Category Archives: Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi video art installation

Posted on February 16, 2023 by blogmywiki

My daughter makes video art and needed a simple solution for showing one of her pieces continually in a loop. I used an old Raspberry Pi model B for this. I just realised that the only place I had documented … Continue reading →

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Collect and graph micro:bit data on a Raspberry Pi

Posted on July 17, 2022 by blogmywiki

Using a BBC micro:bit, an old Raspberry Pi and a surprisingly small amount of code, you can log sensor data in a simple CSV (comma separated values) text file and plot it on an interactive graph you can access from … Continue reading →

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A tiny screen for a Raspberry Pi

Posted on June 9, 2022 by blogmywiki

I have a few old Raspberry Pis lying around, including a Model B Rev 1 running Raspberry Pi OS Buster lite. I use it to serve up my simple MUD game. It has no wi-fi so it’s connected by ethernet … Continue reading →

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Streaming internet radio on FM

Posted on June 7, 2022 by blogmywiki

Years ago I remember thinking how amazing it was that the Raspberry Pi could be turned into an FM radio transmitter with nothing more than a short piece of wire and some code. Back then you could only transmit audio … Continue reading →

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Ceefax from an old Raspberry Pi

Posted on October 30, 2021 by blogmywiki

Got an old Raspberry Pi? Nostalgic for the golden age of teletext? Why not make your own in-house teletext server? For those who may be unaware, teletext was a service common in European (PAL TV standard) countries that transmitted news … Continue reading →

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