David Whale has just posted up a couple of placeholders on his blog for various drivers he’s hoping to develop. The first one (and again, still a placeholder at this point) is for a cheap RFID reader. Take a look here…
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Automate plant tending with PiPlanter and a #RaspberryPi
Devon at esologic.com has created a system to maintain, monitor and tend his plants, more specifically the moisture level in the soil. He has written an extensive (and I mean really extensive) blog post on the project including code that will take…
RasPi.TV reviews the FLIRC USB IR dongle for #RaspberryPi
The FLIRC is a programmable USB dongle that allows you to use any infrared remote you’ve got lying about with a Raspberry Pi media centre. This includes XBMC, OpenELEC, RaspBMC and possibly XBian. Alex over at RasPi.TV has reviewed it. Read…
XBian launch 1.0 Beta 1 for #RaspberryPi
XBian, one of the XBMC distros, has just announced their first Beta release. You can read more and download the distro from here. You can also update from the last alpha if you prefer.
#RaspberryPi vs the BeagleBone Black video
YouTube blogger Matt, aka TheRaspberryPiGuy, has done a great comparison of the BeagleBone Black and the Raspberry Pi. It’s very well balanced and impartial. He covers all the pros and cons of both devices.
Adjust the sound volume of your #RaspberryPi via the command line
Netherlands-based Ed has created a script which wraps around amixer to allow you to specify volume as a percentage, or to increment/decrement the volume, very easily. Look at the script here
Solar powered #RaspberryPi
An enterprising hacker has set his Model B Raspberry Pi up to be powered by solar panels. Read all about how he did it by seeing his website that is hosted on the Pi. So far, it’s been up a massive 143…
Use Zoneminder on the #RaspberryPi with the camera module
Over on the Foundation forum, a chap called ‘jimmyst’ has been working on getting Linux-based security surveillance software Zoneminder to work with the Raspberry Pi camera module. Here’s what he wrote… Here is some progress I made on using Raspberry Pi…
#RaspberryPi powered aquatic drone seeks funding
A team from Portugal is seeking funding on Kickstarter for their aquatic drone that uses a Raspberry Pi. They have just 29 days to raise $125,000. Currently, you can donate $245 to actually get a Ziphius, which considering the capabilities…
#RaspberryPi Foundation and OCR launch online resources for GCSE Computing
Fantastic news from the Foundation today. After months of work, a preview of a ‘Massive Open Online Course’ (MOOC) has been launched for the GCSE Computing qualification. In their words: This MOOC will comprise an enormous suite of short, interactive…