Hyper-local Weather Dashboard: Wunderground + Pi Sense HAT
https://www.electronics-lab.com/hyper-local-weather-dashboard-wunderground-pi-sense-hat/
by InitialState @ github.com: Let’s face it, we humans talk about the weather a lot ⛅. The average person talks about the weather four times a day, for an average of 8 minutes and 21 seconds. Do the math and that totals 10 months of your life that you will spend yapping about the weather. The […]
Home automation with Telegram BOT
https://www.electronics-lab.com/home-automation-with-telegram-bot/
by lucadentella.it: The project I’m going to describe today it’s a sort of proof of concept that will demonstrate the possibility to remote control sensors and actuators (for example a couple of relays) via Telegram. Telegram is an instant messaging application, similar to the famous Whatsapp. Last June, the Telegram developers announced that a new set […]
Raspberry Pi 2 VS Orange Pi 2 VS BPi-M2
https://www.electronics-lab.com/raspberry-pi-2-vs-orange-pi-2-vs-bpi-m2/
In this VS episode “GreatScott” will compare the hardware (CPU, RAM, GPU,….), the software and community aspects of the three most powerful single board computers from the fruit companies. Raspberry Pi 2 VS Orange Pi 2 VS BPi-M2 – [Link]
Building our own backup server using the Raspberry PI
https://www.electronics-lab.com/building-our-own-backup-server-using-the-raspberry-pi/
by Michal Remias @ wpress.io: We’ve been always thinking about building our own backup server using the ARM solution of Raspberry PI. When we needed to manage approx. 25 WordPress web projects couple of months ago we did some experiments with MainWP on virtual server at DigitalOcean. To make the server a bit more reliable and […]
Raspberry PI answers, “Is the internet up?”
https://www.electronics-lab.com/raspberry-pi-answers-is-the-internet-up/
whiskeytangohotel.com has build a internet monitoring device based on Raspberry Pi: It is a pretty commonly uttered question (sometimes loudly) around the home or office; “Is the internet up?” As the goto IT Support Manager around the house this can get a little tiresome. Most of the time the internet is up and it’s a […]
Plug-in touchscreen makes a Raspberry Pi tablet
https://www.electronics-lab.com/plug-in-touchscreen-makes-a-raspberry-pi-tablet/
by Graham Prophet @ edn-europe.com: Distributor element14 has a 7-in. Touchscreen Display for the Raspberry Pi, expanding the ecosystem of accessories, to enable users to create all-in-one integrated projects such as turning their Pi into a tablet, infotainment system or embedded project. Compatible with Raspberry Pi 2, and Raspberry Pi 1 models B+ and A+*, the […]
Damp-Pi – Room Moisture Extraction with Raspberry Pi
https://www.electronics-lab.com/damp-pi-room-moisture-extraction-with-raspberry-pi/
by davidhunt.ie : Over the last while I’ve been having a problem with excess humidity in the shower rooms. Imagine that, the builder never put in extractor fans when the house was built! Anyway, I could put in those fancy extractor fans with the built in timers or humidity sensors, but I decided to do things […]
Running Intel x86 apps on Raspberry Pi 1 and 2
https://www.electronics-lab.com/running-intel-x86-apps-on-raspberry-pi-1-and-2/
ExaGear Desktop is virtualization solution which opens up a host of new possibilities for running apps across platforms. ExaGear Desktop makes it possible to run Intel x86 application on ARM-based devices, and is targeted to individuals running ARM-based Mini PCs and to businesses deploying ARM-based devices to cut costs. For example you can run Skype […]
Do you need a “Raspberry Pi” with a display? Try Armadillo 43T
https://www.electronics-lab.com/do-you-need-a-raspberry-pi-with-a-display-try-armadillo-43t/
Armadillo 43T integrates a 4.3″ TFT display, resistive touch panel and a single board computer with Linux OS into one compact unit. Armadillo 43T is suitable for everyone, who needs a complete microcomputer with a display – “all in one solution”. Armadillo 43T is driven by operating system Armadillian designed in a way to optimally […]
Raspberry Pi OLED Internet Bandwidth Display
https://www.electronics-lab.com/raspberry-pi-oled-internet-bandwidth-display/
by Archie500 @ instructables.com: In a very brief summary it works as follows: The Raspberry Pi uses SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) to get the WAN data rates from the router and then displays these graphically on the OLED screen. The Raspberry Pi was already set up as our media player and is next to the […]