Ted Hale has looked at the work done by Foundation Forum member Rattus to “boot” the Pi from a hard drive and done an in-depth step-by-step tutorial on how to do it. Running from a hard drive, rather than the…
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Run the #RaspberryPi on 3.3V of power
Dave Akerman knows all about power, and how to use as little as possible to power the Pi. He has written a tutorial into how to do this. Now, please note that this will void your warranty and possibly your…
Cambridge Raspberry Jam – 20th July 2013 – My write-up! #raspberrypi #raspberryjam
Note: This is very long… Grab a coffee. It took a while to write! Around 50 Raspberry Pi enthusiasts descended on the Milton Road Science Park headquarters of Cambridge Consultants on Saturday for the 2nd 2013 Cambridge Raspberry Jam. I’d…
Lincoln University’s #RaspberryPi powered digital garden
The Foundation have just posted about the Gold Medal winning garden from Lincoln University that was presented at the Chelsea Flower Show. This remarkable project changed shape and configuration depending on Tweets and was powered by a Raspberry Pi. Read the…
Find out who is ringing your doorbell by email with a #RaspberryPi
Martin over at harizanov.com has hacked into a wireless doorbell and used his Raspberry Pi to take a picture of the person ringing the doorbell and then sending an email notification, including the picture. This project requires some soldering and electronics…
The GWR Locomotive Sketchpad for the #RaspberryPi
Lovely story on the Foundation site today, and of particular interest to me. My wife and I love to ride steam locomotives and her grandfather actually drove the legendary City of Truro. (She rode the footplate of the same engine…
Reading Car Diagnostics with a #RaspberryPi and an OBD-II adapter
Martin O’Hanlon read about someone reading diagnostics from a motorbike and decided to adapt the work to read OBD-II information from his car. He found an adapter that converted the car port to USB and then created a Python script…
Connect your #RaspberryPi to a Motorola Lapdock
Dave, at DaveDen, has done a great guide to the simple way of connecting your Pi up to a Motorola Lapdock. Read the full details here
#RaspberryPi NAS with two 1TB drives
Erik Russell has been working on setting up a massive NAS box powered by a Raspberry Pi for network storage and backup purposes. He takes us through the process and points out some of the implications and pitfalls of using…
Track aircraft with your #RaspberryPi and a TV tuner
Using an RTL-2832U chipset TV tuner, it is possible to track aircraft using your Raspberry Pi. There is a wiki page on RaspberryTorte.com that shows you how to do it! Read all about it here