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Camera module, Photography, Video

#RaspberryPi dashcam project

by Michael Horne • 28 June 2013 • 1 Comment

Dream Green House • Projects • Raspberry Pi Dashcam

Dream Green House is currently creating a page to document a dashboard camera using the Raspberry Pi and the camera module. Read more here

GPIO boards, Programming

One to keep an eye on – #RaspberryPi drivers from Whaleygeek

by Michael Horne • 28 June 2013 • 1 Comment

David Whale has just posted up a couple of placeholders on his blog for various drivers he’s hoping to develop. The first one (and again, still a placeholder at this point) is for a cheap RFID reader. Take a look here and subscribe to his blog

Home automation, Tutorials

Automate plant tending with PiPlanter and a #RaspberryPi

by Michael Horne • 27 June 2013 • 1 Comment


Devon at esologic.com has created a system to maintain, monitor and tend his plants, more specifically the moisture level in the soil. He has written an extensive (and I mean really extensive) blog post on the project including code that will take you through how he did it should you wish to reproduce the work. Brilliant stuff. Get all the details here

Media centre, Reviews

RasPi.TV reviews the FLIRC USB IR dongle for #RaspberryPi

by Michael Horne • 27 June 2013 • 1 Comment

FLIRC – a programmable USB Media centre controller receiver » RasPi.TV

The FLIRC is a programmable USB dongle that allows you to use any infrared remote you’ve got lying about with a Raspberry Pi media centre. This includes XBMC, OpenELEC, RaspBMC and possibly XBian. Alex over at RasPi.TV has reviewed it. Read the review here

Media centre, Operating systems

XBian launch 1.0 Beta 1 for #RaspberryPi

by Michael Horne • 26 June 2013 • 1 Comment

XBian 1.0 Beta 1, It’s finally here! | XBian

XBian, one of the XBMC distros, has just announced their first Beta release. You can read more and download the distro from here. You can also update from the last alpha if you prefer.

Reviews, Video

#RaspberryPi vs the BeagleBone Black video

by Michael Horne • 26 June 2013 • 2 Comments

YouTube blogger Matt, aka TheRaspberryPiGuy, has done a great comparison of the BeagleBone Black and the Raspberry Pi. It’s very well balanced and impartial. He covers all the pros and cons of both devices.

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List of sites selling Raspberry Pis, micro:bits and/or accessories

UK

  • The Pi Hut
  • Pimoroni
  • 4tronix
  • RasP.iO
  • Rapid Electronics
  • Red Robotics
  • Proto Pic
  • Kitronix
  • RS Components
  • PiBorg
  • Coretec Robotics
  • IQ Audio
  • Flux Workshop (eBay store)
  • Pi Supply
  • SB Components
  • AB Electronics
  • Farnell
  • CPC
  • OKdo
  • Cool Components
  • Makers Hut
  • Bare Conductive
  • Switch Electronics
  • Wonky Resistor
  • Technobots (good price robotics stuff!)
  • SK Pang
  • Everything Pi
  • Hobby Components
  • Mallinson Electrical
  • RobotShop
  • Willow Components
  • Pridopia
  • Silicon Ark - obscure components and other goodies!

North America

  • Adafruit (USA)
  • Pi Plates (USA)
  • Dexter Industries (USA)
  • SwitchDoc Labs (USA)
  • OpenElectrons (USA)
  • DTronixs (USA)
  • DigiKey (USA)
  • Crisp Concept (USA)
  • Fe Pi (USA)
  • NeoSec (USA)
  • Vilros (USA)
  • Buy A Pi (Canada)
  • BC Robotics (Canada)
  • Voltatek (Canada)

Europe

  • Watterott (Germany)
  • Vesalia (Germany)
  • Reichelt Elektronik (Germany)
  • pi3g (Germany)
  • UUGear (Czech Republic)
  • r-pi.se (Sweden)
  • SweetPeas (Sweden)
  • Kubii (France)
  • RaspberryStore.nl (Netherlands)
  • VOC Electronics (Netherlands)
  • SOS Solutions (Netherlands)
  • Kiwi Electronics (Netherlands)
  • RPi Bolt (Hungary)
  • Electronica Embajadores (Spanish/Portugese/French)
  • Diotronic (Spain)
  • Komplett (Norway)
  • KKSB Cases (Sweden)

Australia & New Zealand

  • Pi Shop NZ (New Zealand)
  • Nice Gear (New Zealand)
  • Tronix Labs (Australia)
  • Core Electronics (Australia)

China

  • Seeed Studio (China)
  • GeekWorm (China)
  • Smart Arduino (China)
  • DigitSpace (China)
  • Elecfreaks (China)
  • ODSeven (China)
  • Maker Focus (China)

Rest of the World

  • Cytron (Malaysia)
  • Zero Ohm (UAE)
  • CrazyPi (India)
  • Factory Forward (India)

Feel free to contact me if you know of anywhere else that sells Raspberry Pis, micro:bits and accessories!

PCB Prototyping

This is a list of PCB prototyping services (although many of them offer much more) that I've either used or the Pi Community has recommended.

  • JLCPCB (China)
  • PCBWay (China)
  • Elecrow (China)
  • WellPCB (China)
  • OurPCB (China)
  • OSHPark (China)
  • PCB Train (UK)
  • Mermar Electronics (USA)
  • AllPCB (China)
  • WEDirekt (Germany)
  • PCBShopper (Price comparison site based on your specification)

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I'm a ColdFusion/SQL web developer living and working in Bedfordshire, UK with my wife and step-children. I'm a Raspberry Pi enthusiast and amateur theatre director and performer. I am a Christian, but don't let that put you off!

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