The bloggers over at WhiskeyTangoHotel have been investigating home automation solutions. They’ve come up with a Raspberry Pi-based solution which detects, via Bluetooth, the presence of a device (in this case an iPad) and switches on some LEDs to save…
Category: Bluetooth
Controlling the Raspberry Pi using Bluetooth on the micro:bit
Barry Byford is a bit of a Bluetooth nut and he has turned his attention to the micro:bit and its Bluetooth interface. In this example (in the video above) he shows us how a micro:bit button press can be detected…
Controlling a MeArm with the Raspberry Pi and the Picon Zero
I recently reviewed the Picon Zero from 4tronix. It’s a motor controller board with the ability to drive six servos and two DC motors. It’s a great little board and Robin Newman has done something with it that just appeals…
Raspbian operating system for Raspberry Pi receives another update
Simon Long has just posted on the Raspberry Pi Foundation blog about the latest update to the Raspbian operating system. The main changes are as follows: A new taskbar icon and user interface for connecting Bluetooth devices. Support from Bluetooth…
New add-on board brings wifi and Bluetooth to the Raspberry Pi Zero
RedBear (who previously ran a Kickstarter for a wifi-enabled Arduino-type board) have just launched their latest crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. This time, it is for an IoT add-on board for the Raspberry Pi that adds 802.11n wifi and Bluetooth 4.1…
Track your weight with this set of scales that uses a Raspberry Pi and a Wii Balance Board
Jamie Bailey from Initial State (a brilliant IoT API website) has been in touch again. This time, he’s published a really fun tutorial in which you create a set of scales from a Wii Balance Board and hook it up to…
Tracking your pet in an office environment with a Raspberry Pi
Matt Reed is blessed with working in a pet-friendly office. However, it has been known for him to completely lose track of his dog, Bean, and so he set about working out a method for tracking him. To do it,…