This fantastic project is to create an expansion board, on top of which sits an XBox ChatPad. The page includes details on how to do it including a detailed parts list. There’s a software driver to go along with it.
Read the full article/tutorial here
The nanpy library allows Python programmers to communicate with an Arduino connected via a serial line connected to a host computer (in our case, a Raspberry Pi).
It is similar to pyFirmata. The nanpy library is under development and has a long way to go to get up to the level of that other library, but it looks promising and simple to use.
One big thing that is missing at the moment, however, is a guide on what the Arduino needs to be running in order for it to work! I will contact the authors and find out!
Edit: It seems that there is a firmware folder in the nanpy package that you upload to the Arduino. I find it slightly surprising (and a bit confusing) that this isn’t spelt out in the ‘How to use documentation’ but, hey, it is under development!
Not sure about the legality of this, so I’ll keep it brief. Here’s a tutorial on ripping music from online radio stations using the Linux software package ‘streamripper’.
Everyday Linux User: Using your Raspberry PI to rip music from online radio stations.
Two Arduino posts in one morning, what is the world coming to?
I wonder if the same can be done on a Raspberry Pi? At the moment, however, there is no ARM version of Google Earth, so I suppose that knocks that on the head. However, should Google release it for the ARM, I’ll be queueing up on release day!
Here’s a blog post that someone wrote after bricking (really, really messing up) their TP-Link WR740N router. They used an Arduino to communicate over serial pins to the router and then pushed a new firmware to it, thus saving the router.
I can’t imagine that doing this with a Raspberry Pi using the same principal would be that much of a leap. In fact, it’s likely to be a lot easier as you’ll be based inside Linux on the Pi and communicating directly with the router rather than introducing a middle-man in the form of an Arduino.
If you know nothing about databases, except that you know you want to use them, this video tutorial is for you.
Richard Wenner has posted an excellent, very comprehensive tutorial on MySQL for the Raspberry Pi on YouTube.
This 40-minute video covers installation of MySQL and using it on the command line but also, and most importantly, gives a detailed overview of relational database theory.
