Category Archives: RaspberryPi

Using an RPi to play with your car’s OBD2

Posted on April 7, 2015 by robertwilkie

OK at first I thought this was going to be a direct connect, instead it is using a bluetooth based reader and interfacing that.  This could be useful in the future for car hacking. http://www.instructables.com/id/OBD-Pi/

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Build an RPi Weather station

Posted on April 7, 2015 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on building a cheap weather station with the Raspberry Pi as the brains.  You can even use the cheaper Model A (or new variant of it) to save some on costs.  Would be nice if it was converted … Continue reading →

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Build your own RPi portable game system

Posted on March 30, 2015 by robertwilkie

Neat built for a portable game system.  It actually uses an arduino with the Raspberry Pi.  The parts get a bit pricey (figure this could run 120 easy).  I think it could be dropped down by 30 with a few … Continue reading →

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Use RPi for a Steam Box

Posted on March 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

Sounds like a nice way to use a Raspberry Pi as a Steam box to handle video streams. http://lifehacker.com/turn-a-raspberry-pi-2-into-a-cheap-diy-steambox-for-in-1693120019

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Need to test and map out your network, use NetPi

Posted on March 23, 2015 by robertwilkie

I am always amazed what folks do with Raspberry Pi’s, this time a gent put an image together called NetPi to analyse your network and see what you have on it, test it out for preformance, and looks like it … Continue reading →

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Add a reset switch to your RPi

Posted on March 23, 2015 by robertwilkie

OK so you don’t want to yank the power on your Raspberry Pi to reset it.  Here is a nice write-up on how to add a button to the RPi and a script so it will shutdown upon the switch … Continue reading →

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Put an old webcam on your RPi for security cam

Posted on March 23, 2015 by robertwilkie

The author is basically doing the same thing as you can with an RPi and its camera module.  But instead of buying the module, he just took an old USB webcam and used that.  Good idea overall. http://www.instructables.com/id/Old-PC-Accessories-Raspberry-PI-DoorCam-surveillan/

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The Pi Tank

Posted on March 20, 2015 by robertwilkie

Pretty cool looking tank that has a Raspberry Pi for the brain and an XBox Kinect for sensors. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150307-create-your-own-3d-printed-robot-with-the-pi-tank-open-source-robot.html

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Seven easy setup RPi distros

Posted on March 19, 2015 by robertwilkie

Interesting article, the 2 items that caught my attention was the one for Minecraft (beats doing it by hand like I did), and WordPress distro PressPi. http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/vip/~3/3ZH8CQmoMp4/seven-ready-made-raspberry-pi-projects-you-can-install-1691368805

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Using an RPi to control a CNC over WiFi

Posted on March 16, 2015 by robertwilkie

Nice write up on using an RPi to control a CNC with something called GRBLWeb, which is a remote for CNC control of a system.  Reality you are using an Raspberry Pi and an arduino in this project. http://www.instructables.com/id/Control-your-CNC-over-Wi-Fi/?ALLSTEPS

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