Raspberry Pi to Arduino I2C Communication
If you’ve been doing Raspberry Pi or Arduino projects you’ve likely encountered the term I2C being tossed around, or at least seen the I2C pins on the devices and wondered what they do. Put simply, I2C is a point to multi-point serial communications bus for both on-board and off-board devices. I2C can operate at up […]
R2-D2: Continuing to build an Astromech
As I continue on with my journey to build an Astromech, we’ll go down several paths. We have to paint the dome panels (the top ones are called pie panels), build the frame, mount the dome, and start on the electronics which includes some custom programming. I am going to go through things in order […]
ADS-B Using a Raspberry Pi Flightradar24
If you’re not familiar with Flightradar24, you should be! It’s a fantastic service that tracks flights all over the world using ADS-B data. You can track ADS-B using a Raspberry Pi and send the data automatically to Flightradar24. In return for your service they will give you a $499 professional business subscription for FREE to […]
Using Xbox One Controllers on a Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi‘s are amazing devices. A lot of people turn them into gaming devices by running Retropie and even building arcade machines from them. So it only makes sense that some of us would want to connect an Xbox One controller to the Raspberry Pi! However, using Xbox One controllers on a Raspberry Pi is […]
Setting up WordPress on a Raspberry Pi
If you followed our previous article about configuring a Raspberry Pi as a web server, then you’re going to love this article. We’re going to go through the process of setting up WordPress on a Raspberry Pi. You’ll be able to make your Pi into a full personal blogging appliance. Project Parts List In case […]
Setting up a Raspberry Pi Web Server
When people first see the specs on a Raspberry Pi, many assume it wouldn’t make a good web server. Use case matters, which is often overlooked! The Raspberry Pi makes a great web server for small home and office applications. It’s quite honestly the perfect web server for a home automation controller, small personal web […]
Raspberry Pi NOIR vs Normal Camera
You most likely found this article because your trying to understand the difference between the Raspberry Pi NOIR vs Normal Camera that you see on various sites and Amazon. The cameras are indeed very similar, but they are designed for different purposes. If your new Raspberry Pi‘s, or just want a simple parts list we’ve provided […]
Boot a Raspberry Pi from USB
Have you ever wanted to boot a Raspberry Pi from USB? Well so have we and we learned how in order to teach you. In this quick tutorial we’ll walk through installing your favorite Raspberry Pi operating system on a USB stick and preparing your Pi to boot from it. We will activate USB boot […]
Controlling WS2812b LEDs with a Raspberry Pi
In our last article we discussed how to wire WS2812b addressable LEDs to a Raspberry Pi. Of course, just wiring them up doesn’t really do much. Not even a single LED on a WS2812b strip will light until you send it a command to do so. So in this article we will continue on with […]
Wiring WS2812b Addressable LEDs to the Raspbery Pi
I don’t know where I have been recently, but I stumbled across one of the greatest inventions of all time recently: Addressable LED strips. Addressable LED strips, sometimes known as NeoPixels, or by various numbers such as WS2812b LED strips are LED lighting strips where each individual LED can be controlled via a specialized lighting […]