The Raspberry Pi ecosystem by its very nature is incredibly wide-reaching, and there are a lot of additional bits and pieces you can get ahold of to enhance your experience. Equally, it can be pretty daunting when you're new and just want some basic accessories to help you along. We're not going to dive too far into the maker rabbit hole, but if you're picking up a Raspberry Pi 3 for your Windows 10 IoT Core or any other project, here are some accessories you should check out. Official Raspberry Pi 3 case Just like for smartphones, there are hundreds of cases available for the Raspberry Pi 3. And also as with smartphones, they vary greatly in design and construction. For a good, all-purpose case you can't go wrong with the official Raspberry Pi offering. The lid can be removed to expose the sweet Pi within. Likewise, the side panels can also come off. It provides easy access to every part of the Raspberry Pi while looking great and being very affordable at around $7. See at Amazon … [Read more...] about Best Raspberry Pi 3 Accessories in 2018
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Weekend Reading: Raspberry Pi Projects
The Raspberry Pi has been very popular among hobbyists and educators ever since its launch in 2011. It’s a credit-card-sized single-board computer with a Broadcom BCM 2835 SoC, 256MB to 512MB of RAM, USB ports, GPIO pins, Ethernet, HDMI out, camera header and an SD card slot. The most attractive aspects of the Raspberry Pi are its low cost of $35 and large user community following. Raspberry Pi: the Perfect Home Server by Brian Trapp: If you've got several different computers in need of a consistent and automated backup strategy, the RPi can do that. If you have music and video you'd like to be able to access from almost any screen in the house, the RPi can make that happen too. Maybe you have a printer or two you'd like to share with everyone easily? The Raspberry Pi can fill all those needs with a minimal investment in hardware and time. Securi-Pi: Using the Raspberry Pi as a Secure Landing Point by Bill Childers: Set up a Raspberry Pi to act as an OpenVPN endpoint, SSH … [Read more...] about Weekend Reading: Raspberry Pi Projects
Crankshaft turns a Raspberry Pi 3 and a touchscreen into an Android Auto head unit
Android Auto-compatible head units aren't too difficult to find these days, but they cost a pretty penny and usually won't fit properly in older cars. A developer created a solution called Crankshaft to address both of those issues, and all you need to make it a reality is a Raspberry Pi 3 and a touchscreen. Crankshaft is a free "turnkey" GNU/Linux distribution with a simple proposition: Buy a Raspberry Pi 3 and a 7-inch touchscreen (and a case, if you'd like) Connect the Pi to the touchscreen Download and unzip the Crankshaft image, and write it to an SD card Assemble the makeshift Android Auto head unit in your car Drive The developer, Huan Truong, said the project began when he couldn't find an affordable Android Auto Head unit that fit in his 1998 car, which has a single DIN slot. He saw an open source Android Auto head unit emulator called OpenAuto but wanted to create a simpler solution. Crankshaft is the result, and it seems pretty awesome. A demo of how the Crankshaft … [Read more...] about Crankshaft turns a Raspberry Pi 3 and a touchscreen into an Android Auto head unit
Google Search 2016 shows confusion over Brexit and how to make dog birthday cake
HONEY G is more influential than Carol Vorderman, Google Pixel beats Amazon Echo, and dog birthday cake sits alongside Jaffa Cakes. It can only be Google's Year in Search list, which is back (back back!! - as they used to say in Smash Hits) for 2016. Given what a year it has been, it had to be a doozie. Overall, the most searched term was Euro2016, which is apparently some sort of feetballs contest. This was followed by Pokemon Go (remember that?) and David Bowie, knocking Donald Trump into 4th. Prince was more searched for than the EU referendum and Alan Rickman beat the Olympics, which in turn beat the US Election and weirdly, Deadpool. In sport, Euro2016 was more searched for than the Olympics, and UFC beat the Paralympics. News stories saw Brexit beat the US Election. Further down the list, there was Hurricane Matthew, Brussels Attack, Zika virus, clowns, Harambe, Toblerone, BHS sale and Nice attack. You'll notice that nowhere on this list is there any reference to … [Read more...] about Google Search 2016 shows confusion over Brexit and how to make dog birthday cake
How to transform your smartphone into a versatile home console
Over Christmas, I received one awesome gift from one of my siblings that completely caught me off guard later on. When I first opened it up, I realized it was a miniature sized looking Super Nintendo console, but I honestly didn't think much more about it because my first thought was that it was some cheap, knockoff console that you typically find at dollar stores and convenience shops. However, it wasn't until a couple of weeks later when I revisited the gift while organizing and clearing away Christmas decorations that I realized that it something much more – and boy am I happy that I decided to give it another look! Interestingly enough, it turns out that the Super Nintendo looking console was just a shell, just because underneath it all was a Raspberry Pi board. After getting it all connected, I was able to set up my Gmail account, and since it's running Android, I was also able to download a few of my favorite games to play on the big screen. With the advent of smart TVs, … [Read more...] about How to transform your smartphone into a versatile home console