I’ve been playing around with some stepper motors with driver boards that I bought from eBay. They have a lot of potential and I’m planning to use them on an astronomy project… but more on that later. The motors were £1.66…
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A look at #RaspberryPi to #Arduino communication libraries / @Raspberry_Pi
I’ve been using pyFirmata to power my PiPodCorder project that uses a RaspberryPi and an Arduino to read a load of sensors and display them to an LCD screen. However, I’ve been noticing that there are a few alternatives. I’m…
PiSerial #Arduino Communication Library from Code and Life
Libraries for communicating between the Raspberry Pi and the Arduino are starting to become something of a fashion. And there’s a new kid on the block: PiSerial. Read about PiSerial on Code and Life.
New Project – SpacePi – #RaspberryPi
This is just to announce my new project – SpacePi. I want to create an astronomy platform including lots of individual bits and pieces. This will mostly be a software project with some tinkering thrown in. Items in the project:…
Instructable for #RaspberryPi autonomous boat from the creators of FishPi
This is an Instructable from the makers of FishPi, the autonomous boat, powered by a Raspberry Pi, that will eventually cross the Atlantic by itself. The Instructable itself is a work-in-progress for creating a FishPi-like proof-of-concept vehicle to demonstrate autonomous…
Research into Stepper Motors with the #RaspberryPi
I’ve decided that my next project with the Pi will involve motors of some sort. At the very least I’d like to work out how to control a motor and have it do… something. I’d like, ideally, to create some…
Volunteer your #RaspberryPi to analyse SETI data / @Raspberry_Pi
Daniel Carrion at Burde View has been getting “BOINC” up and running in order to use his Raspberry Pi to analyse telescope and other astronomical data. “BOINC is open-source software for volunteer computing and grid computing. It uses to the…
List of Websites running on a #RaspberryPi
I’ve started a new list widget on my blog for websites run on a Raspberry Pi. Only one site on there at the moment, so if you know of any sites, from blogs to weather stations, please let me know!
Matrix Pi – Running CMatrix on the Raspberry Pi [reblog]
Fun little article over at Raspberry Pi Spy about running a Matrix-like program on the Pi. Might use it as some sort of ‘loading’ screen for the PiPodCorder. Matrix Pi – Running CMatrix on the Raspberry Pi | Raspberry Pi…
Measure temperature with Arduino and MCP9700
Found a useful tutorial on using this tiny temperature sensor with the Arduino. Using the Raspberry Pi to program the Arduino using ‘ino’ and then monitoring the serial output with ‘ino serial’, I got a temperature reading and the whole…