We have a new member to the Raspberry Family. The B+ version offers More General Purpose IO pins. Double the amount of USB ports Micro SD card Better audio Lower Power Consumption Neater Form Factor Dimensions of the Raspberry Pi B+ are below With a 40-pin breakout socket it offers a lot more than … Read More →
This Raspberry Pi cnc machine with see-through LCD screen is a very interesting idea…
This blog post is a collection of useful commands that can be used with Raspberry Pi’s and other Debian based systems. I will update it with more useful commands as I find more.. 😉 Download a file from the internet sudo wget URL_OF_FILE_TO_DOWNLOAD Unzipping Zip Files unzip ZIP_FILENAME Shut Down sudo shutdown -h now SSH … Read More →
In the first part of this project I described the technical details of the shield After a few weeks of waiting, I have finally receive the first batch of PCB’s I designed and they look fantastic. Here are a few photo’s: So what are the advantages/benefits/pro’s of this little shield? Firstly this shield will protect your Raspberry … Read More →
I found the following dimensions online so I thought I’d share it… We recommend the following books if you are interested in the Raspberry Pi: Getting Started with Raspberry Pi (Make: Projects) by Matt Richardson and Shawn Wallace Raspberry Pi For Dummies By Sean McManus and Mike Cook Programming the Raspberry Pi: Getting Started with … Read More →
Background on the two setup’s The Raspberry Pi has a Linux-based Operating System. Linux is what the business community uses to run production servers. It can do all kinds of things like: Host Websites, databases , web-services, connectivity and lots more. It is also very configurable and almost anything can be automated. Arduino is a real-time micro-controller that can … Read More →
The Raspberry Pi is a well-connected device and at some point you will find that you want to connect to it remotely. This can be done in the following ways: Using windows Remote Desktop. This is a graphical based connection. Secure Shell (SSH) via client like Putty. This is terminal based connection. Lets have a look at … Read More →
The Raspberry Pi is a very versatile mini-computer. It has a bunch of General Purpose Input Output (GPIO) pins. The image below shows the pin layout and there uses. Raspberry Pi UART : pin 14 and 15 Raspberry Pi SPI : Pin 7 , 8 ,9 ,10 and 11 Raspberry Pi I2C : Pin 0 and 1 … Read More →
Putty is a very useful application that can be used to connect to serial ports and Secure Shell(SSH) to Raspberry Pi’s. Putty is mostly used on Windows to connect to remote devices but it can also run on a Raspberry Pi. Steps to installing Putty on a Raspberry Pi: Open a terminal/shell window on your … Read More →
Arduino Boards and Raspberry Pi’s are a match made in heaven. The Arduino adds a bunch of sensory devices/libraries/well supported community and the Raspberry Pi add’s high end power processing to process/transform and distribute the data. Combined the possibilities are endless… So lets start at the beginning. In this session I will cover the basics of installing the Arduino IDE on the Raspberry Pi … Read More →
