I built a mechanical jack-o-lantern that "watches" you using a servo and motion sensors

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  • pumpkin-pi

    Raspberry pi project that controls jack-o-lantern via servo motor and PIR motion sensors

    I tried to document as much as I could for others to build their own. Materials and wiring diagram all linked here: https://github.com/circa10a/pumpkin-pi

  • rpi-deep-pantilt

    Object tracking tutorial using TensorFlow / TensorFlow Lite, Raspberry Pi, Pi Camera, and a Pimoroni Pan-Tilt Hat.

    I went down that road originally using this: https://github.com/bitsy-ai/rpi-object-tracking

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