Alex Eames has done an excellent (as usual) video on how best to solder a header onto the P5 pin holes on the Raspberry Pi. The results are surprising, to say the least, but if you really want those extra…
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Raspberry Pi RGB LED Clock – YouTube
Chris Fane has created a rather nifty little clock out of a Raspberry Pi model A and some leftover RGB LEDs. Read more here or view the video below.
Enigma machine / Bombe emulator on a @Raspberry_Pi
Interesting image from the Big Bang Fair. This was built by GCHQ. This is what the card at the back says: The Raspberry Pi Demo The Cluster The cluster is currently running a historically accurate, distributed Bletchley Bombe, capable of…
#RaspberryPi Palm Top
Jason Birch has created a tiny-tiny standalone Raspberry Pi set-up with a 3.5″ composite LCD and an XBox Chatpad. Read about it here
#RaspberryPi playing video on 2.2″ LCD
Jeremy Blythe has written an interesting blog post on encoding video and displaying it on a 2.2″ LCD device with his Raspberry Pi. Read the post
Replacing an SD card slot on the #RaspberryPi #piday
Nice little guide to replacing the SD card slot on your Pi when you (inevitably) drop it and break the slot. Read the article
Open Source Universal Remote from a #RaspberryPi
Alex Bain is starting a new series on creating a universal remote using a Raspberry Pi and an IR transmitter. Read more here
Possible faster analog to digital conversion on the #RaspberryPi
Raspberry Alpha Omega is looking into the possibility of using a Freescale Freedom development board from Farnell to take analog samples at 800,000 baud. Read more here.
The RaspberryPi Tricorder – the Picorder
This project has been in progress since I first received my Raspberry Pi last July. Until now, I just haven’t had the time to record video. The Picorder is a Pi/Arduino combination taking readings from 2 temperature sensors, a hall-effect…
Using a HMC5883L magnetometer/compass with the #RaspberryPi
This blog post describes getting an HMC5883L magnetic compass sensor to work with a Raspberry Pi. The pictures below show the sensor breakout board in question. For Arduino Leonardo If you do not have an Arduino, or just want the…