Category Archives: Raspberry Pi

Small Linux Machine Bake Off

Posted on April 9, 2015 by larry

I have a couple of different Small Form Factor machines that run Linux.   I am going to test out these three systems. Raspberry Pi 2 Beagle Board Black Odroid C Gonna be fun, this will take a few weeks. … Continue reading →

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Ran So Well

Posted on April 8, 2015 by larry

Ran a four plus today, time wasn’t great overall but there was certainly improvement. Time: 1:03:56 Used my new watch that has monitors my pulse.  I know my time was in the :40’s but I spent a bit trying to … Continue reading →

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Working on Raspberry Pi Today

Posted on August 3, 2014 by larry

Tried out my Raspberry Pi B+ today. I am warming up to it real quick.  Having the microsd tucked in is nice and the 50 pin GPIO is actually good. Just doing pushups and situps. No Weigh In.

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Bigger Eight Track

Posted on May 22, 2014 by larry

I got another eight track today, I kind of got an idea of what I want.  Things are coming together. Cleaned up my workbench a bit and took apart the eight track.  Things were simple back then. Anyway, I got … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Media Center

Posted on May 19, 2014 by larry

I am really getting into this Raspberry Pi and it being an OpenElec media center. Got the card working, video runs smoot, even got IR. That is the most basic stuff. Now need to get the LCD display going. Then … Continue reading →

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Arduino to Raspberry Pi Wireless Goodness

Posted on April 16, 2014 by larry

FINALLY I got my Raspberry Pi and Arduino to talk to each other.   I need to document this soon or else I will forget. Anyway, the IR is GPIO, the LCD is I2C and the NRF24L01 is SPI. Major … Continue reading →

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IR on Raspberry Pi

Posted on April 14, 2014 by larry

Got the IR working on a Raspberry Pi.  It uses normal GPIO port communication whereas the LCD used I2C.  Next to attack is the RF Nordic adapter, but initial attempts hint that this may be a challenge. Another thing I … Continue reading →

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LCD Display on Pi

Posted on April 12, 2014 by larry

No doubt that I am more versed with Linux than with Arduino, but I found it easier to get my Arduino to display an LCD 16×2 screen over my Raspberry Pi. But I did it   Tomorrow I hope to … Continue reading →

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Documenting My Project

Posted on March 15, 2014 by larry

Got a pretty decent draft going on for my Arduino project.  I have it in MS Word and will clean it up there.  Then I will transcript it to my web site when I am done. Been really busy today, … Continue reading →

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Arduino Raspberry Pi Display

Posted on March 1, 2014 by larry

Took a little less than a day but I finally got my display for the Raspberry Pi to Arduino display setup. Here it is connected with a screen, usb hub, and keyboard, hub is not needed but sure does help. … Continue reading →

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