Category Archives: RaspberryPi

Add a simple USB battery backup to an RPi

Posted on March 21, 2016 by robertwilkie

Interesting project where you can take the lifePO4wered board and it will provide to power a RPi.  Want one? try here.  Why this over a straight battery backup…this one will sip power so you don’t run out as fast. https://hackaday.io/project/9461-lifepo4weredpi

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Retropie Arcade write-up

Posted on March 3, 2016 by robertwilkie

Nice build on turning a Raspberry Pi into an arcade gaming system.  This is something that has been on my todo list for some time.  Haven’t gotten around to it yet.  But this write-up is worth bookmarking if I ever … Continue reading →

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Linking a bunch of RPis

Posted on March 1, 2016 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on how to tie a bunch of Raspberry Pi’s together to make a mini supercomputer…well like one. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Raspberry-Pi-SuperComputer/

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Raspberry Pi 3

Posted on February 29, 2016 by robertwilkie

They announced it today.  Going to a 64bit core, adding wifi and bluetooth too.  Nice… http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/29/raspberry-pi-3/

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A $80 Smart Mirror

Posted on February 29, 2016 by robertwilkie

Well Could turn into $100 if you want a touch screen and you can’t get the glass for free.  Nice build overall.  I have been wanting to do something like this myself for some time. https://hackaday.com/2016/02/28/79-smart-mirror-uses-raspberry-pi/ Actual write up here … Continue reading →

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Ethernet for an RPi

Posted on February 24, 2016 by robertwilkie

So you got the RPi Zero or one of the A’s without an ethernet port.  Apparently its pretty easy to add one with $5 in parts.  This doesn’t make much sense with an A (its only $5 more for a … Continue reading →

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How to know if your kids are home

Posted on February 23, 2016 by robertwilkie

The first few choices are commercial stuff.  The last one, you use an RPi and a bluetooth sniffer that detects when there phone is at home.  And yes, this is on my list now. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-alerted-kids-home-school/

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Swarm of robot boats

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

All the bots are using RPi’s and talk to eachother to get a job done. Interesting build. Swarm of Robot Boats Coming To An Ocean Near You Soon

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Installing OpenHAB on RPi

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

If you have an hour to spare, there are 2 videos on how to install and setup OpenHAB on a Raspberry Pi.  OpenHAB is an opensource project for controlling IoT’s. http://www.instructables.com/id/Installing-OpenHab-on-the-Raspberry-Pi/

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Setup VNC on RPi

Posted on January 12, 2016 by robertwilkie

So you are not a command line person, like GUI’s?  Well if you setup an RPi to be headless thats going to be a problem for you.  But never fear, you can setup VNC (and have it start on boot) … Continue reading →

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