Just a quick round-up of some new products for the Pi. I have no affiliation to either supplier and haven’t received any review products – just doing a quick summary for those who like buying bits! Gooseneck Camera Mount First…
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USB battery pack experiments with the #RaspberryPi
With my Raspberry Pi camera project, it’s vital that the Pi is portable and untethered to mains electricity. So, I researched various ways of powering the Pi from battery. This ranged from using LiPo batteries, through AA batteries and finally…
LEGO MINDSTORMS Sensors with the #RaspberryPi / @Raspberry_Pi
A great tutorial on using a Mindstorms sensor (dIMU Accelerometer and Gyroscope for the LEGO MINDSTORMS) with a breadboard adapter and a Raspberry Pi. LEGO MINDSTORMS Sensors with the Raspberry Pi | | /HowTo/HowTo.
Raspberry Pi Python Adventures: Making your own RaspberryPi GPIO cable
Francois Dion is at it again. This time he converts an old IDE drive cable into a GPIO breakout cable. Raspberry Pi Python Adventures: Making your own RaspberryPi GPIO cable.
Early look at the Pi Face board for #RaspberryPi
Frank Carver has an early look at the PiFace board from Farnell. Pi Face on Linux | Raspberry Alpha Omega.
Research into Stepper Motors with the #RaspberryPi
I’ve decided that my next project with the Pi will involve motors of some sort. At the very least I’d like to work out how to control a motor and have it do… something. I’d like, ideally, to create some…
Raspy Juice Rev.1 Beta Board for #RaspberryPi
“Raspy Juice is an experimentor’s expansion board to power supply a Raspberry Pi (RPi) host computer with a DC-DC SMPS buck regulated +5V from a wide-range voltage source (such as batteries, 12V power adapters, solar batteries, etc). The board also…
New supplier of bits n pieces for the #RaspberryPi – BitWizard
Netherlands-based (and therefore Euro currency) site BitWizard are selling some nice modules. For example, breakout boards for the I2C and SPI pins and an LCD and control panel board. Very reasonable shipping costs, too. I looked at their Arduino-compatible bridge adapter…
Controlling a #RaspberryPi with real life redstone in Minecraft / @Raspberry_Pi
“We’ve seen computers built in Minecraft out of redstone, the game’s version of electricity, circuits, and digital logic. We’ve even seen a few redstone contraptions controlling real-world devices. [Angus]‘ build, though, takes things to a whole new level. He’s created…
RFM12Pi #RaspberryPi Expansion board kit (433 Mhz)
With the addition of a 433Mhz RFM12Pi expansion board to receive data via wireless from other OpenEnergyMonitor modules (e.g emonTx) a Raspberry Pi running emoncms can be used as a powerful emonBase base-station to log, process and visualise energy, temperature…