Last weekend I finally turned my Raspberry Pi to media player appliance (IP TV STB) using Raspbmc. Raspberry Pi reaches critical mass as XBMC hardware so trying it out sounded a good idea. My main was to use Elisa Viihde service also with my Rasberry Pi connected to monitor (I already had set-top-box and I →
News on the the Raspberry Pi camera module (5MP sensor at $25) has been around since earlier this year. Raspberry Pi camera module goes on sale article tells that THE CAMERA MODULE for the Raspberry Pi pocket computer is now available for order through RS Components and Premier Farnell/Element14. Documentation on how to set up →
Raspberry Pi is just hitting its one-year anniversary on the market according to Celebrate Pi Day With These 9 High-Tech Raspberry Pi Hacks article and already eclipsing a million units sold. According to another article one-year anniversary was it few days go already. Celebrate Pi Day With These 9 High-Tech Raspberry Pi Hacks tells that →
Raspberry Pi has just reached two milestones: turned one year old and reached one million sold. During the first year Raspberry Pi Foundation were able to match the hype it generated. When you buy a Raspberry Pi, the $35 computer doesn’t come with an operating system. Loading your operating system of choice (there are several →
I found a good ready made case for Raspberry Pi. →
Rasberry Pi has given a ‘Turbo Mode’ by The Raspberry Pi Foundation, thus enabling overclocking. Raspberry Pi Clocks 1GHz with Official ‘Turbo Mode’ Patch article tells that the new ‘turbo mode’ will bump up the processor’s frequency to as high as 1GHz as long as the temperature stays below 85°C. The patch would dynamically up →
Raspberry Pi 2.0 ready to ship article says that a new version of the Raspberry Pi has made its way into distribution channels. Revision 2.0 boards, as the new model is known, don’t feature any substantive changes. All the changes are detailed in Upcoming board revision blog posting. The new board version incorporates some changes →
Hackers are buzzing with ideas from Pi-powered arcade machines and drones to the home automation and low-cost tablets. 10 coolest uses for the Raspberry Pi article tells that TechRepublic has delved into the Raspbery Pi’s developer forums, and here’s our round-up of the best ideas so far, ranging from the eminently achievable to the massively →
I just got my Raspberry Pi computer board some time ago. When I cam back from vacation trip I finally had time to test the board. I downloaded the software from Raspberry Pi homepage. I started my testing with Raspbian “wheezy” OS version because that is the image Raspberry Pi creators recommend you use. It →
Raspberry Pi and Arduino seems to be the most interesting small single board platforms at the moment for the hobbyists. It is a bit sad to see some people who are very passionate about the Arduino community coming down quite hard on the Raspberry Pi project as the Big Bad, suggesting that we’re trying to →