The Rascal Micro is an open source embedded Linux platform that’s aimed at helping artists and scientists build web interfaces for their installations or instruments.
Posted by Matt Richardson | Thursday September 20th, 2012 6:30 PM
Categories: General | 2 Comments
Adafruit's new WebIDE will let you code and run programs for your Raspberry Pi from a web browser on any computer.
Posted by Matt Richardson | Thursday September 20th, 2012 4:30 AM
Categories: Electronics, Raspberry Pi | 3 Comments
On a recent trip to Europe, BC OSS enthusiast Gef Tremblay pieced together something he calls KindleBerry Pi from minimal kit he brought along on his journey. He's networked a...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday September 11th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | 11 Comments
Last year, when Phil wrote his widely-read Why Arduino Won column, searching "arduino" on the Atmel website didn't return even a single hit. Since that time, Atmel has started taking...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday September 10th, 2012 1:00 PM
Categories: General | 15 Comments
Another pint-sized all-in-one ARM dev board, called the Cubieboard, has been announced. It packs a 1Ghz ARM cortex-A8 processor, OpenGL ES, 1GB ram, HDMI out, ethernet, 2 USB Host, 1...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday September 4th, 2012 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | 5 Comments
Bare metal programming is the practice of writing code for the CPU without an operating system (like Linux) on board. In this online course from Alex Chadwick of the University...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Monday September 3rd, 2012 1:30 PM
Categories: Raspberry Pi | 9 Comments
There are some great features packed into Adafruit’s latest update to Occidentalis, their custom Raspberry Pi distro.
Posted by Matt Richardson | Friday August 31st, 2012 2:30 PM
Categories: Raspberry Pi | 7 Comments
Makers, tinkerers, and hackers have latched onto the Raspberry Pi because of its price and capabilities. And with the enormous Linux community available for support, the pains of working with...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Wednesday August 22nd, 2012 4:00 AM
Categories: General, Raspberry Pi | 22 Comments
Limerick area photographer and camera hacker, Dave Hunt, has managed to squeeze a Raspberry Pi SBC inside a detachable battery grip for his Canon 5D Mark II DSLR camera.
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Monday August 20th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: General | 11 Comments
Limerick, Ireland-based photographer David Hunt recently posted progress photos of his Raspberry Pi-enhanced DSLR battery grip, which he made for his Canon 5D Mark II.
Posted by Matt Richardson | Wednesday August 15th, 2012 4:00 AM
Categories: Photography & Video, Raspberry Pi | 16 Comments
Adafruit’s Phillip Burgess posted this fantastic tutorial to their Learning System on how to use Raspberry Pi to paint with light.
Posted by Matt Richardson | Sunday August 12th, 2012 6:00 AM
Categories: Photography & Video, Raspberry Pi | 2 Comments
Raspberry Pi hackers who are pushing their boards to the limit in terms of I/O will be delighted to learn that the Gertboard is now available for purchase as a...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Wednesday August 8th, 2012 6:30 PM
Categories: Raspberry Pi | 1 Comment
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