Windows 10 IoT Core running a Raspberry Pi 2 robot by Scott Hanselman: Starting with a Raspberry Pi 2, walk through the setup instructions here. You do need to have a Windows 10 today to installing Windows 10 IoT Core but at least it’s gotten a lot easier with the latest build for IOT. There’s […]
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Raspberry Pi garage door controller
As a follow up to yesterday’s Raspberry Pi and ARM uC Breakout + DirtyPCBs mini-review post, hipfan75 has posted the completed Raspberry Pi-based Garage Door controller project: The whole project started after a technician from Urgent Garage Doors pointed out that our two-bay setup had no remote monitoring whatsoever — a gap that felt embarrassing […]
Raspberry Pi and ARM uC Breakout + DirtyPCBs mini-review
hipfan75 writes: Briefly, it’s a Raspberry Pi v1, Model B, Rev2 breakout with an STM32F030 microcontroller connected to the Pi UART, with all GPIOs for both broken out. There are also connectors for an NRF24L01+ module, a 12V boost module, and 315/433 Mhz wireless transmitters. One board will serve as my Garage Door Controller, while […]
Build a drawbot from two CD drives and a Raspberry Pi
A DIY plotter build using old CD drives and a Raspberry Pi by Norbert Heinz: The battery powered WLAN plotter shown here is composed of parts from two old optical drives, four H bridges, a servo and a Raspberry Pi. Project info at HomoFaciens site. Via Make. Check out the video after the break.
Raspberry Pi Videolooper
Steven Hickson writes: Introducing videolooper 3.0! This image is compatible with the A,B,B+, and B 2 versions. I have a brand new version of the Raspberry Pi Videolooper that is compatible with the new B V2 and has a bunch of new features that streamline it for easy use. It can now loop one video […]
Custom DIY RFID smart lock
In this video Craig demonstrates his custom DIY RFID smart lock project: The goal of this project was to design an inexpensive rfid door lock which could be opened via smart phone, and have all activity logged w/o utilizing any 3rd party servers or cloud hosting. Via Hacked Gadgets.
8×8 RGB LED array with a Raspberry Pi
Bob Davis has been working on an 8×8 RGB LED array with a Raspberry Pi project: I have been working on a book of Raspberry Pi projects. One of the projects is an 8×8 three color LED array. I picked up some more of them on eBay lately and they had a different pin-out. The MEU 8860 […]
App note: Adding an ADC to the Raspberry Pi
Adding an ADC to the Raspberry Pi app note (PDF!) from FTDIChip: This application note will show how to connect the RPI-Hub-Module to the Raspberry Pi and install FTDI drivers to control the module. The application note will then explain how the module may be used to read values from an external ADC device over the SPI […]
Portable VCR Raspberry Pi
MisterM wrote this instructable detailing his 1981 portable VCR Raspberry PI media centre: This is an early ’80s Sharp VC-2300H portable VCR that I’ve converted – it now has a Raspberry Pi at its heart, running the excellent Raspbmc media centre software. Other upgrades include a snazzy arduino-based clock and an EL wire “tape” that ejects […]
PCB for Raspberry Pi WH1080 weather station
A PCB for Raspberry Pi WH1080 weather station by Andy Ayre of BritishIdeas: Previously I wrote about using a Raspberry Pi to receive 433MHz signals from a WH1080 weather station. This is the mess of wiring I came up with. This worked fine until it stopped. I probably didn’t crimp a wire properly and too many knocks […]
A breakout board for the Raspberry Pi to learn Python
RPi Board, a board to learn Python with the Raspberry Pi by Jesus Echavarria. He writes: Once I check that all is Ok, it’s time to start programming. There’re a lot of manuals and references over internet of how to start programming in Python. Here I’ll cover the basic examples to start working with the board. […]
Live Raspberry Pi power usage
Posts Raspberry Pi power usage to Xively, MobileWill’s latest project: Realtime graph of Raspberry Pi power usage on the web. So using Xiviely and my USB Tester I am logging voltage, current mWh and mAh to the web. Source code and designs are available on GitHub. Via the contact form.
Box of new PCBs from DirtyPCBs: Raspberry Pi add-on boards
TonyD posted pictures of his latest batch of PCB’s from DirtyPCBs: In the box where 4, yes 4 sets of PCB’s. In the photo, the big PCB at the back is RPi-X PIAC. On the photo front row, on the left is MiniPiio LED Breakout, in the centre is MiniPiio BOP4 and to the right is MiniPiio […]
Programmable VFD display & ticker
Coyt Barringer has been working on a programmable VFD display and ticker project: The goal was to make a small programmable display so I can quickly check the current Bitcoin or Dogecoin price, see the time, weather, etc as I walk into my room. The display also had to look cool – I tried to make […]
Debugging the WM8731 ADC/DAC with the Bus Pirate
Pasdesignal tweeted, “I solved i2s/i2c issues on my raspberry pi with the help of Bus Pirate”: I have been experimenting with the WM8731 ADC/DAC chip (datasheet) and the raspberry pi using i2s and the aSOC drivers. I chose this CODEC because it already had an aSOC driver written, and Koalo had already written the other […]
Controlling a heat pump with Raspberry Pi and USB IR Toy
Here’s a video from Chris LeBlanc showing how to control a heat pump using a Raspberry Pi and USB Infrared Toy: A quick demo showing how to control a heat pump (or any IR device) using a Raspberry Pi, an IR Toy* from Dangerous Prototypes, a Google Calendar, and a bit of Python code. I’ve […]
Raspberry Pi level shifters and monitoring
Stuff4Pi posted his ConvertPi, a Raspberry Pi GPIO full level converter & monitoring, in the project log forum: I would like to introduce my first Raspberry board: a GPIO bi-directional level translator (3.3V <-> 5V): – This is an in-between expansion board that you plug in the RPi P1 connector which gives a bi-directional level […]
RAPIRO: The Humanoid robot kit for your Raspberry Pi
Here’s an interesting Kickstarter project the RAPIRO designed by Shota Ishiwatari. It’s designed to work with a Raspberry Pi and comes with a Arduino-compatible servo controller. Switch Science is one of the collaborators of this project: RAPIRO is a cute, affordable, and easy to assemble humanoid robot kit, which comes with 12 servos and an […]
Mediacenter with Raspberry Pi
Luca wrote a short tutorial on how to install and use Raspbmc. ‘Raspbmc is a Linux distribution for the Raspberry Pi; it already includes the fantastic XBMC media player’: The Raspberry Pi, thanks to the Videocore 4 GPU integrated in the Broadcom BCM2835 chip, is perfect for a home mediacenter; the GPU is indeed capable […]
Old display reverse engineered to work with a Raspberry Pi
Old Display Reverse Engineered to work with a Raspberry Pi: Dimitri, Frank, Kevin and Robin from Eectronique have sent in some details of a project that they have been working on. They had an old early 90′s LED matrix sign and wanted to make it work with a Raspberry Pi. The circuit layout is what […]