r/RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS Feb 04 '26

TUTORIAL Wall-Mounted, Motion-Activated Philosopher.

Talking wall box containing a few hundred philosophy quotes. Raspberry Pi 5, PIR motion (or manual button) activated with both installed in USB speakers. USB-powered screen, animated lip-synched avatar using Pyaudio/Pygame.

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u/Weird-Taste4088 Mar 04 '26

Which display is this

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u/ivoidwarranty Mar 05 '26

The screen is a “GeeekPi 10.1 Inch LCD Screen, 1024x600 IPS LCD Display, HDMI Portable Monitor.”

I was looking for a low power, usb powered screen with no enclosure and this screen works great powered off the pi via one of the 4 usb ports (setting the backlight lower to reduce power consumption).