Very informative post on Dr Monk’s blog about connecting an Arduino to the Pi and reading serial information using Python. Helped me have a very successful evening getting a Hello World experiment working. Saved my Pi from the bin, too!…
Category: My Projects
Frustrating evening
Well. Right now I’m thinking of chucking everything in the bin. I’ve got one 512MB Pi that freezes and/or crashes randomly. And now, apparently, my Rev 2 256mb board won’t boot unless I squeeze the SD card slot. I’m particularly…
New Year, New Project – opinions please!
This year, I want to launch a new website for the Raspberry Pi. I currently have two ideas, but really only time enough to do one of them. So, opinions please! This is just the outline of the two ideas…
30+ Cool Ideas for your Raspberry Pi Project
A great overview of some projects you could tackle with your Raspberry Pi. I wonder how many people got a Pi for Christmas?! 30+ Cool Ideas for your Raspberry PI Project | PingBin.
Raspberry Pi / Android app to remote control a car (reblog plus re-format)
“doctoboggan” has created a project with a Raspberry Pi and Android App working in tandem to drive a remote control car. Original article here: Show HN: I built a Raspberry Pi/Android driven toy car | Hacker News but reblogging to include the…
Raspberry Pi as a Baby Monitor – matt kaar
Fantastic experiment to create a baby monitor using a Raspberry Pi and a USB microphone. Part tutorial, part success story. Raspberry Pi as a Baby Monitor – matt kaar.
Frustration with the MCP3008 ADC
I don’t often vent my spleen on my blog. This time, however, my frustration has boiled over. I’ve been trying to get an analog to digital converter working with my Pi. Now, I should say going into this I’m not…
Picorder and a Proto-Plate – project update
The Picorder project has been progressing, albeit slowly. So far, I’ve managed to add the following items to my Pi: a 16×2 LCD board a TMP102 temperature sensor an SR-04 ultrasonic distance sensor Coming up is my first foray into analog-to-digital…
Summer Coding Contest results
I don’t normally publicise a blog post by the RP Foundation (they do well enough without me!) but I felt that this was one of those times! The results for the Summer Coding Contest have been announced and have made…
Login terminal over USB/serial link to Jornada 680
The aim To operate the Raspberry Pi using a Jornada 680 (pictured, left) as a dumb terminal. The solution The Jornada 680 has a cable for sync-ing to Windows, the end of which terminates with a serial connector. Now, as…