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24 alternatives to I built a desktop radiation monitor with Raspberry Pi, brass and wood

Here's how to turn a Geiger counter into a desktop radiation monitor powered by a Raspberry Pi. Take a look at this steampunk-inspired project up close.

This is a desktop radiation monitor built using a Raspberry Pi, brass, and wood. The project combines hardware and software to detect and display radiation levels on a desktop device. It is for anyone interested in… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I built a desktop radiation monitor with Raspberry Pi, brass and wood launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Monitor your world with Enviro and Enviro + Air Quality for Raspberry Pi!

    2019 · shop.pimoroni.com · its alternatives →

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    E-ink bird frame for Raspberry Pi - real-time bird detection by audio, fully local AI, rendered as real, hand-cut 1800s bird illustrations. - arnegiacomo/fugleramme

    Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A monitoring station for carnivorous flora. Contribute to blackrabbit17/xenolab development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A few months ago, I was inspired by this post on Reddit, titled: Food items should have QR codes that instruct the microwave exactly what to do. Like high for 2 minutes, let stand 1 minute, medium 1 minutes.. I thought this was a pretty cool idea, and that it

    2013 · madebynathan.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi. I heard HN likes e-paper gadgets so I wanted to share a little side project I’ve been working on with @sqfmi. We’re building Beepberry - a portable e-paper computer for hackers, designed for chatting on Beeper. My day job is running Beeper [0], but I will always have a soft spot for building hardware. I wanted to create a ‘weekend’ device that would let me stay in touch with friends and family, without the distractions of a full smartphone. I imagined a tiny, hackable e-paper screen with a physical keyboard, powered by a Raspberry Pi, that I could use to chat around my home…and pretty…

    2023 · beepberry.sqfmi.com · its alternatives →

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    I have realized that a lot of people nowadays self-host services and set up home labs with mini racks. One major pain point I have come across personally is to quickly get health status from self-hosted services and machines, and have the ability to headlessly control my Raspberry Pi inside a mini rack. So It got me thinking about building a built-in GUI that users can easily add to their Raspberry Pi nodes in their (mini or full) racks or elsewhere. I have previously designed this GUI for an open source project I have been working on (called Ubo pod: github.com/ubopod) and decided to…

    2025 · getubo.com · its alternatives →

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    A global contest to grow and monitor your own food with Raspberry Pi - alexellis/growlab

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The $5 computer

    2015 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →

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    I'm from a compost tech startup (Monty Compost Co.) focused on making composting more efficient for households and industrial facilities. But our tech isn’t just for composting— it’s a versatile system that can be repurposed for a wide range of applications. So, we’ve made it open source for anyone to experiment with! One of the exciting things about our open-source compost monitoring tech is its flexibility. You can connect it to platforms like Raspberry Pi, Arduino, or other single-board computers to expand its capabilities or integrate it into your own projects. Our system includes…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Weekend Project: Web-controlled Christmas Lights with Node.js, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi

    2013 · gnewt.at · its alternatives →

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    Building a Bus Clock for my House using a Raspberry PI and Python. I won't miss the bus ever again!

    2022 · purplehoisin.com · its alternatives →

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    3nd generation with faster processor, wireless and Bluetooth

    2016 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →

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    Written by someone who has watched "Apollo 13" more times than he'd like to admit.

    2020 · johnjonesfour.com · its alternatives →

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    A Minio pressure gauge with the Raspberry Pi and Blinkt! from Pimoroni, see in real-time how busy your S3 cloud storage is - alexellis/minio-gauge

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Science and engineering experiments in your pocket

    2018 · pslab.io · its alternatives →

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    Simple demo illustrating remanence of data in RAM (see Cold boot attack) using a Raspberry Pi. Loads many images of the Mona Lisa into RAM and recovers after powering off/on again. - anfractuosity/ramrecovery

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DIY plane spotting with a Raspberry Pi and an Android phone

    2025 · pilane.obviy.us · its alternatives →

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    2013 · raspberry.io · its alternatives →

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