Category Archives: Raspberry Pi

Pi shall tweet unto Arduino

Posted on September 16, 2012 by blogmywiki

More work to do, but big breakthroughs with FridgeGizmo today. I got the RaspberryPi pulling London weather and random worldwide tweets and trends and displaying them on my LCD display via an Arduino Uno. I installed Apache 2, the Apache … Continue reading →

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Adding wifi to Raspberry Pi with Edimax EW-7811UN dongle

Posted on September 16, 2012 by blogmywiki

After a lot of huffing and puffing and making things over-complicated, I got my Raspberry Pi on the internet by wifi with the miniscule £8.27 EdimaxEW-7811UN WiFi dongle. Here’s how I set it up. NB: I’m using a Kindle power … Continue reading →

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Fridge gizmo

Posted on September 7, 2012 by blogmywiki

My dream of a gizmo stuck to the fridge to tell me my next train time, the weather and certain tweets got a step closer today. I ordered an Arduino shield with a 2 line LCD display and some buttons … Continue reading →

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Which is better: Arduino or Raspberry Pi? There’s only one way to find out…

Posted on August 27, 2012 by blogmywiki

…join them together! But seriously, they are very different things for very different purposes, and it’s a bit sad that some hard-core Arduino fans hate the Raspberry Pi (though perhaps understandable). The Arduino is a relatively expensive (for its processing … Continue reading →

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2 Pi Household

Posted on June 5, 2012 by blogmywiki

We got out 2nd Raspberry Pi this week – possibly a bit premature as we’re still finding our way with the first one. I’d like to have one in the back of the main TV as a media centre, and … Continue reading →

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