Alex has been using Gordon Henderson’s WiringPi2 library for Python. This is the start of a short series looking at this library, how to use it and the advantages it has over the RPi.GPIO library. Read more here
Category: Programming
Upcoming project features 15-foot high brain sculpture lit by a #RaspberryPi
Rebecca Linke has blogged about a project called Mens Amplio which is, essentially, a 15-foot tall sculpture of a stylised human brain lit using LEDs. An ECG headset reads the user’s mind and then a Raspberry Pi is used to…
Video4Linux2 driver now available for #RaspberryPi Camera module
Please note, I have not tried this myself! Foundation Forum member ‘RpiName’ has just posted an announcement of a Video4Linux2 driver for the camera board. This should open up a whole raft of possibilities. The V4L driver SHOULD expose the…
Run a Python script as a service on boot with a #RaspberryPi
Just a quickie blog from Stephen Phillips about starting up a Python script at boot-time. Read it here
#RaspberryPi GPIO cheat sheet
Alex over at RasPi.TV has been doing a series on the GPIO. His latest post is a quick-reference cheat sheet for using the GPIO from the popular Pi language Python. Take a look at the cheat sheet here
Build your first game using Scratch on the #RaspberryPi
TechRadar have just published an in-depth tutorial on creating your first game using Scratch on the Raspberry Pi. Read the tutorial here
Find out who is ringing your doorbell by email with a #RaspberryPi
Martin over at harizanov.com has hacked into a wireless doorbell and used his Raspberry Pi to take a picture of the person ringing the doorbell and then sending an email notification, including the picture. This project requires some soldering and electronics…
More GPIO basics from RasPi.TV – inputs and outputs on the #RaspberryPi
Alex continues his series on the GPIO by looking at using inputs and outputs together. His insight into granny stairlifts are particularly enlightening! 🙂 Read the article here
RasPi.TV runs series on the #RaspberryPi GPIO
Alex Eames at RasPi.TV is currently running a series on the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins. It’s great to see this kind of blogging and it’s especially useful for beginners or those who need to know why you need that pull-down resistor, for…
The #RaspberryPi Microwave
Nathan Broadbent has built a Raspberry Pi into his microwave. It scans the normal barcode of a product, looks it up on an online database and this dictates the cooking instructions. It also allows voice commands and tweets when it’s…