On his blog, Conor O’Neill discusses the options available to you if you want to connect an Arduino to a Raspberry Pi. He also gives a detailed tutorial on how to do the most complicated option. Read the blog here
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Build a satellite receiving station with a #RaspberryPi
Timothy Stranex has written a blog post about creating a satellite receiver with a Raspberry Pi and a USB radio receiver. Read more here
Reading RFID tags with the #RaspberryPi
I found this and thought it might be of interest. This is an ongoing project to create a stand-alone kiosk with the Raspberry Pi. The author has moved on to reading RFID tags using a breakout board. Read more here
UPS for the #RaspberryPi
PiModules has come up with a new add-on board for the Pi – the Uninterruptable Power Intelligent Supply (UPiS). From their information: The UPiS Module is an advanced powering module that powers your Raspberry PI with Uninterrupted Power intelligent Supply. It…
20×4 RGB LCD over i2c with a #RaspberryPi
Matt Dyson has used a 20×4 LCD display with an i2c backpack so that he only has to use 2 GPIO pins on his Raspberry Pi. Read more here
Tandy now selling Gertboard-compatible #RaspberryPi expansion board
Tandy are now selling their “Multiface” expansion board for the Raspberry Pi. This board, which is compatible with Gertboard software released by Alex Eames of RasPi.TV, is a self-assembly kit – in other words, it requires soldering. It looks easier…
Bluetooth serial port, redux for #RaspberryPi
Miguel Grinberg has been experimenting with a bluetooth UART serial module. I covered this previously with a different author’s post, but I never got it working. There is a slight change in methodology (and speed of the serial port) here,…
RasPi.tv announces RasP.iO add-on board for #RaspberryPi
Alex Eames, over at RasPi.tv has been celebrating a year of having a Raspberry Pi and blogging about it. Amongst his look back over the year, he has announced what sounds like a really exciting project. He is developing a…
#RaspberryPi CPU Usage Monitoring With A BerryClip
Matt, over at Raspberry Pi Spy, has written a script to monitor CPU usage and then use the BerryClip add-on board to display the status. Read more here
#RaspberryPi and Rainbowduino make for psychedelic helmet
Ryan Longo and Michael Vogt have teamed up to create a Daft Punk-inspired helmet powered by a Raspberry Pi and using several I2C-capable Rainbowduinos. Read more about the project here and watch the demonstration video.