Martin O’Hanlon has continued his project to install a Raspberry Pi and camera in his car and now overlays the recorded video with a GPS map as well as OBD data. Read here
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Read analog sensors on the #RaspberryPi with the MCP3008
Matt over at Raspberry Pi Spy has done a great little tutorial that uses an MCP3008 analog-to-digital convertor to read a light-dependant resistor and TMP36 temperature sensor. He’s kept it simple and clear and it’s well worth a look…
Experimenting with the Easy Pulse and #RaspberryPi
As part of my Picorder project, I bought an Easy Pulse from Embedded Lab (via Elecrow). It’s a red PCB with a plugin fingertip sensor (see above). The example code you can download is in C and my Picorder code is in…
Install PostgreSQL database engine on your #RaspberryPi
Chris Mobberley has been looking at PostgreSQL and has found a simple way to get up-and-running. Read about it here
Cambridge Raspberry Jam – 7th December – #RaspberryPi @Raspberry_Pi
Booking for the 4th Cambridge Raspberry Jam of 2013 is now open. This time we are running two EventBrite events for registration. The first one is for a Scratch programming workshop for kids and is at http://camjamworkshop.eventbrite.co.uk Even if this one is…
Call your parent with the #RaspberryPi
Andy Fundinger from Plivo was spurred on by his experiences at PyCon 2013 and has experimented with his Pi by creating a rather neat 4-button arrangement that can be used by a child to contact their parents. It’s quite a…
Official announcement for the #RaspberryPi No Infrared camera (PiNoIR)
One of the worst-kept secrets ever has finally been revealed by the Foundation. The new camera module without the IR filter, known as the Pi NoIR. DesignSpark recently released some time lapse videos of it literally ‘in the wild’. No…
The #RaspberryPi Wobbulator
Over on Slice of Raspberry Pi, they’ve been developing a sweep generator, also known as a wobbulator. Here’s what they say about it (it’s a bit beyond me!) A wobbulator (or sweep generator) is a piece of test equipment…
The world’s biggest #RaspberryPi display
David Whale (@whaleygeek) was asked to help Greenpower display race timings for their event. I’ll let him tell you all about the project on his blog. It’s BIG Read here
#RaspberryPi Java with BlueJ programming environment
David Briddock has blogged about using the BlueJ graphical programming environment for Java. It’s similar in concept to Greenfoot but is targeted at students of the language. Read more about it and find out how to install it on your…