Great article by Jeff Skinner on the various communications options on the Pi. Raspberry Pi Serial Communication: What, Why, and a Touch of How « Jeff’s Skinner Box. There is more information (a lot of it of a technical nature)…
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Garden Railroad controlled with a #RaspberryPi and Wixels / @Raspberry_Pi
Martin Sant has been developing a way to control the points in a garden railroad such that he can use an Android app to determine the route a train will take. I’ll let him describe the set-up: “The technology behind…
Need a quick HTTP server? Try Python on the #RaspberryPi
If you need to start up a quick-and-dirty HTTP server on the Pi, try the following at the command prompt: python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 This will start up a server on port 8000. You can only server HTML pages without…
A look at #RaspberryPi to #Arduino communication libraries / @Raspberry_Pi
I’ve been using pyFirmata to power my PiPodCorder project that uses a RaspberryPi and an Arduino to read a load of sensors and display them to an LCD screen. However, I’ve been noticing that there are a few alternatives. I’m…
PiSerial #Arduino Communication Library from Code and Life
Libraries for communicating between the Raspberry Pi and the Arduino are starting to become something of a fashion. And there’s a new kid on the block: PiSerial. Read about PiSerial on Code and Life.
A Guide to the #Arduino by guru Ben Heck with notes from me!
In this video, electronics guru Ben Heck examines and explains the Arduino including Outputs, Inputs, PWM and Analog Input. You can view the video below, but I suggest reading the next bit for some background and hints. I recommend watching from…
Nintendo Wii Remote, Python and the #RaspberryPi
Great article from Matt Hawkins on getting a Wii remote communicating with the Raspberry Pi. Nintendo Wii Remote, Python and The Raspberry Pi | Raspberry Pi Spy. There’s also another article on the same topic at Brian Hensley’s blog that…
nanpy – Use your Arduino with Python and the #RaspberryPi
The nanpy library allows Python programmers to communicate with an Arduino connected via a serial line connected to a host computer (in our case, a Raspberry Pi). It is similar to pyFirmata. The nanpy library is under development and has a…
Control Google Earth Flight simulator with #Arduino – maybe with #RaspberryPi?
Two Arduino posts in one morning, what is the world coming to? Here’s an Instructable where an Arduino and accelerometer sensor is used to control the Google Earth Flight Simulator on a Windows machine. I wonder if the same can…
MySQL for Beginners on the #RaspberryPi
If you know nothing about databases, except that you know you want to use them, this video tutorial is for you. Richard Wenner has posted an excellent, very comprehensive tutorial on MySQL for the Raspberry Pi on YouTube. This 40-minute video covers…