Raspberry Pi Model B+Raspberry Pi Model B+ pops up, and I was surprised to see more USB ports. Adding more peripherals without a secondary USB hub is inspiring. So, I thought about what I could do with more USB ports. External harddrive, CD dri...
Hello Element 14! Let me introduce my ongoing Raspberry Pi project: the Leviathan, a Raspberry Pi robot boat. The robot hull is built from extruded polystyrene sheets by using hot-wire cutter and glue. The hull is covered with glass f...
IntroductionThis project provides “oscilloscope-like” capabilities for the ultra low cost of £12, with near-zero soldering required. It’s not a very practical oscilloscope (and this project is really just a quick proof-of-concept written in a couple ...
Get Your Team on Candid Camera! This is Part 5 of our Pi in the Sun series, a tribute to one community member's ideas for integrating the Pi into summer sports. For other ways the Pi can enhance your summer, read my other blogs about how you can...
Don't Fret About Managing Your Life When You Travel! Just Automate It! What will your pets do without you when take that dream trip of a life time? What happens if your applicances break down? Never fear. The Raspberry Pi is here. With these...
Always wanted to send push notifications from an embedded device into my phone and I wanted it to be easy and free. Google have the API with no quota for free and then a friend recommended me a web hosting site that offers free small apps hosting. So...
Keep Your Home Safe and Snug This Summer! In our introductory Pi in the Sun blog, we promised projects that would make your summer better. Now we're delivering. Here are 2 Pi Projects that will allow you to worry less about keeping un...
(Note: Click here to see XMP-2!) IntroductionThe XMOS startKIT from Farnell (or Newark) is a very low cost (£12 including VAT) processor platform that works well with the Raspberry Pi. Together is possible to construct robotics applications with...
I Have had a raspberry pi and in that time have learnt a great deal. From nothing to lots of projects I have managed to make lots of things with my pi including a geocaching device called a cacheberry, a robot and even a wildlife cam. I always blog m...
I decided to install Tomcat on my Pi and see what the performance is like. First thing to do is make sure I have got the latest version of all my currently installed function - e.g. use command sudo apt-get update
Step 1 - Install Ja...
I finally found time to play with my Rapiro - Programmable DIY Robot Kit robot (thanks again Element14 for accepting me for this RoadTest!).You can have a look at the review I wrote, but in a nutshell, after having figured out a few hardware issues, ...
I have recently set up a LAMP Raspberry Pi and am using this at work to monitor some servers (see Raspberry PI as a LAMP server and PI as a Web Server Monitor)I'm running it 'headless' (i.e. without a keyboard or mouse attached). This is fine until I...
To start things off, I'd recommend you go through the basics first. Much of the hardware and testing parts have been covered in the post below Mr. Frederick Vandenbosch. I'll be tackling the basic scheme of things to get started with the robo...
This blog is the second installment of a review of the Ultimate Raspberry Pi Bundle provided by element14. I have been waiting for parts and struggling a bit with getting everything working, but finally all electronics are kluged together and functio...
I've been blogging about my experience in Road Test reviewing the Ultimate Raspberry Pi Bundle. As a part of this Road Test I'm creating a Fridge/Freezer Temperature Alarm system for our local food shelf, Channel 1. You can see where this Roa...
I decided my previous posts just would not cut it. So here we go, a full documentation of "Building the Beast".The plan of action is to build a MAME and XBMC solution with a monitoring system using the Raspberry Pi camera. The Pi Camera wil...
