Here’s a cool project for those of you who like a drink or two. It assumes that you’ve got some kegs (or barrels) of beer (or other drink). The software (known as Kegberry) can either just list your kegs or,…
Category: Tutorials
Run a NodeJS server on the Raspberry Pi
Matt from gauntface.com has done a great tutorial on getting NodeJS working on the Pi. If you’ve ever wanted to dip your toes into this great framework, this is a good starting point. Check it out here.
Create a motion sensor fortune teller with a Raspberry Pi
Richard Julian has blogged this nice little project which has you creating a fortune teller which speaks to ‘guests’ whenever it detects movement. Creepy but fun. Read about it here.
Learn how to solder with Carrie Anne Philbin
Carrie Anne’s been wanting to learn to solder for a while. She’s now learnt how to do it and has made this great video that teaches you which end of the soldering iron is which and how to make good…
Using the PiFace Control & Display board with the Raspberry Pi
Matt Hawkins has done a tutorial on getting this board to work on the Pi, including what software to install. He’s even included a sample script to show how to read the button presses and display to the screen. Head…
Switching control with the Raspberry Pi and a Darlington Array
Here’s a good video of how to use a Darlington Array with the Pi to do switching.
French-language site for Raspberry Pi and Arduino
As you know, I normally only cover English news and projects on the blog. This isn’t due to any xenophobic tendencies, I’m just not very good at other languages. However, a site has just come to my attention that might…
Remotely deploy projects to the Raspberry Pi using NetBeans IDE
Richard Bound has written a nice little tutorial on using a desktop computer running the NetBeans IDE to remotely deploy an application to the Raspberry Pi. Read it here.
Raspberry Pi Internet radio player
Spencer Organ has been experimenting with a PiTFT touch screen and programming a user interface with PyGame. He’s now documented the process he went through to create an Internet radio player and shared his code. You can read more about it…
Hacking a 15″ R2-D2 with the Raspberry Pi
Oakland, California-based Andrew Langley has written a tutorial based on his experience hacking the 15″ Hasbro Interactive R2D2. He’s even included a mini-projector in the build to give R2 that realistic feel. Read about it here or watch the video below.