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Step by Step Building the Raspberry Pi 2 GPS Geocaching Kit - Part II: OS Configuration and Software Installation & Update

cmelement14

In the first part Step by Step Building the Raspberry Pi 2 GPS Geocaching Kit - Part I: Put Hardware Together , I recorded how I put the hardware together step by step. In this part, I will show the basic OS configuration and software installation &am...
- 15 Aug 2015
Step by Step Building the Raspberry Pi 2 GPS Geocaching Kit - Part I: Put Hardware Together

cmelement14

Thanks to the Geocaching community and cstanton. I am one of the Winners of 10 Raspberry Pi 2 GPS kit. The kit arrived at my front door on Aug. 7th, 2015. Since then, I followed Chris' blog Putting Together the Pieces - Raspberry Pi 2 GPS Geoca...
- 14 Aug 2015
Geocaching using C++

screamingtiger

For those of you who want to get into lower level programming and high speed applications, c++ is a magnitude faster than Python. Especially when it comes to parsing NMEA strings. At 1hz 9600 baud the performance gain isn't noticeable, bu...
- 14 Aug 2015
Setting up the Raspberry Pi for High Speed GPS (5Hz, 10Hz etc)

bobalexander

If you want to use your GPS for more real time applications or for doing some software accuracy improvement you will most likely need a higher output speed.To get a higher output speed from the L80 GPS module you need to increase the rate/frequency. ...
- 14 Aug 2015
Pi Hiker - Raspberry Pi Geocaching System

bobalexander

Raspberry Pi Geocaching System (Pi Hiker)Author: Bob AlexanderA kid friendly, high accuracy geocaching platform.Accuracy of the GPS location could be improved by putting the L80 into 10Hz mode and then performing an averaging and filtering function s...
- 13 Aug 2015
Ready to start the great adventure!

e14 Contributor

Getting excited to let this TB loose in the big wideOpen world. Here it is all dressed up. Have set the Goal to travel to Wanaka to experience the beautyOf New Zealand. Maybe I can meet it there one Day.......
- 13 Aug 2015
Ground station idea for Raspberry Pi + GPS kit

bobalexander

I was thinking this little kit might make an excellent ground station for my model aircraft.I have a little 900MHz telemetry system that could be connected over serial to the Pi and I should be able to use the Pi to send commands to the UAV... W...
- 11 Aug 2015
Pi Hiker - Displaying GPS data

bobalexander

Just a simple Python script to display the location data to the LCD (PiFace CAD):*This is not by any means a clean program - I haven't removed unneeded imports and the display portion includes a counter I was intending to use but haven't implemented ...
- 10 Aug 2015
Pi Hiker - GPS is running!

bobalexander

After a bit of trouble, I was able to get the basic GPS functions working!┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐┌─────────────────────────────────┐│ Time: 2015-08-06T02:07:10.000Z &nbs...
- 6 Aug 2015
Pi Hiker - High Accuracy Raspberry Pi Geocaching System

bobalexander

I won a Raspberry Pi 2 GPS kit!My intent is to create a kid friendly, high accuracy geocaching platform that my daughters can use when hiking.Technical specs:Accuracy of the GPS location could be improved by putting the L80 into 10Hz mode and then pe...
- 5 Aug 2015
Hunt Down the element14 Geocaching Badge

spannerspencer

The element14 trackables are running free around the world, and scurrying into the far corners of the global geocaching arena thanks to a legion of members who've set them loose. To celebrate our treasure-hunting helpers we've put together a ...
- 5 Aug 2015
Putting Together the Pieces - Raspberry Pi 2 GPS Geocaching Project

cstanton

So, What Have You Got?If you missed the introduction to this series, you will be needing the Raspberry Pi 2 GPS Kit unless you are sufficiently equipped with similar parts or hardware. Ten skilful people were chosen from just over four hundred ...
- 21 Jul 2015
Geocaching Build

dmedlow

Being selected for the geocaching build is fairly awesome.It does raise the challenge of exactly what to build.My partner is a geocaching fanatic - but is often cursing at the handheld dedicated GPS unit she uses.Often it fails to provide a good posi...
- 21 Jul 2015
Is Nikola Tesla science's greatest unsung hero?

bluescreen

What is it about Nikola Tesla that inspires engineers around the world? The slights he suffered at the hands of his close-minded, condescending boss, Thomas Edison, who refused to see the potential of alternating current? The breathtaking ...
- 20 Jul 2015
Does William Shockley deserve more credit for the transistor?

bluescreen

Silicon Valley folklore holds that William Shockley, a brilliant physicist who headed up Bell Labs solid-state group after World War II, could never accept that his employees, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, received credit for discovering the prop...
- 18 Jul 2015
Did the Wright Brothers really invent powered flight?

bluescreen

History teaches that Wilbur and Orville Wright successfully performed the first motorized human flight on December 17, 1903. But were they the first to do so? For years, there has been an alternative theory about a little-known inventor in ...
- 17 Jul 2015
Announcing the Winners of the Raspberry Pi 2 GPS Kits!

cstanton

Congratulations from element14 ! Out of an incredible 400+ entries requesting the Raspberry Pi 2 GPS kit, ten people from across the globe presented themselves with an application putting forward projects and enthusiasm abound that have earned t...
- 17 Jul 2015
Suggested additions to the Atlas of Scientific Achievement, week ending July 11

bluescreen

Hi Everyone. Here are the newest suggestions. Which of the suggested entries below stand out to you and should be included in the Atlas? Are there any you think we should not include? Given that we're a community of electronic engineers, it's no...
- 13 Jul 2015
Suggested additions to the Atlas of Scientific Achievement, week ending June 27

bluescreen

Hi Everyone. As you know, we've been busy adding new locations to our Atlas of Scientific Achievement above. We're now up to ~120 data points tracking everything from the invention of the first transistor to the formulation of the Big Bang theor...
- 29 Jun 2015
Car DVR with Raspberry Pi 2 and Pi Camera Board

aaroNiGHTS

The Raspberry PiRaspberry Pi has been a huge phenomenon in the maker scene, spawning a wide range of accessories, add-ons and even specialised 'Hats'. One of the most underappreciated peripherals would have to be the small Raspberry Pi camera boardRa...
- 23 Jun 2015
Geocaching: My First Experience

plowe

I've always been an active sort of guy. I've played many sports over the years; Football, Basketball, Cricket, Rugby you name it I'm pretty sure I've at least tried it. I also love to walk and have loved being in the woods since I was...
- 19 Jun 2015
Use Raspberry server farm for crawling / parsing webites on a larger scale

e14 Contributor

Hello forum, being totally new to the Raspberry world, I hope to get a few comments and answers to my (maybe crazy) thoughts about using a Raspberry farm instead of Intel i7 systems to serve as a crawling and parsing system. Application bac...
- 13 Jun 2015
Raspberry Pi 2 and Lasers: The Perfect Dog Monitor

DaveYoung

My dog Penny is one of the best. She has the two critical commands of ‘come’ and ‘stay’ down pat so well that I can go for a run with her off-leash here in Denver.She’s gentle with our newborn baby, and she doesn’t destroy things. Her only issu...
- 2 Jun 2015
Raspberry Pi 2 and Windows 10: Hello World

oneleggedredcow

A technical preview for Windows 10 is available and can be used to run custom Windows Universal Applications on a Raspberry Pi! If you are anything like me (and I know I am), this is a very exciting time. So, here I'll step through how to get a “...
- 27 May 2015
Create your own cloud server on the Raspberry Pi 2

DaveYoung

A couple years ago, I showed how to setup an ownCloud server on a Raspberry Pi. The system worked, but there were some performance hiccups. Most importantly was the ability for the system to handle large files and for the Pi v1 to take on the t...
- 5 May 2015