Martin Harizanov has been looking at something called ‘watchdog’ which is a service that restarts itself regularly. If it fails (because the Pi has hung) then it restarts the Pi. Read how to install it here.
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#RaspberryPi Wireless Inventors Kit (RasWIK) from Ciseco
Disclaimer: I have no affiliation to Ciseco apart from having met representatives from the company at a Jam. I had the great pleasure of meeting Miles Hodkinson and Rebecca Smith from Ciseco at the Cambridge Raspberry Jam on 20th July.…
Updated #RaspberryPi camera board documentation
James Hughes, who wrote the software for the Raspberry Pi camera module, has now completed his work on the new documentation for the camera. Hopefully, this will provide everyone with a common knowledge base to use the camera to it’s…
Interview with #RaspberryPi’s Eben Upton touches on Wayland
Ahead of LinuxCon in September, Eben has given an interesting interview to Linux.com in which he discusses, among other things, open source software and collaborating on projects, particularly with respect to the upcoming X11-replacement Wayland. Read the interview
Raspbmc for the #RaspberryPi July update
The well-known and much-used media centre distro Raspbmc has just had an update. Read all about the changes
Building a Google TV with a #RaspberryPi – workshop
Here’s a great video from Donald Derek of MenaVersity. It’s a recorded interactive workshop showing how to use a Pi, NodeJS and Socket.io to build a Google TV system.
#RaspberryPi creations with Rob Bishop
Rob from the Foundation has worked with IET.tv to create a great short video piece on some of the coolest projects around at the moment which use a Pi at their hearts.
#RaspberryPi and camera cases round-up
Here’s some links to some new eBay items I’ve found. They’re all cases, so if you’re not interested look away now 😉 These are presented without comment apart from description. And no, I haven’t had any free samples, these were…
#RaspberryPi car camera overlaid with OBD data
Martin O’Hanlon, whose work & blog I greatly respect, has created a car dash camera with a Pi and camera module. He has now worked out how to overlay a subtitle file generated from an OBD-II feed from his car.…
Using a #RaspberryPi to control USB traffic light
Marcel Birkner has written a tutorial about getting a USB traffic light working via the Pi. Read more here