Embedded Systems

Baking Pi: Free Course in Basic “Bare Metal” Raspberry Pi Development

Baking Pi: Free Course in Basic “Bare Metal” Raspberry Pi Development

Bare metal programming is the practice of writing code for the CPU without an operating system (like Linux) on board. In this online course from Alex Chadwick of the University of Cambridge Computer Lab, you can learn how to use assembly code to write your own OS for the Raspberry Pi.

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Adafruit’s Custom Raspberry Pi Distro Gets an Upgrade

Adafruit’s Custom Raspberry Pi Distro Gets an Upgrade

There are some great features packed into Adafruit’s latest update to Occidentalis, their custom Raspberry Pi distro.

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Makey Awards 2012 Nominee 07, Raspberry Pi, Most Hackable Gadget

Makey Awards 2012 Nominee 07, Raspberry Pi, Most Hackable Gadget

Makers, tinkerers, and hackers have latched onto the Raspberry Pi because of its price and capabilities. And with the enormous Linux community available for support, the pains of working with a new platform have been minimal. Since its release, we’ve seen a deluge of incredible projects that use the Raspberry Pi in creative and inventive ways and we’re only just getting started. It’s for this reason that we’ve nominated Raspberry Pi, the $35 Linux computer, for a Makey in the category Most Hackable Gadget.

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Enhancing a DSLR with Raspberry Pi

Enhancing a DSLR with Raspberry Pi

Limerick, Ireland-based photographer David Hunt recently posted progress photos of his Raspberry Pi-enhanced DSLR battery grip, which he made for his Canon 5D Mark II.

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What Are You Doing with Your Raspberry Pi?

What Are You Doing with Your Raspberry Pi?

Now that I have an HDMI monitor on my workbench, I’ve started to tinker a lot more the Raspberry Pi. I’m very interested in how programming on-screen interfaces can be integrated with programming the GPIO pins on the board.

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