Matt Hawkins, who I met on Saturday at the Jam, has done a blog post with clear, cut-down, instructions for using the Pi-Lite from Ciseco. Read the tutorial here
Category: Tutorials
Sonic Pi – a computing resource for teachers (and all of us!) #RaspberryPi
Just saw this on the Foundation site and wanted to share it with you all as it’s just the kind of educational resource that is vital for the Pi to be used in schools. I think I’ll let the Foundation’s…
#RaspberryPi Lego Robot tutorial
Andrew Oakley has created a robot out of LEGO with a Raspberry Pi controlling all the motors and steering etc. He’s done a complete walk-through of the build and listed the parts you need to replicate his work. Read it…
Use the ultimate GPS breakout board with the #RaspberryPi
Martin O’Hanlon has blogged a great tutorial that shows you how to get set-up with the ultimate GPS breakout board from Adafruit. The board is available from many of the shops listed in the column on the right. Read the…
Sensing a laser signal between the #RaspberryPi & #Arduino
Christian Perone has blogged about his experiments using a laser light emitted by an Arduino and a detection circuit using a light dependent resistor (LDR) with a Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi & Arduino: a laser pointer communication and a LDR…
Back up your #RaspberryPi to your Google drive
Just a quickie. Over at raspberrywebserver.com, they’ve blogged a way to do a backup to your Google Drive. This only backs up one folder (which can have files, sub-folders etc) but is a neat little solution if you want a…
Two ways to use your #RaspberryPi as a printer server
The main reason I got into Raspberry Pi in the first place was to solve the problem of access to the printer in my office (not pictured above!) from computers throughout the house. I totally failed in that aim, due…
#RaspberryPi -powered presentation screen
Jonathan, head teacher at Ivy Chimneys Primary School, decided he wanted a big screen slideshow in the foyer of the school. So he got hold of a Raspberry Pi and set it up! A PHP web-page for uploading images and…
Upload sensor data to Google Docs with your #RaspberryPi
Adafruit has published a tutorial in which humidity data is read from a DHT22 sensor and then uploaded to a spreadsheet on Google Docs. It’s not a new tutorial, but I missed it the first time. Read the tutorial here…
Building a #RaspberryPi twitter bot
James Bruce has written a nice tutorial on creating a daemon that runs on the Pi to tweet webcam images. A little modification, perhaps using the previously posted Python library, to use the Raspicam and you have a great project!…