What is Resistance? Ohms? – Electricity Basics
You’ve probably seen resistors in most of the projects we do here at The Geek Pub, and wondered to yourself “What is resistance?”. Well today we’re going to do a tutorial on resistors and learn exactly what resistance is and how it works! How Resistance Works In our voltage tutorial we discussed how voltage seems […]
Setup a Raspberry Pi Wireless Access Point
Did you know that the Raspberry Pi can be a wireless AP? That’s right! With just a few commands we can make a Raspberry Pi wireless access point that can be used to share your home internet with all of your devices! This is made especially easy now that the Raspberry Pi‘s come with built […]
How to install Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi
We have a lot of Raspberry Pi projects and Arduino projects and tutorials on our site. There are a lot of great resources already for learning how to install Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi, included the one from the Raspberry Pi foundation itself. However, some of our readers pointed out that they didn’t want to […]
Setup a Raspberry Pi VPN Server
A VPN server is a great way to provide secure, encrypted remote access to your home. VPN servers are built-in to many pro grade firewalls and home router appliance. pfSense for example is a great open source home firewall that includes both OpenVPN and IPSEC services out of the box. However, many home users don’t […]
The Best Raspberry Pi Plex Client: RasPlex
RasPlex is without a doubt the simplest way to turn any RPi into a super easy to use Raspberry Pi Plex client. It’s a fantastic and super affordable solution that could be used on every television in your home. When you compare the cost of a Raspberry Pi 3 at ~$25 to that of an […]
Create a Raspberry Pi NAS with Samba or OMV
In this tutorial we’re going to cover two great ways to create a Raspberry Pi NAS for your home (or office)! It’s a great way to store media files, photos, personal documents, and more. It’s also a good idea to have a place to keep backup copies of items stored on your home PC or […]
Setup a Raspberry Pi Chromecast Alternative
A lot of us use a Google Chromecast to stream (or “cast”) movies, TV shows, home videos, and pictures to our televisions and theater room screens. It’s a great alternative to Apple’s proprietary Airplay service. However, many people have become hesitant to use some of the technology from these big tech conglomerates because of privacy […]
How to Setup a Raspberry Pi Plex Server
The Plex media server is probably the most popular home media server software, right next to Kodi and XBMC. Indeed, we here at The Geek Pub run Plex as our media server of choice. It’s elegant, simple, and works with almost every streaming device and console around. Plex has clients for Apple TV, Roku, XBOX, […]
Voltage Regulator Tutorial
A voltage regulator is a super handy electronic component to have in your arsenal. A voltage regulator converts unregulated voltage that could be fluctuating (or is a higher voltage than the device your device needs to operate) and converts it to a perfectly stable voltage that won’t change even if the input changes. In this […]
How to Use a Multimeter (Tutorial)
Many of you may not be familiar with just how handy a multimeter can be! A multimeter is a handy electronics meter that test voltage, resistance, and continuity in its most basic form. More advanced multimeters can even measure capacitance and temperature. In this tutorial, we’re going learn the basics of how to use a […]