First of all thank you to all who responded to the Raspberry Pi CNC challenge. We received plenty of emails with amazing projects. Entries closed on the weekend and it was pretty hard to pick. Congratulations to the following people. Your boards will be on their way in the next few days… Charles Taylor … Read More →
Tag Archives: Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi CNC Board / Hat
We are happy to announce the next generation of our CNC boards. By combining a real-time CNC system (good old GRBL) and offloading less timely processes to a more powerful processor + operating system we have created a much more flexible but capable solution. To show some of the possibilities we have created a Web … Read More →
Raspberry Pi B+ Dimensions and Pinout
We have a new member to the Raspberry Family. The B+ version offers More General Purpose IO pins. Double the amount of USB ports Micro SD card Better audio Lower Power Consumption Neater Form Factor Dimensions of the Raspberry Pi B+ are below With a 40-pin breakout socket it offers a lot more than … Read More →
Raspberry Pi – Useful Commands
This blog post is a collection of useful commands that can be used with Raspberry Pi’s and other Debian based systems. I will update it with more useful commands as I find more.. 😉 Download a file from the internet sudo wget URL_OF_FILE_TO_DOWNLOAD Unzipping Zip Files unzip ZIP_FILENAME Shut Down sudo shutdown -h now SSH … Read More →
Raspberry Pi – Automated manufacturing of PCB’s
The Raspberry Pi is a great example of how automated manufacturing is leveling the playground in the PCB manufacturing industry. The video explains a bit of the process.. The main difference from hand soldering parts is that the automated process uses solder paste instead of solder wire. The solder paste can be applied in a … Read More →
SparqEE CELLv1.0: Cellular made easy (Arduino/Pi/+)
Cellular made easy – Add GSM/3G support to your Arduino/Raspberry Pi/BeagleBone projects Chris Higgins at SparqEE has come up with a simple development board[CELLv1.0] that can give your projects cellular capabilities. So what can you actually do with it? Well,I can think of lots of things: Add an off-grid internet connection to your home automation system. … Read More →
Raspberry Pi – Alternative to Sumba folder sharing when it’s not working on Windows 7
I’m sure I’m not the only person getting frustrated with sharing files between a Raspberry Pi and a Windows 7 system. There seems to be an issue where Windows 7 enables encryption or something that stops Windows from connecting to the Samba shared folder. Having Windows 7 Home Premium also doesn’t help, it does not include all … Read More →
Arduino to Raspberry Pi Bridge Shield – PCB’s finally Arrived.
In the first part of this project I described the technical details of the shield After a few weeks of waiting, I have finally receive the first batch of PCB’s I designed and they look fantastic. Here are a few photo’s: So what are the advantages/benefits/pro’s of this little shield? Firstly this shield will protect your Raspberry … Read More →