Category Archives: RaspberryPi

Interesting RPi Cluster build

Interesting build that is pretty portable for 4 Raspberry Pi’s.  Not sure what i would do with something like this.  The compute power is…well its not what I would want, I guess if I was doing experiments in distributed computing … Continue reading

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Use a Kindle (or other android tablet) as a Monitor on RPi

I got a kick out of this, basically the author is using Remote Desktop, xdrp, on the Raspberry Pi, and the corresponding app in android. http://www.instructables.com/id/how-to-use-a-kindle-fire-as-a-monitor-for-raspberr/

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RPi ThinkClient

Just learning stuff left and right today.  There is a Raspberry Pi distro called RPiTC that is a thinclient for Windows (Microsoft Remote Desktop), Citrix, VMWare, etc etc.  Not a bad idea if you have one big box that you … Continue reading

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Use Blynk to controll your device via your phone

I haven’t heard of Blynk before, but it apparently is another way to controll IoT remotely from your phone.  It woks with arduino, RPi, ESP8266, Particle Core (No Idea on that one). and other stuff.  The article of course mentions … Continue reading

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FruityWiFi

Looks like there is another addition to the RPi where you can get a distro that has a bunch of baked in wifi attack tools.  List below: Hostapd Karma URLsnarf DNSspoof Kismet Squid (code injection capabilities) SSLstrip (code injection capabilities) … Continue reading

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Build a Drawbot with 2 old CDROM drives, and RPi, and a Servo

Oh and 2 stepper motor drivers too.  Nice build for a simple drawing robot.  Would be a good kid project too.  Heck you could step this up a bit and have the whole interface run on the RPi http://makezine.com/2015/07/20/build-drawbot-two-cd-drives-raspberry-pi/ detailed … Continue reading

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Use an RPi to controll your HVAC

Nice build, simple board too, the author basically makes a shield, or hat for Raspberry Pi to help interface your heating/cooling systems.  If you already have a RPi, you can by the shield and materials four I think $50 US?  … Continue reading

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Use an RPi as a wireless print server

Good article on how to setup a Raspberry Pi as a print server.  This is a good way to improve security of the printer (potentially) as well.  Down side.  You would be surprised how many printers out there cannot interact … Continue reading

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Using an RPi to update an cheap Weather Station

OK so you have a generic weather station that outputs its data serially?  Why not build a network based system with the RPi?  Thats what these authors did to convert an ADS-WS1. http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-2-Weather-Station/

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Another RPi off button, but includes python script

I have seen a couple of write-ups on putting in an off switch for the Raspberry Pi, but I think this is the first one where the author includes a script you can just copy in, instead of tweaking something … Continue reading

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