Here’s a nice little tutorial from Dexter Industries. In it, they use a Raspberry Pi, their GrovePi add-on board, an LCD screen and a buzzer to create a system that will alert you when an open wifi network is found. Please…
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Telehealth system going into pilot stage uses Raspberry Pi
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) which provides information, data and IT systems for health and social care organisations, including the NHS, is about to launch a telehealth pilot scheme which uses a Raspberry Pi to gather information…
Beginner’s guide to installing Node.js on a Raspberry Pi
Dave Johnson from San Diego contacted me to share a guide he’s written on installing Node.js on the Pi. It takes you through first principles like writing the SD card and configuring the Pi before moving onto the Node.js installation…
New Sonic Pi book released by Raspberry Pi magazine The MagPi
Sam Aaron, author of the popular music-creation program Sonic Pi has written a new book for The MagPi. The book has 10 chapters and topics include: Mastering live loops Building drum breaks Composing your own melodies Making random riffs and loops Learning…
Girl Scout cookies protected by a Raspberry Pi
Jamie over at Initial State has posted a great new tutorial which uses an ultrasonic sensor with a GrovePi board to keep an eye on a stash of Girl Scout cookies. When an intruder is detected, the IS service is…
PaPiRus e-ink display for the Raspberry Pi – a couple of reviews
Apologies for the lack of blog posts this week. There are reasons, most of which are too boring to get into! Anyway… The PaPiRus e-paper HAT for the Raspberry Pi was a pretty successful Kickstarter, raising over £36k. The screen…
Live coding with Sonic Pi and Minecraft on the Raspberry Pi
The MagPi have published a tutorial that Sam Aaron, creator of Sonic Pi, wrote about live coding with his software. This tutorial has a twist, however, as it integrates with Minecraft: Pi Edition and allows you to build in the 3D world…
Connect to the Raspberry Pi over SSH from Windows 10, Linux and Android
Gary Newell over at Everyday Linux User has written a great tutorial on setting up and using SSH to connect to a Pi’s command line. He covers connections from Windows 10, Linux and Android (no love for the Mac, yet) including…
Make an audiophile music player with Volumio on a Raspberry Pi
Trevor Appleton has written a great tutorial about using the Volumio operating system to create a music player with a Raspberry Pi. This is a great piece of software and easy enough to get going. If you’re an audiophile, you…
Paint your SenseHAT with this script
Giles Booth has written a small app using PyGame that allows you to ‘paint’ a virtual grid on screen and then have the same picture re-produced on the SenseHAT’s 8×8 matrix. Read how he did it and get the script…