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The Kindleberry Wireless

Alasdair Allan — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:52 +0000

An updated wireless version of the the Kindleberry, a combination of theRaspberry Pi and the Amazon Kindle, using the new Kindle Paperwhite.

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Building a Scaled-Down Space Invaders Game With Raspberry Pi

Tiburcio de la Carcova — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:00:41 +0000

Some months ago I finished an original Space Invaders restoration project, but as you can see on the picture on the left, it was a little big for my daughter. So the other day I stumbled across a cheap 5.5 inch CRT black and white TV and I decided to make a "mini-me" version for her.

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Tux Cases for Arduino and Raspberry Pi Now Available in the Maker Shed

Eric Weinhoffer — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:30:06 +0000

Aluminum cases for the Arduino and Raspberry Pi, custom CNC machined by Tux Labs, are now available in the Maker Shed.

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PeerTalk, BeagleBone, and Raspberry Pi

Alasdair Allan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:00:58 +0000

I came across an excellent bit of wizardry by Rasmus Andersson called PeerTalk. It's a Objective-C library allowing you to communicate between your iPhone and your Mac over the USB dock cable using TCP sockets. My immediate thought was that the same mechanism should be able to be used to talk to something like the BeagleBone, or the Raspberry Pi, not just your Mac.

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RasPi Hackerspace Security System

John Baichtal — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:30:39 +0000

NESIT Hackerspace in Meriden, CT, is building a RFID-equipped security system to secure the space. Starting the project I needed to figure out how to interface a RFID reader with the Pi. I wanted to interface it with the UART pins but due to time constraints I ended up using […]

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Arduino Uno vs BeagleBone vs Raspberry Pi

Alasdair Allan — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:00:31 +0000

The BeagleBone is the perhaps the least known of these platforms, but an incredibly capable board worthy of consideration for many projects. It is a powerful Linux computer that fits inside an Altoid's mint container. All three boards features that make them valuable to the hobbyist. Below is a chart I put together outlining the features of the three for comparison. If you aren't familiar with what all these mean, that is fine. However, there are a few differences that make each of these gadgets shine in their own types of applications.

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47 Raspberry Pi Projects to Inspire Your Next Build

Nick Normal — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:30:56 +0000

Take a look at the forty-seven projects competing in the first ever Raspberry Pi Design Contest. Projects were entered into one of four categories, and are now competing for over $3,500 in prizes provided by MCM Electronics.

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What to do with the UDOO?

Alasdair Allan — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:00:08 +0000

The UDOO is a ARM based Linux board like the Raspberry Pi, with a second ARM processor onboard to mimic the Arduino Due, that is now raising money on Kickstarter.

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Twitter Controlled RPi Robot Hand

John Baichtal — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:13:25 +0000

Whiskey Tango Hotel’s Hand of Pi is a robot hand that gestures (sometimes rudely) when a tweet is sent to @OurCatDoor that contains certain keywords. It’s all controlled by a Raspberry Pi. Looks like this is one of the entries in our Raspberry Pi Design Contest which closed last night… […]

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10 Things to Connect to Your Raspberry Pi

Alasdair Allan — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:13:52 +0000

The Raspberry Pi makes a great home server. But is also makes a solid hardware development platform if your needs go a bit beyond the capabilities of the Arduino.

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