Linux Web Cam with Pan & Tilt - another great project for your spare Raspberry Pi
What to do with a spare RasPi? This is the third project in the "Great Projects for a Spare Raspberry Pi" series. The first project, Flightradar24, »
Raspberry Pi Zero & Powered USB Hub - the Ultimate Traveler's Gadget
About to embark on a trek in South-East Asia, I really didn't want to take a laptop or tablet. The first is too heavy for the »
Raspberry Pi - RealVNC Connect - the not-so-obvious feature that will blow your mind
A couple of weeks ago, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced a partnership with RealVNC in which the latter would offer a free VNC Connect account for »
Kitchen Roll & Silicon Chips - Easy-to-build 8-Digit LED Clock
My addiction to clocks started a few years back when I got it into my head that I wanted to build a mechanical timepiece. I spent »
Programming an 8 digit 7-segment display, the easy way, using a Max7219
In today’s blog, I am going to show you the easy way to interface 7-segment displays – Using the MAX7219. Each 7219 chip can be used »
Great projects for your spare Raspberry Pi - Part 2 - Searching for Aliens
This is the second project in my series Great Projects for your Spare Raspberry Pi - Serving a Community. The first project in the series, Contributing »
Great projects for your spare Raspberry Pi Part 1 - Flightradar24 - Live Worldwide Aircraft Tracking
What to do with a spare RasPi? At the last count, I had eight Raspberry Pis at home. I bought my first one a few weeks »
Light Your Menorah (Hanukiyya) or Christmas Tree Remotely from your Phone
A word of warning Before I begin, a word to this blog's regular readers. This post will likely be read by people with little background in »
Programming a 7-segment Display, using just Arduino digital pins (the hard way)
The purpose of this project is to build a countdown timer comprised of two 7-segment displays. Several interesting challenges are solved or resolved: How to interface »
The Magic Platform - DIY assisted crawling device for child with developmental disabilities
This post is different from anything we’ve published before. It’s an explanation of how we created one of our most ambitious projects to date »