Normally if you want to do a timelapse with the Pi camera, you just use the raspistill command with the -tl parameter. However, Richard (aka the Average Man) wanted to do it programmatically so he could update an LCD screen…
Category: Tutorials
Retro-fit your old Gameboy with a Raspberry Pi
We’ve seen it before: a Gameboy mod with a Pi inside. Well, this Instructable tells you how to do it yourself. Tim G has used a Raspberry Pi Model A and various other, fairly cheap, components in this tutorial which…
Make a digital garden with the Raspberry Pi and the Pibrella
Here’s a great video from Carrie Anne Philbin on her YouTube channel the Geek Gurl Diaries. In this, she uses the Pi, a Pibrella, some motors and bits and pieces, together with a Python script, to create a ‘digital garden’. It’s…
Download BBC programmes with updated get_iplayer on the Raspberry Pi
Last week, the BBC changed the way that iPlayer exposes it’s programme listings to the web. This prevented a lot of third-party software from working including the popular get_iplayer. A fix has now been issued and Alex Eames has documented…
Home monitoring with Raspberry Pi and Arduino
Eric Tsai has put together a combination of wireless, sensor-packed Arduinos with a Pi and come up with a quite neat home monitoring solution. He’s written it all up as an Instructable which you can view here. He’s called in…
Send security camera photos from the Raspberry Pi via MMS
Mike Haldas has written a great, comprehensive tutorial about using the Pi and online service Twilio to take photos using the Pi camera and send them to a recipient via MMS message. Take a look here.
Reduce the size of your Raspberry Pi B+
Adafruit have published a tutorial over on their Learning area that will help you hack your Raspberry Pi model B+ to get a much thinner profile. It’s not exactly “wafer-thin” as they claim, but it does give you a Pi…
Build a Raspberry Pi-powered arcade cabinet
Instructables user diygizmo has posted a great tutorial to help you build the arcade cabinet in the picture above. Check it out here.
Transmit FM audio from your Raspberry Pi – but be careful!
Tom Herbison has blogged about a way to use the Pi as an FM radio transmitter up to 250MHz. His tutorial does come with several warnings about what kind of signal the Pi is putting out, but includes ways around…
Send email from Python
Trevor Appleton has posted on his blog a way to send email from Python. This is a great way to send a notification when a certain event is triggered. Take a look here.