I’ve set-up my Pi and router so that you can see a live video of a bird feeder in our front garden! I’ve only today filled everything up so there should be a decent amount of avian traffic 🙂
The feed does use the VLC media player browser plugin, so you will need a browser that supports that.
Conor O’Neill has blogged about his experiences both this year and in the past with electronics, the Pi, Arduinos, and all kinds of other things. Worth a read for an affectionate look back. Read it here
Jean-Claude Wippler has developed a way to generate images on an LCD TFT touch screen breakout. Part of this has been to use Gordon Henderson’s WiringPi library. He has looked to see how quickly the GPIO pins can be switched with the library. He’s worked out that the Pi can double-toggle (i.e. send a pulse) over 5 million times per second. For more details, read his blog
PiBorg, UK-based manufacturer of GPIO expansion boards, have today released the XLoBorg. This I2C board plugs into the GPIO pins and enables you to measure movement such as bumps and shocks and determine direction. It features a 3-Axis Accelerometer and 3-Axis Magnetometer
It costs £8.76 plus postage (which is free in the UK).
The folks over at raspberrytorte.com have written a guide to modifying your camera board to take M12 lenses. Read the guide
Thanks to John Beale for spotting this and sending me the info!
Tim Richardson showed off his mini media centre at the recent Cambridge Raspberry Jam. He’s now started up a blog about his experiences and projects with the Pi. Here’s his post on the media centre. The whole thing is powered by a single line using a MOLEX connector.
