Enterprise virtualisation solutions provider Xtravirt have developed a new Raspberry Pi SD card image download called Advantage vPi. Here’s what they say about it: Advantage vPi is a complete VMware vSphere management toolbox solution in-a-box designed to run on a…
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Dual-Protocol Routing with #RaspberryPi
This is one for the network engineers amongst you. I can’t make heads-or-tails of it, and I haven’t read it in-depth, but it seems that you can make a router out of a Raspberry Pi by using the Routing Advertisement…
#RaspberryPi tutorial video – analog inputs
Fraser May has created his third tutorial video. This time he uses the MCP3004 analog-to-digital converter to show how you can add analog inputs to your Pi.
Disguise detection with a #RaspberryPi and Arduino
Dr Neil Yager of AICBT Ltd and Dr Ted Dunstone of Biometix have joined forces to create the beginnings of a facial recognition security system that can detect usage of a variety of masks. They use the Pi, the Pi…
Using a #RaspberryPi to run a college bar
John Paulsson has brought a Raspberry Pi into service to help him with his job of ‘beer manager’ in a student bar. The Pi is being used for all kinds of things from stock reporting, reporting usage, monitoring light levels…
New product found – Pi Wingman GPIO expander for the #RaspberryPi
Ciseco have brought out something called the Pi Wingman. The Wingman is a GPIO expander that can be used in a variety of different ways to breakout the GPIO pins, even if there is already something sitting on top of…
#RaspberryPi and Wiimote controlled Robot Arm
“Boardmaster” has been busy. He’s published an Instructable that shows you how to control a robot arm with a Wiimote. Read the Instructable here
#RaspberryPi table-top arcade build
A nice bit of happy Friday blogging that I might have covered before but never mind! Worth more air-time. Rob Miles (@robmiles) has been working on a large (an entire table) table-top arcade machine. You can check out his build…
Radio Lollipop uses the #RaspberryPi to extend range
Stewart Priest, Chief Engineer for hospital radio station Radio Lollipop, wrote to the Foundation about a project he’s been working on with the Pi. He’s soldered a board and created a case for the Pi which allows them to extend…
Review of Raswik by Ciseco for #RaspberryPi
Ajit over at Open Gardens has done a quick review of the Wireless Inventors Kit by Ciseco. Read the review here