Zero W, New €10 Raspberry Pi with WLAN and Bluetooth
https://www.electronics-lab.com/zero-w-new-e10-raspberry-pi-wlan-bluetooth/
Five years ago (on 29 February 2012, to be exact) the original Raspberry Pi was unveiled – on this celebrated first day the available stock was sold out within a few minutes, more than 100,000 boards were ordered and the Farnell and RS Components web stores where down for while because of the high demand… […]
Anyone Can Build A Robot Arm With MeArm Pi
https://www.electronics-lab.com/anyone-can-build-robot-arm-mearm-pi/
Mime Industries launches Kickstarter campaign to fund their Raspberry Pi powered robot arm kit that’s simple enough for kids to build. Mime Industries launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the production of the world’s first robot arm kit for the Raspberry Pi. Designed to be easy to assemble and not requiring extensive knowledge of electronics, […]
Raspberry Pi I2C LCD Set Up and Programming
https://www.electronics-lab.com/raspberry-pi-i2c-lcd-set-programming/
In this video Circuit Basics show us how to use I2C to connect an LCD to the Raspberry Pi. After showing you how to connect the LCD to the Pi with a PCF8574 (http://www.circuitbasics.com/pj6v), they show you how to program it. First I’ll cover the basic stuff like printing text to the screen, clearing the […]
iSwitchPi Adds an Intelligent Power Switch to Your Raspberry Pi
https://www.electronics-lab.com/iswitchpi-adds-intelligent-power-switch-raspberry-pi/
by Peter Boxler : Native Raspberry Pi does not have an On/Off switch and there is no easy way to shutdown the Pi while keeping the filesystem intact. This Intelligent Power Switch allows just that: Power-On the Pi by pressing a pushbutton and also properly Power-Off the Pi with another press on the same button. […]
Raspberry Pi Zero PiE-Ink Name Badge
https://www.electronics-lab.com/raspberry-pi-zero-pie-ink-name-badge/
Maker Josh King has introduced the PiE-Ink Name Badge. Introducing the PiE-Ink Name Badge – a Raspberry Pi Zero Python Powered E-Ink Linux Name Badge (what a mouthful!). A full wearable linux computer system on your chest! Raspberry Pi Zero PiE-Ink Name Badge – [Link]
How to Access the Raspberry Pi GUI with a Remote Desktop Connection
https://www.electronics-lab.com/access-raspberry-pi-gui-remote-desktop-connection/
circuitbasics.com has a tutorial on how to access Raspberry Pi with a remote desktop connection. In the previous post, we learned how to set up a WiFi dongle and access the Raspbian command prompt via an SSH client called PuTTY. PuTTY is a great application for accessing the command line in Raspbian from another computer, […]
OpenScope, An Open Source Multi-function Board
https://www.electronics-lab.com/openscope-open-source-board/
In order to make learning and using electronics accessible to all, Digilent Inc., an electrical engineering products company, had created a new powerful and affordable tool for beginners and enthusiasts. ‘OpenScope’ is an instrumentation device that empowers makers, hobbyists, engineers, and new learners to design and debug their most innovative products. OpenScope is a portable […]
CM3, Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3
https://www.electronics-lab.com/cm3-raspberry-pi-compute-module-3/
Raspberry Pi launched the new version of its compute module providing twice the RAM and roughly 10x the CPU performance of the original Module. Compute Module 3 (CM3) fits into a standard DDR2 SODIMM socket and provides the same basic processing capabilities as the Raspberry Pi 3. It is designed for professional engineers who would […]
ZeroPhone – a Raspberry Pi smartphone
https://www.electronics-lab.com/zerophone-raspberry-pi-smartphone/
Arsenijs build a Pi-powered open-source mobile phone (that you can assemble for 50$ in parts). Currently, it costs about 50$ in parts, and all the parts are available on eBay. No BGA or other difficultly solderable ICs are used (with the obvious exception of Pi Zero). User interface is written using Python, and there’s a […]
How to Setup an LCD Touchscreen on the Raspberry Pi
https://www.electronics-lab.com/setup-lcd-touchscreen-raspberry-pi/
circuitbasics.com has a tutorial on how to setup a LCD screen for Raspberry Pi. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through the process of installing an LCD touchscreen on the Raspberry Pi, step by step. Many LCD touchscreens for the Raspberry Pi include an image file that you can write to your SD card and get […]