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Geeky Techiness, Programming, Software, Tutorials

Reading Car Diagnostics with a #RaspberryPi and an OBD-II adapter

by Michael Horne • 10 July 2013 • 1 Comment

Martin O’Hanlon read about someone reading diagnostics from a motorbike and decided to adapt the work to read OBD-II information from his car.

He found an adapter that converted the car port to USB and then created a Python script to read and output the data.

: Raspberry Pi Reading Car Diagnostics OBD-II Data

Read more and download his script here

Audio, Home automation, Programming

Voice recognition with the #RaspberryPi

by Michael Horne • 9 July 2013 • 1 Comment

I suppose you could call this SiriPi or RaspberrySiri. Oscar Liang has done an in-depth tutorial for getting voice recognition working on your Pi. Read the tutorial here

Geeky Techiness, Tutorials

Connect your #RaspberryPi to a Motorola Lapdock

by Michael Horne • 9 July 2013 • 1 Comment

Dave, at DaveDen, has done a great guide to the simple way of connecting your Pi up to a Motorola Lapdock.

How to connect your Motorola Lapdock to your Rapsberry Pi | DaveDen

Read the full details here

Camera module, Photography, Video

Another sunset timelapse with the #RaspberryPi

by Michael Horne • 9 July 2013 • 0 Comments

Craig over at Chicago Electronic Distributors has attached his Raspberry Pi to a tree in order to capture a timelapse of sunset over a part of Lake Michigan. The results are beautiful.

Read about the rig here

Emulation, Music

#RaspberryPi synthesiser round-up

by Michael Horne • 9 July 2013 • 0 Comments

Liz has posted a great summary of Raspberry Pi music synthesiser projects over on the Foundation blog. I particularly like the TronPi (watch the entire video and embrace the 1980s vibe). The Korg monotron project, of course, was featured on my blog yesterday.

Read the full round-up here

Internet of things

Live weather mapping with lots of #RaspberryPi

by Michael Horne • 8 July 2013 • 1 Comment

DragonTail Mapping and the Raspberry Pi

Just a quick blog. Over at DragonTail, they have a map showing loads of weather stations driven by the Raspberry Pi. Go and check it out

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List of sites selling Raspberry Pis, micro:bits and/or accessories

UK

  • The Pi Hut
  • Pimoroni
  • 4tronix
  • RasP.iO
  • Rapid Electronics
  • Red Robotics
  • Proto Pic
  • Kitronix
  • RS Components
  • PiBorg
  • Coretec Robotics
  • IQ Audio
  • Flux Workshop (eBay store)
  • Pi Supply
  • SB Components
  • AB Electronics
  • Farnell
  • CPC
  • OKdo
  • Cool Components
  • Makers Hut
  • Bare Conductive
  • Switch Electronics
  • Wonky Resistor
  • Technobots (good price robotics stuff!)
  • SK Pang
  • Everything Pi
  • Hobby Components
  • Mallinson Electrical
  • RobotShop
  • Willow Components
  • Pridopia
  • Silicon Ark - obscure components and other goodies!

North America

  • Adafruit (USA)
  • Pi Plates (USA)
  • Dexter Industries (USA)
  • SwitchDoc Labs (USA)
  • OpenElectrons (USA)
  • DTronixs (USA)
  • DigiKey (USA)
  • Crisp Concept (USA)
  • Fe Pi (USA)
  • NeoSec (USA)
  • Vilros (USA)
  • Buy A Pi (Canada)
  • BC Robotics (Canada)
  • Voltatek (Canada)

Europe

  • Watterott (Germany)
  • Vesalia (Germany)
  • Reichelt Elektronik (Germany)
  • pi3g (Germany)
  • UUGear (Czech Republic)
  • r-pi.se (Sweden)
  • SweetPeas (Sweden)
  • Kubii (France)
  • RaspberryStore.nl (Netherlands)
  • VOC Electronics (Netherlands)
  • SOS Solutions (Netherlands)
  • Kiwi Electronics (Netherlands)
  • RPi Bolt (Hungary)
  • Electronica Embajadores (Spanish/Portugese/French)
  • Diotronic (Spain)
  • Komplett (Norway)
  • KKSB Cases (Sweden)

Australia & New Zealand

  • Pi Shop NZ (New Zealand)
  • Nice Gear (New Zealand)
  • Tronix Labs (Australia)
  • Core Electronics (Australia)

China

  • Seeed Studio (China)
  • GeekWorm (China)
  • Smart Arduino (China)
  • DigitSpace (China)
  • Elecfreaks (China)
  • ODSeven (China)
  • Maker Focus (China)

Rest of the World

  • Cytron (Malaysia)
  • Zero Ohm (UAE)
  • CrazyPi (India)
  • Factory Forward (India)

Feel free to contact me if you know of anywhere else that sells Raspberry Pis, micro:bits and accessories!

PCB Prototyping

This is a list of PCB prototyping services (although many of them offer much more) that I've either used or the Pi Community has recommended.

  • JLCPCB (China)
  • PCBWay (China)
  • Elecrow (China)
  • WellPCB (China)
  • OurPCB (China)
  • OSHPark (China)
  • PCB Train (UK)
  • Mermar Electronics (USA)
  • AllPCB (China)
  • WEDirekt (Germany)
  • PCBShopper (Price comparison site based on your specification)

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I'm a ColdFusion/SQL web developer living and working in Bedfordshire, UK with my wife and step-children. I'm a Raspberry Pi enthusiast and amateur theatre director and performer. I am a Christian, but don't let that put you off!

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