Pete Taylor has written a tutorial on using the FLIRC dongle with any remote control. Read it here
Category: Tutorials
How to take screenshots on the #RaspberryPi
Matt, the Raspberry Pi Spy, has done a great tutorial on how to take screenshots of the Pi when in the X GUI interface. It uses a piece of software unfortunately named ‘scrot’. :p Read how to do it here
Residential night cooling automation with a #RaspberryPi
Here’s a cool project (cough cough). Ignacio Abel has created a prototype night-time house cooling automation project with a Raspberry Pi and some bits and pieces of tech from Ciseco. He goes into a lot of detail about how to…
#RaspberryPi connected Wireless Smoke Alarm
Gareth Brown from Safe Fire Direct has written an account of his project which involved taking apart a cheap smoke alarm and installing a radio link between it and a Raspberry Pi. The Pi then sends an email and text…
Interfacing a 16×2 LCD with the #RaspberryPi
Mark Williams has written a tutorial using C and WiringPi that shows you how to connect up a 16×2 LCD screen to the Pi. It’s a great from-first-principles blog post. Read it here
#RaspberryPi MotorPiTX build and testing from RasPi.TV
Photo from RasPi.TV Alex was busy on Saturday and soldered up his MotorPiTX board. This board is a base for building robots and includes two motor controllers and 2 servo controllers along with various inputs and outputs. I’ve got one…
Pi-Lite ‘Hello World’ example for #RaspberryPi
Matt over at Raspberry Pi Spy has written some Python code to generate a Hello World example on Ciseco’s Pi-Lite. Read how he did it here
WordPress for #RaspberryPi using Nginx and MySQL
I’m just setting up a new blog for the Cambridge Raspberry Jam. 🙂 I’ve managed to install WordPress on a rev 1 256mb Raspberry Pi using Nginx as the web server and MySQL as the back end. This was accomplished…
Install WordPress Blog on #RaspberryPi
Jim has written a blog post on Unix Etc that shows you how to install WordPress on your Pi. Self-host your blog! Read more here
Guide to soldering – useful for #RaspberryPi owners who tinker!
Meltwater has written an excellent set of tips about soldering. Read the guide here