Category: hardware

All the articles in the "hardware" category.

• My iPhone 8 Refuses to Die: Now It's a Solar-Powered Vision OCR Server

  12 Jun, 2025

  How I turned an old iPhone 8 into a solar-powered OCR server using Apple's Vision framework. Running 24/7 off-grid, processing thousands of images.

  • iphone-ocr
  • solar-power
  • vision-framework

• Homelab: Hosting multiple Game Servers on a Single Mini PC

  22 Apr, 2025

  Build a power-efficient homelab that runs DayZ, Project Zomboid, Valheim and more on a single mini PC without inflating your electricity bill.

  • game server
  • dayz server
  • project zomboid server

• Reviving an Old Kindle Paperwhite 7th Gen

  8 Feb, 2025

  Jailbreaking my old Kindle Paperwhite 7th Gen into a minimalist e-ink dashboard. How to repurpose outdated e-readers into low-power displays.

  • kindle-paperwhite
  • e-ink-display
  • hardware-hacking

• The Ultimate Guide to Running a Minecraft Server on a Mini PC

  5 Feb, 2025

  Everything you need to run a Minecraft server on a mini PC in 2025: hardware picks, performance tuning, and the cheap-electricity setup that works.

  • minecraft
  • minecraft 2025
  • mini-pc

• Best Mini PCs for Home Lab 2025: NUC vs Beelink vs ThinkCentre

  4 Feb, 2025

  A comprehensive comparison of the best mini PCs for home labs in

  • mini-pc
  • homelab
  • intel-nuc

• Raspberry Pi Temperature and Humidity Monitor with Grafana

  24 Nov, 2019

  Wire a DHT22 to a Raspberry Pi, log readings to InfluxDB via Telegraf, and graph room temperature and humidity in real time on a Grafana dashboard.

  • raspberry-pi
  • grafana
  • influxdb

• Raspberry Pi Setup Without a Monitor, Keyboard, or Mouse

  23 Sep, 2019

  Headless Raspberry Pi setup in five steps with Raspberry Pi Imager, SSH, Wi-Fi pre-configured, and four ways to find the Pi's IP on your network.

  • raspberry-pi
  • linux
  • headless-setup