Masato Sudo, a software engineer in the Microsoft Windows IoT team has developed a system which recognises a person approaching a door and then unlocks (or doesn’t) accordingly. A standard USB camera captures the image, the Pi takes the image…
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Come on sleepy head, get out of bed with a Raspberry Pi
Jamie Dixon has trouble getting his youngest child out of bed. So, he grabbed hold of an old electric hospital bed that could be triggered to go almost vertical. He hooked it up to a servo and a Raspberry Pi…
New issue of The MagPi out now for Raspberry Pi enthusiasts
Raspberry Pi Foundation magazine The MagPi has just published its August 2016 edition. It’s packed with interesting stuff including a huge feature on Windows 10 IoT and a feature on programming Olympics-inspired games with Scratch. There’s also the usual mix…
Installing and using Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2
Gus over at pimylifeup.com has had lots of requests for a Windows 10 IoT tutorial, especially about how to set it up and use it. Well, he’s now written a tutorial specifically for that purpose and you can read it here.
Controlling air conditioning using a Raspberry Pi and a Microsoft Band
As part of the IoT Zone over at Dzone.com, Joost van Schaik has written up his ‘air conditioning’ project which uses the Microsoft Windows 10 Core IoT operating system to read the temperature in a room and then activate a fan if…
Windows 10 IoT released publicly for the Raspberry Pi
A Windows-based operating system for the Raspberry Pi is now available publicly following a few months of developer-only trials. Windows 10 IoT is available here and, unlike the last few months, does not require any sign-ups. Here’s what BetaNews said about the…
I2C sensor reading with Windows 10 IoT on the Raspberry Pi
Olivier Matis has written a programming tutorial which shows you how to use an I2C barometric/temperature sensor (the good old BMP180) from within Window 10 IoT. Take a look here.