Alex Eames, at RasPi.TV, has been very busy recently posting a series of blog posts about using Tweepy on the Pi to send tweets. He has previously covered tweeting an image from a PiCam and now he’s moved on to…
Category: Tutorials
Connecting an Arduino to the #RaspberryPi using I2C
There are several ways to connect an Arduino to a Pi. The simplest way is to just plug it into one of the USB sockets on the Pi. Peter Mount, however, needed to do things differently as he was already…
Weather forecasting on your #RaspberryPi
Gary Sims at maketecheasier has written a tutorial about getting plain text weather forecast details using a utility called weather-util. This software is easily installed from the command line from Raspbian’s repos so you have no excuse for not getting…
Set up WordPress on your #RaspberryPi
Gary Newell has written a comprehensive guide to getting WordPress working on the Pi. First of all, you need to follow his tutorial on starting a personal web server. This ensures you have all the required software. Then, follow his…
Turn your #RaspberryPi into a wireless access point
I know I’ve covered this sort of thing before, but it’s always good to have as many tutorials as possible on a subject. In this case, Gary Sims from MakeTechEasier has written a tutorial on configuring your wifi adapter to…
#RaspberryPi powered Joke Machine
Tim Massaro has written an Instructable to create a Pi Joke Machine. He’s used a PiFace Control and Display (which is an LCD screen with added buttons) and wrapped it all up in a project box. Read how to do…
Network monitoring with MRTG on the #RaspberryPi
Muhammad Furqan has written a tutorial about using the Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) software on the Pi. The software uses Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to monitor network devices and draw graphs showing how much traffic has passed through interfaces…
Great fun with potatoes – capacitive touch and the #RaspberryPi
Craig Argh has posted a great tutorial on using a capacitive touch sensor breakout board, 5 potatoes and the Pi. Sounds insane, but it’s a great way to learn about capacitance and how to use strange objects to control your…
Snowboarding with a #RaspberryPi GPS helmet camera
Martin O’Hanlon loves to snowboard and he’s figured out a way to record his travels using a helmet camera powered by a Raspberry Pi. Here he is in action: Read more about how he managed it over on his blog,…
Make a laser engraver out of two DVD drives and a #RaspberryPi
Xiang Zhai has done just that. He ripped the two laser diodes out of a pair of drives and then put them together with some other cheap components, attached a Pi for control and lo and behold he’s ended up…