын

That pinfinder is like ammofinder 🤣

@adrianteri Жыл бұрын

To be honest machines like the ones Patrick from STH covers - TinyMiniMicro are better deal than scalping prices of RPI4 including performance characteristics..

@feahnorl Жыл бұрын

At some point people need to stop getting rpis and start getting mini pcs. I just sold one of my rpi4 4gb and with the money I got from the sell I got myself an mini pc with an intel n5095. It trounces the rpi4 in power and software support, less than 10w of power usage and for the price it includes 8gb of ram (expandable) and 255 gb of ssd with the possibility of adding another data drive. If you need the gpio yes, get a pi, but for 99.99 of use cases you are better with a low power nuc.

@royperkins28 9 ай бұрын

Was interested in building a commercial product around a Pi3 B+ but it seems they are not recommended for new designs however I have lagacy code that will only run on a Pi3

@distro99 8 ай бұрын

Could i get all of these to run on 1 pi or should I get multiple

@unclerojelio6320 Жыл бұрын

I’ll make it a project to just find and purchase one.

@jplfaria_ Жыл бұрын

Can you run Pi-hole and Home Assistant on the same raspberry pi without performance bottlenecks?

@tamiller84 Жыл бұрын

I subscribed twice, do I get 14 years of good luck :-) Thanks for all the great videos.

@Marauder1 Жыл бұрын

could you use a Raspberry to hook up Oculus VR to it ???

@user-wz2ze8dd6q 7 ай бұрын

didn't pre order and I got my pi 5 in a few days

@bartgrefte Жыл бұрын

PiVPN is up to date? As far as I know, the maker(s) still doesn't seem to acknowledge the existence of nftables which has replaced iptables several years ago in Debian.

@3rror_yt 8 ай бұрын

what pi(s) can i use to make a vpn? i dont want to use a super expensive pi for just a vpn

@guineapigs2998 Жыл бұрын

I got my Home Assistant delivered to Australia this week, but I still cant use it as obtaining a Rasperry pi compute module 4 here has been nearly impossible for months :( Rasperry pi's are great but without enough supply its going to have a big impact on the hobby industry