Ben Reardon saw a robot playing a classical guitar in 1988 at a World Expo in Brisbane, Australia. It stuck in his mind and he has now done his own version using a Raspberry Pi, an Arduino and some servos…
Category: Arduino
The power of Arduino brought to the Raspberry Pi by RasPiO Duino
Back in May 2014, I was privileged to get hold of a beta version of the RasPiO Duino. It’s a GPIO plug-in accessory that has an onboard ATMega chip that allows you to bring the additional power of an Arduino to the Raspberry…
Plot data from an Arduino on the Raspberry Pi with Python
Rick Sellens has posted up some simple code to plot data returned from an Arduino using Python and the pyplot library. I’ve asked him to also post up the code from the Arduino so we can see both sides of…
Building a Raspberry Pi B+ into a vintage Apple extended keyboard
Apologies for the lack of posts over the past few days. Pi Wars took up all my energy and I’ve been recovering since then! Plus, I’ve had a few nights out on the trot which means I’ve been unable to get…
Connect an Arduino to the Raspberry Pi using I2C
Just a quickie. Here’s a comprehensive tutorial for connecting an Arduino to your Pi using the I2C protocol. Both sides of the communication is done using C, but it’s pretty easy to understand even if all you’ve ever used is Python.…
ramanPi – Raspberry Pi controlled spectrometer
flatCat has developed an enormous project that uses a Raspberry Pi to control a spectrometer. Here’s what he says about what the machine does: Raman spectroscopy is something very cool to behold, and imagine.. The idea that shining a light on…
Use Firmata to communicate with an Arduino from a Raspberry Pi
Here’s a great tutorial, and accompanying video (see below), from “Android Eric” in which he describes how to use the Firmata sketch on an Arduino and a python library on the Raspberry Pi.
Using a Hover gesture board with the Raspberry Pi
The team behind Hover, a gesture input device, have put together a tutorial, which uses a Pi in conjunction with an Arduino Leonardo, which guides you through using a Hover board to be a controller for PiMame/PiPlay. Take a look at…
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…
Motorised Raspberry Pi webcam with Ben Heck
Ben Heck, celebrity hacker, has taken a Pi, an Arduino and a servo and created a webcam which can be moved according to commands sent to it via a chat app. Watch his video below: Ben Heck’s Raspberry Pi Shop…