Another interesting post from Matt Hawkins over at Raspberry Pi Spy about getting a cheap-as-chips PIR motion sensor working with Python and the Pi. Cheap PIR Sensors and the Raspberry Pi – Part 1 | Raspberry Pi Spy.
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Completely Wireless IP Camera with battery for #RaspberryPi
A great instructable on how to create a wireless IP camera powered by a solar battery pack. Includes command-line commands to get it up and running with Motion. Raspberry Pi: Completely Wireless IP Camera. Solar Battery Pack, WiFi, Logitech Camera,…
Adding a Bluetooth serial terminal to #RaspberryPi / @Raspberry_Pi
Great tutorial on how to use a little breakout module to add a serial port that you can connect to over bluetooth. Going to get hold of one of these cheap ($8/£5 from dx.com) devices and give it a go!…
Quite Rubbish Clock for the #RaspberryPi / @Raspberry_Pi
Excellent post about creating a clock that shows the time in QR-code, thus making it only readable by using a QR scanner/reader. Completely useless, of course, but a fun way to use surplus LCD boards. The Quite Rubbish Clock |…
The PiHut starts to publish tutorials for #RaspberryPi
The PiHut, a long-standing supplier of Raspberry Pi accessories, has started to publish tutorials. Their first is about setting up wifi on the Pi, which is great for beginners. I hope to see many more from them in the future.…
Quick2Wire boards review from Gordon [reblog]
Gordon @ Drogon has been fortunate enough to get hold of the Quick2Wire expansion/interface boards. He’s given them a thorough review and quick test. Please visit Gordon’s site below to read more! Quick2Wire – Boards are here! | Gordons Projects.
Accessories and Boards and Cases (oh my!) for #RaspberryPi – Round-up
This is just a round-up of boards and items I’ve found recently and some exciting news for those of us who like to shop at Maplin. Let’s start with Maplin. On their website, they are currently showing out-of-stock on three…
R2D2 Robot Powered by #RaspberryPi
Someone has created an R2-D2 robot for their girlfriend’s birthday. Features: voice control (in English and Chinese, using PocketSphinx) face recognition (using OpenCV) motion detection ultrasonic distance detection audio message record and replay sound play TTS rechargeable battery wifi R2D2…
Raspberry Pi Dog Treat Machine with webcam! Send an email, he gets a treat! – #RaspberryPi
John at NYC CNC has created a machine that dispenses treats for his dog when an email is sent to a monitored address. http://www.nyccnc.com/judd-treat-machine.html Here’s a YouTube video about the project: Raspberry Pi Dog Treat Machine with webcam! Send…
Minecraft: Pi Edition – Imminent
I just got a quick flash from an RSS feed about the release of the Pi edition of Minecraft, the World-building game. The post has since been unpublished, but details of the download were briefly available (even if the download…