Andrew Oakley has created a robot out of LEGO with a Raspberry Pi controlling all the motors and steering etc. He’s done a complete walk-through of the build and listed the parts you need to replicate his work. Read it…
Category: Programming
Software PWM on a #RaspberryPi
Mark Williams has been looking at how to generate signals to create PWM-like effects on the Pi. This lets him control the brightness of LEDs without using the PWM pin, albeit in a simulated kind of way. I’ll let him…
Use the ultimate GPS breakout board with the #RaspberryPi
Martin O’Hanlon has blogged a great tutorial that shows you how to get set-up with the ultimate GPS breakout board from Adafruit. The board is available from many of the shops listed in the column on the right. Read the…
Linux Cheat Sheets
Everyday Linux User has blogged a load of cheat sheets for using Linux. Please take a look at these if you use the command line as these are very good indeed. Take a look here
Adafruit #RaspberryPi Python library updated, easier to install
Adafruit have updated their Raspberry Pi libraries and have made them much easier to install by plugging them into the ‘pip/python-pip’ library. Read more here
Programming the Pico PiDuino from the #RaspberryPi
This is the second part in Phil Howard’s guide to creating and programming a £5 Arduino companion for your Pi. Read the guide here Part one of the guide is available here
#RaspberryPi -powered presentation screen
Jonathan, head teacher at Ivy Chimneys Primary School, decided he wanted a big screen slideshow in the foyer of the school. So he got hold of a Raspberry Pi and set it up! A PHP web-page for uploading images and…
Upload sensor data to Google Docs with your #RaspberryPi
Adafruit has published a tutorial in which humidity data is read from a DHT22 sensor and then uploaded to a spreadsheet on Google Docs. It’s not a new tutorial, but I missed it the first time. Read the tutorial here…
Easy development on Arduino with CodeBender
Just a quick one as i am blogging from my mobile! CodeBender is an in-browser development environment for the Arduino and is an alternative to the standard IDE. Visit their site here.
Coder IDE for #RaspberryPi from Google Creative Labs
Google Creative Labs have created and released a new distro for the Raspberry Pi. It’s called ‘Coder’ and its sole purpose is to host a browser-based IDE to help you to learn and use HTML, CSS and Javascript to build…