Trend Results : Raspberry Pi

RPi control your server PSU over the Internet

Here’s an interesting use of a Raspberry Pi to control the PSU on a server. [Martin Peres] is going to be away for a few months and still wants access to his PC. This isn’t really all that tough… it’s what SSH is made for. But he also wants lower-level access to the hardware. Specifically he needs to control … Read the rest

Pidora Releases for Raspberry Pi, Developers Realize Name Means Something Awful in Russian

Yesterday the Fedora Project, a community devoted to creating free open-source software, announced the release of a new operating system for the Raspberry Pi called Pidora. This is all well and good, except the word "pidor" is an incredibly offensive word for Russian speakers. Specifically, it's an very insulting slang term for gay people. Whoops.

Arduino vs Raspberry Pi: Which Is The Mini Computer For You?

You're looking for a small computer to power a laser turret that can shoot multi-coloured balloons - it's a common situation we all find ourselves in at one point or another - and you've heard good things about both Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Show More Summary

Pidora Is an Alternative Operating System for the Raspberry Pi

For the most part, Raspberry Pi users have only had one or two really strong operating systems to work with. If you're looking to try something different, Pidora is an OS built on the Linux system Fedora. Read more...

Build your own supercomputer out of Raspberry Pi boards

Who says you need a few million bucks to build a supercomputer? Joshua Kiepert put together a Linux-powered Beowulf cluster with Raspberry Pi computers for less than $2,000.

Listening to aircraft transponders with a Raspberry Pi

Last year’s big hack was software-defined radio; a small USB TV tuner that could listen in on radio broadcasts anywhere between 64 and 1200 MHz. This year, it’s all about the Raspberry Pi, so it’s surprising we’re only just now seeing a mashup of these two pieces of hardware. [Corq] is using a Raspi and RTLSDR TV tuner to listen … Read the rest

Meet Pidora: A Custom Version of Fedora for Raspberry Pi

As the diminutive $25/$35 Linux-based Raspberry Pi devices continue to contribute to imaginative applications, they're also emerging as shining examples of new ways Linux can be deployed. Tinkerers have already put all flavors of Linux...Show More Summary

Fedora Project Announces Pidora Remix for Raspberry Pi

The Fedora Project has been supporting Raspberry Pi, the diminutive $35 computer, for some time. Today they're making the Pidora "remix" of the core Fedora distribution available. Like the Raspbian distribution of Debian, Pidora is compiled specifically to take advantage of the hardware already built into the Raspberry Pi.

Fedora is back on Raspberry Pi with remix optimized for ARMv6

"Pidora" is a new build of Fedora for the Pi's ARM processor.

Submersible camera snaps pics of ocean going predators

This camera rig uses a Raspberry Pi to send a camera down fifty meters in order to spy on sharks. We got really excited at first thinking that it might be using the camera module from the Raspberry Pi Foundation but that isn’t the case. Do keep reading though, there’s a lot of cool stuff involved in this one. The … Read the rest

33 Node Beowulf Cluster built with Raspberry Pi

Not only did [Josh Kiepert] build a 33 Node Beowulf Cluster, but he made sure it looks impressive even if you don’t know what it is. That’s thanks to the power distribution PCBs he designed and etched. In addition to injecting power through each of the RPi GPIO headers they host an RGB LED which is illuminated in blue … Read the rest

Raspberry Pis Chained Together Provide Massive Computing Muscle

As we've covered before, when it comes to the top open source stories of the last 12 months, it's clear that one of the biggest is the proliferation of tiny, inexpensive Linux-based computers at some of the smallest form factors ever seen. Show More Summary

Scooterputer, the all-in-one scooter computer

We’ve seen a fair share of carputer builds involving a Raspberry Pi in the last few months, but even the power of a Raspi can’t compete with the awesomeness of this Arduino-powered scooterputer. Like all awesome projects, this build is the product of a massive case of feature creep. Initially, [Kurt] only wanted a voltage monitor for his battery. … Read the rest

HOT Raspberry Pi DIY Mini Desktop PC Build

We recently set out to design a mini desktop computer with the wildly popular Raspberry Pi single board computer. The Raspberry Pi is a Linux-driven, ARM processor-based micro computer that is known for its low cost and small size. People use the device for a variety of projects, from micro-servers to low cost media players. Basically, our...

Turning a phone into a media center remote

[Kees] wanted a remote for an XBMC audio system. He had a classic T65 Dutch telephone in one of his project boxes and thought this phone with the addition of a Raspberry Pi he could have a functional media remote with classic lines and 70s styling. Each of the digits on the phone were wired up to a small solderless … Read the rest

US boffin builds 32-way Raspberry Pi cluster

Beowulf cluster built for the price of a single PC Boise University PhD candidate Joshua Kiepert has built a 32-way Beowulf cluster from Raspberry Pis.…

ATX Raspi is a smart power source for Raspberry Pi

One aspect of the Raspberry Pi that has always challenged us is the power supply. It was a great idea to power the board from a standard micro-USB port because economy of scale makes phone chargers (even in the 1A range necessary for stable operation of the RPi) cheap and easy to acquire. The thing we […]

Using the Raspberry Pi to get around newsroom IT

Homebrew GPS gets ±1 meter resolution with a Raspberry Pi

We’ve been following the work of [Andrew Holme] and his homebrew GPS receiver for a while now. A few years ago, [Andrew] built a four-channel GPS receiver from scratch, but apparently that wasn’t enough for him. He expanded his build last year to track up to eight satellites, and this month added a Raspberry Pi for […]

Build A Camera With This Raspberry Pi Camera Module

Here are some great news for the photographers/makers out there. Raspberry Pi just released their camera module into the world. This is a 5MP camera which uses a similar imaging core (though different optics and sensor) to the Nokia N8. Show More Summary