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Astrophotography with Raspberry Pi cam and telescope then streaming to phone

itsalivehobbies

This post will cover the basics of how I use a 3D printed camera mount to take photos of the moon using a Raspberry Pi cam. My telescope has a 1.5 inch eyepiece but you can download the 3D printable file and adjust the size to fit your needs. I am us...
- 11 Jun 2017
Raspberry Pi powered media center to take on holiday

Matt

We recently went on holiday and I took my laptop & VGA cable with me. It was my intention to hook it up to the TV and play some media on it to keep the kids happy on rainy days (pretty essential in the UK!). It turned out the TV had the VGA port ...
- 26 Apr 2017
A 1-minute mod for the official Raspberry Pi Zero case

fvan

Originally posted on: Pi Zero Case One-Minute Mod – Frederick Vandenbosch A 1-minute mod for the official Raspberry Pi Zero case, inspired by the ZeroView. Requires:Raspberry Pi Zero (W) with official caseRaspberry Pi Camera moduleHobby kn...
- 20 Mar 2017
PiTab v1: Retro Gaming Console (Handheld)

notch2112

Hello! I'm currently designing a project based off of the Nintendo Switch and modern gaming tablets, It's called PiTab (Pie-Tab) and it uses the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. It has two slots for controllers on the sides, and a screen in the middle. It als...
- 9 Mar 2017
Rpi - Audio over IP via OpenOB? Assistance please!

flyboyd

I'm looking at building an AoIP link using a pair of suitable Rpi's with Wolfson / Cirrus audio boards. Audio In/Out would be analog. The Ethernet link would be extended using Ubiquity wireless long range access point devices set up as a wireles...
- 9 Feb 2017
Building a Render Farm with a Bitscope Blade Quatro - Running Blender

Workshopshed

In the previous parts of this series we've setup a shared network folder and some network nodes. Now we can actually get on with installing and using Blender. InstallationTo install blender the following is needed. sudo apt-get install ble...
- 6 Feb 2017
Building a Render Farm with a Bitscope Blade Quatro - Setup of the nodes

Workshopshed

As shabaz mentioned in the previous comments a lot of the setup for a Pi Cluster applies to other scenarios. Something I stumbled upon this week was building a hadoop cluster with raspberry pi which is another thing you could do with the Bitscope bla...
- 4 Feb 2017
Building a Render Farm with a Bitscope Blade Quatro - Setup of the controller

Workshopshed

Setup of the controller node SSH The latest raspbian disables SSH by default so I turned that on and changed the hostname and password. External diskAs mentioned about this is a USB disk, so it was simply a case of plugging it in and it bei...
- 22 Jan 2017
Raspberry Pi 2in1 Gaming Tablet

tobiassmullet

Morning all! I'm working on a little Pi Project, and I'd like to get your input on logistics or and ideas you might have to make it easier/better. Basically, I'd like to have a device that can run Retropie with dedicated gaming buttons, and...
- 17 Jan 2017
Building a Render Farm with a Bitscope Blade Quatro - Pins

Workshopshed

Following a discussion from DABs review of the Bitscope Blade Uno, I thought it was worth quickly mentioning the different sockets and pins you get on the bays of the blade. Socket for PiThis is a standard 2mm x 40 way socket for mounting the Ra...
- 11 Jan 2017
How to transfer games to RetroPie ubuntu filezilla

itsalivehobbies

Here's a video I put together to explain how to ssh into retropie from another computer running ubuntu. This allows you to transfer games, or whatever files you want to any folders on your Raspberry pi 3. I kept the video short and to the pont, let m...
- 5 Jan 2017
Retro Computer Pi

toukomputer

"HELLO WORLD": My name is Xavi Lazaro and I live in Barcelona - Spain. As a fan of 80's computers I always dreamed to be in that garage era where one could build his own micro computer using some sort of kit and letting your imagination flow...&...
- 3 Jan 2017
Building a Render Farm with a Bitscope Blade Quatro - Hardware

Workshopshed

As mentioned it the previous post, I'm building a small render farm for Blender using the Bitscope Blade. I decided to mount all the components on a sheet of wood so that I could pack the whole thing away when I was not using it. PowerBack i...
- 1 Jan 2017
Building a Render Farm with a Bitscope Blade Quatro - Plan of action

Workshopshed

The Bitscope Blade is from the same people who make the Bitscope Oscilloscope & Analyzer tools. It's a host board that allows you to host one to four raspberry Pi and provides power and connectivity. You can stack a series of blades into a chassi...
- 20 Dec 2016
Large collection of Raspberry Pi projects

floridianfisher

There is a large collection of Raspberry Pi projects on Codemade.io. You can see them here https://www.codemade.io/category/raspberry-pi/ and get your inspiration/instructions on how to build your next product. I usually browse projects, look a...
- 30 Nov 2016
Raspberry PySlots: The Costume - The Slot Machine, NeoPixels, Pull Arm, And Finishing Things Up

CharlesGantt

Enter e14's 2016 Costume Contest Here! IntroductionWriting the final post for a project is always tough for me because I constantly second guess myself on whether or not I could have spent more time on the project, or if I have covered eve...
- 24 Oct 2016
Searching for people that want to join a team for IoT app

vasilev

Hello,it is full of people here that are making home automation things in their spare time or as a hobby.I am also doing this and want to make the project bigger.It is called - webcontrol.link and it is a web application that is controlling raspberry...
- 17 Oct 2016
Raspberry PySlots: The Costume - Hardware, Software, and Pretty Lights!

CharlesGantt

Enter e14's 2016 Costume Contest Here!The Raspberry Pi Hardware As I mentioned in the first post, I will be using a Raspberry Pi 3Raspberry Pi 3, and the Raspberry Pi 7-inch touchscreenRaspberry Pi 7-inch touchscreen. So before I can...
- 15 Oct 2016
Pi Zero Binary Clock

fvan

I’ve had a Unicorn pHAT sitting in a box for a while, but I finally used it in a simple project. Because it has four rows of LEDs, I thought it would be ideal to make a binary clock from. www.youtube.com/watch A script fetches the time, con...
- 5 Oct 2016
[PROJECT] Raspberry Pi 3 - portable & wireless pi for under $10 dollars

Catwell

See Part 1 of the project here.See Part 2 of the project here.See Part 3 of the project here. www.youtube.com/watch The Wireless Charging and Portable Raspberry Pi for under $10 dollars – in all its glory. It charges.It’s portable.It...
- 4 Oct 2016
Raspberry PySlots: The Costume - Introduction

CharlesGantt

Enter e14's 2016 Costume Contest Here! There are only a few holidays here in the US that I actually participate in, with Halloween being my favorite by far. Many of you reading this might remember my two projects from last year, Foginator2...
- 29 Sep 2016
HAL-CAM 9001 - Building a Power over Ethernet (PoE) Supply

shabaz

IntroductionThis blog post is about powering a new security camera (HAL-CAM 9001) using network cables. These could be cables already installed in an office or home environment, saving costs, or they could be new cables installed indoors or outdoors ...
- 23 Sep 2016
Pi Testcard

Workshopshed

A recent project was delivered to me with a problem with its LCD screen. In the process of testing it I wanted to generate a composite video signal. After looking at some ideas involving Arduino and resistor dividers I came across some examples of ra...
- 7 Sep 2016
[PROJECT] Raspberry Pi 3 - portable&wireless pi part 3 - install the pi

Catwell

See Part 1 of the project here.See Part 2 of the project here. I received the 3D printed parts. I used good'old Shapeways to handle that!. However, I had to drill and tap the mount holes for the Pi. It all fit together perfectly. &...
- 1 Sep 2016
Internet Radio using Raspberry Pi

stepp3nwolf

Hello!! I am considering building an Internet Radio, for playing private internet radio stations over my Audio Receiver. I am Considering using the Raspberry PI and HIFI Berry DAC+ Pro as DAC andVolumio as software. I will appreciate your comments su...
- 31 Aug 2016