Track Network Connections - Installing Fing on a Raspberry Pi
What is Fing? Most users of Raspberry Pi have needed to find its IP address on their local network. A quick goggle at Google, and we »
Outdoor apparatus to log data straight to Google Sheets from a BME280 Temp/Humidity/Pressure sensor
About a year ago I posted a blog describing how to log temperature straight to google sheets from a DS18B20 temperature sensor. New Version This blog »
Measuring Speed of Rotation with an Arduino, a LED, and an LDR (Light Dependent Resistor)
A couple of days ago I watched a YouTube video where a guy pointed a device at a spinning disk. The disk's rotation speed was displayed »
Creating a fantastic portable sound & light show on Raspberry Pi Zero
Last summer a relative showed me his Tesla Model X do its impressive Sound & Light show. If you've never seen it, click here. I decided »
MotioneyeOS - writeimage.sh - how to configure for Mac
One of the best RasPi security cam packages is MotioneyeOS from Calin Crisan. I've written about it in a previous post. There's a great wiki for »
Easily build a Magic Mirror with a Raspberry Pi and standard 50x50 cm IKEA frame
I'm assuming most readers of this blog already know what a Magic Mirror is. There are any number of tutorials on the web explaining how to »
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 »
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 »