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In part 1 of this series I looked at ladder board, and in the next part I plan to review the Gertboard. This post is about Quick2Wire‘s boards, where I’ve been fortunate enough to try out some alpha and beta samples. Quick2Wire concept There’s an interface board that connects to the general purpose input output […]
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Tags: ADC, API, DAC, dev board, github, GPIO, I2C, PCF8591, python, Quick2Wire, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, RPi, soldering, Wiring Pi
The Quick version Get OpenELEC Download an SD Card image file from resources.pichimney.com (latest version at the time of writing is RC1 – 2.99.1). Install OpenELEC Unzip the image file and burn it onto a (1GB or bigger) SD card using Win32DiskImager (for Windows) or dd (for Mac or Linux). Plug Everything in Plug the […]
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Tags: AirPlay, image, iOS, iPad, iphone, ipod, openelec, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, RPi, SD card, wifi, XBMC
OpenELEC 3.0 RC1
The first release candidate for OpenELEC 3.0 (featuring XBMC 12 ‘Frodo’) is now available (official announcement). If you’d like to download an SD card image to install on a Raspberry Pi then it’s available from the official_images section of the Pi Chimney resources site. RC1 is 2.99.1, and later builds will be available from the […]
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Tags: 3.0, file, Frodo, howto, image, openelec, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, RC1, release, RPi, SD card, update, upgrade, XBMC
Raspberry Pi Satellite TV
My kids got quite into a few of the FreeSat channels whilst on a recent holiday, so I thought that after all the fun I had getting DVB-T to work on my Raspberry Pi I’d have a go at DVB-S. Another cheap receiver off eBay A quick search of ‘USB DVB-S’ led me to this receiver for […]
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Tags: 22f0, 2510, 28.2E, 3344, Astra, dm04, driver, dvb, DVB-S, Eutelsat, frimware, LFE2510, M88RS2000, openelec, Pop Girl, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, RPi, satellite, tv, TVHeadEnd, XBMC
I’ve written before about my OpenELEC build bot, and even detailed how to run one for yourself in the cloud. After the VPS I’d been using died the other day I had to rebuild my environment, and thought I’d take the opportunity to try some things out. The key change is using a loop device […]
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Tags: bash, openelec, script
Raspberry Pi TV/PVR
Update (26 Jan 2013) This post is now a historical record of the hoops that I once had to jump through to get my Raspberry Pi working as a PVR. Everything has now been folded into the official OpenELEC build, which at the time of writing is at 3.0 RC2. You can download an SD […]
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Tags: 9135, codec, divx, dvb, DVR, it913x, license, MPEG2, openelec, PVR, transcode, tv, TVHeadEnd, USB, XBMC
Raspberry Pi GPIO Joystick
After getting MAME going on my Raspberry Pi so that I could play old arcade games. I wanted to hook up a proper joystick. Back in the 80’s I had the excellent and ubiquitous Competition Pro 5000. As mine (foolishly) got sold with my Amiga stuff I got one on eBay, and it came in […]
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Tags: advj, advmame, breadboard, cobbler, GPIO, joystick, MAME, python, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, RPi, uinput
Raspberry Pi Arcade
I grew up in the dawn of arcade games, and living at the coast meant that I had access to a couple of decent arcades where I could play all the classics as they came out – Space Invaders, Galaxian, Defender, Moon Cresta, Galaga, Phoenix, Star Wars, Tron and Tempest all stick in my mind, […]
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Tags: advancemame, advmame, arcade, elsa, game, gcc, MAME, Raspberry Pi, raspbian, Raspi, RPi, sound
Raspberry Pi Alarm
I set $son0 a summer holiday challenge of building an alarm system that would send an email (and it seems that I’m not alone). I was pleased to see that the latest edition (#4) of Magpi has an alarm project so we set about building it together. The hardware came together pretty nicely, but the software […]
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Tags: alarm, GPIO, howto, python, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, RPi
Recovering my Azure VM
A few weeks back I wrote a howto that utilised the 90 day free trial on Azure to build OpenELEC for the Raspberry Pi. Days later my account was disabled as I’d exhausted the (rather low) limit for I/O within the trial. Since I’d only used 5-6p of extra stuff I went through the process […]
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Tags: Azure, disk, DNS, Microsoft, MS, name, reattach, recover, recovery, VM
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