Control smart home elements by casting spells with a Harry Potter wand.
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Things used in this project
Hardware components
HARDWARE LIST
1 Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless
1 Raspberry Pi Pi NoIR Camera V2
1 Adafruit Raspberry Pi Zero v1.3 Camera Cable
1 Adafruit Raspberry Pi Camera Board Case with 1/4" Tripod Mount
1 Adafruit IR LED
Story
Not sure what to do with your wand after a trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter? Try this project. You can control smart home elements by casting spells. The IR camera system is built with a Raspberry Pi Zero, a NoIR camera, and a couple IR LEDs. The software is built with Python, OpenCV, TensorFlow, and the Home Assistant REST API.
Schematics
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Code
The article was first published in hackster, october 25, 2019
cr: https://www.hackster.io/drejkim/potter-pi-59307f
author: Esther Jun Kim
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