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• Same Pi5, Way Faster Local AI Chatbot

  Jdaie • 02/08/2026 at 04:53 • 0 comments

• Accelerated by LLM8850

  Jdaie • 01/03/2026 at 02:25 • 0 comments

• Offline Version Tutorial (RPi 5B)

  Jdaie • 10/30/2025 at 09:09 • 0 comments

• Step by step tutorial

  Jdaie • 10/15/2025 at 01:21 • 0 comments

• Whisplay HAT is now available!

  Jdaie • 10/09/2025 at 12:00 • 0 comments

  I'm thrilled to share that the Whisplay HAT is available today! 

  Link: https://www.pisugar.com/products/whisplay-hat-for-pi-zero-2w-audio-display

• Chat With Local Ollama

  Jdaie • 08/16/2025 at 12:51 • 0 comments

  The chatbot now support local ollama! 

  This demo uses the deepseek-r1:1.5b model to generate responses. Since this is a reasoning model, I added a "thinking" display in the chatbot UI. You can choose to turn off the "thinking," which makes the responses faster, but the quality may noticeably decrease.

  I also tried running Ollama on the Zero2W with a smaller model, smollm2:135m-instruct-q4_K_S, but after answering just one question, the Zero2W became extremely sluggish — its limited hardware performance is the objective bottleneck.
  

• Running LLM locally on RPI zero 2w

  Jdaie • 08/04/2025 at 03:18 • 0 comments

  I tried running Ollama on the Zero 2W, and the output speed was actually quite decent. I also ran a chatbot program at the same time — while it did slow things down a bit, it shows that the Zero 2W does have potential! That said, the core temperature quickly rose to 68°C, so it’s clearly struggling a bit.

  Install ollama following this tutorial: https://github.com/Gilzone/Installing-a-LLM-on-Raspberry-Pi-Zero-2-W

• Logo for Whisplay HAT

  Jdaie • 07/20/2025 at 02:06 • 0 comments

  Today I received the HAT printed with the Whisplay logo. The logo features a screen-faced robot with a cartoon expression that gives off a strong electronic vibe. Interestingly, its ears are actually speakers!

  You can just the waitlist via the link below:

  https://www.pisugar.com/pages/subscribe-whisplay-hat
  

• switch to mouse button

  Jdaie • 06/24/2025 at 02:33 • 0 comments

  I want to make this device work like a walkie-talkie, where you press and hold the button to talk, so the button will be used quite frequently. That’s why I specifically chose this mouse button. It has excellent tactile feedback — you can easily press it with a light touch. But compared to a regular button, it’s definitely a big guy!

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