The main reason I got into Raspberry Pi in the first place was to solve the problem of access to the printer in my office (not pictured above!) from computers throughout the house. I totally failed in that aim, due…
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Programming the Pico PiDuino from the #RaspberryPi
This is the second part in Phil Howard’s guide to creating and programming a £5 Arduino companion for your Pi. Read the guide here Part one of the guide is available here
#RaspberryPi photobooth at Open Hardware Summit
Kevin Osborn at Bald Wisdom has built on the work of a friend of his who created a Raspberry Pi tablet. Aiming to allow personalisation of an e-paper badge, he hooked up a Raspberry Pi to an LVDS screen (via…
Reducing the footprint of a #RaspberryPi
Nice little article about removing the RCA video connector and the audio jack. The author also gives a really reckless way of reducing your SD card footprint by… snipping at it with a pair of scissors. I cannot dissuade you…
The #RaspberryPi Factory – video from Electronics Weekly
Great video, this. This video from Electronics Weekly shows how the Sony factory in Pencoed, Wales makes 4000 Raspberry Pis a day. Really interesting stuff. For more info, read the article on the EW site. You can watch the video…
RasPi.TV shows the power of the PiHub by running 4 #RaspberryPi
Following a question on the Raspberry Pi Foundation forum, Alex Eames has decided to stress test the brand new PiHub by powering 4 Pis at once from the little raspberry-shaped device. Read his post and watch the video here It is,…
Build an Arduino compatible device for £5 and connect it to the #RaspberryPi
Phil Howard runs a website called Gadgetoid and runs a Raspberry Pi blog on a Pi itself. He’s written an extensive guide on creating something called a Pico PiDuino. It’s a little Arduino-compatible device with an ATmega 328 at it’s…
#RaspberryPi moisture sensor tutorial
Jeremy Blythe has written an excellent, in-depth tutorial to help you read moisture levels using an analog sensor. Particularly of interest to me is the wiring up of a MCP3008 analog-to-digital converter. It will come in most useful when I…
Fixing Errors While Upgrading #RaspberryPi
Over at CodingEpiphany.com, they’ve written a blog post about correcting errors from apt-get update/upgrade. Take a look if you’ve ever had problems. Read the article
RasPi.tv shows how to use the PiGlow for #RaspberryPi with GPIO control
The PiGlow is a lovely little GPIO board from Pimoroni which features three arms of ultra-bright LEDs. Alex over at RasPi.tv has put it together with his own circuit board and, in his new video, shows us how to control…