Jeremy Blythe has been busy building a parking sensor/camera with distance warning out of a Raspberry Pi, Sharp distance sensor, 2.2″ LCD screen and a Microsoft Lifecam Cinema camera. He has blogged about it and included all the code necessary…
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Dave Akerman creates new lightweight #RaspberryPi balloon payload
Dave, who also has a pre-release camera module, has been busy building the next payload for his Raspberry Pi balloon flights. His previous Pi was given as a gift to Eben Upton of the Foundation just recently and Dave is…
First encoded video from my #RaspberryPi camera module / @Raspberry_Pi
After much messing around with both ffmpeg and avconv, I’ve finally found a combination that works to convert a raw H264 recording from the camera module to something usable. I converted it to an Ogg-format video. That means that it should…
Radio enthusiasts, use a #RaspberryPi as a WSPR transmitter
Southgate Amateur Radio News has reported that someone has worked out how to get the Raspberry Pi to operate a s a WSPR transmitter at HF and VHF. Read more here
Full-size daylight image from #RaspberryPi camera module
By request, here’s a full-size image from the Raspberry Pi camera module taken at 6:33am on 21st March 2013. Click for full version.
Backup your #RaspberryPi
Backups are good. If you don’t know why this is so, you should know that many people have had mental or nervous breakdowns because they didn’t backup their data before their computer crashed horribly. Martin O’Hanlon over at Raspberry Pi…
#RaspberryPi Home Automation with #Arduino book review
Eric over on trouch.com has written a review of this book which shows how to use a Raspberry Pi, an Arduino and a Cooking Hacks bridge shield to achieve home automation. Read the review here
Simple XBee communications between a #RaspberryPi and an #Arduino / @Raspberry_Pi
Jeff Skinner has written an excellent article, with code examples, on creating a simple network connection between a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino using XBee devices. So, if you ever wondered what the heck these XBee thingies are, go over…
Airborne! #RaspberryPi quadrocopter
Bart has reported on a successful flight of a Raspberry Pi powered quadrocopter piloted by friend Matthew. Read more here or view the video below.
Long exposure image from the #RaspberryPi camera module & future plans
This is just a quick post to share with you an image taken with the camera module on ‘night’ exposure mode. Bear in mind this was taken just before 5.30am in the UK so the night sky was already lightening…