How to Choose the Right Platform: Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black?
Trying to choose between the Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black? This article will help you decide which one is best for the job.
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Bright Idea: Using Raspberry Pi as a Lamp Timer
The following is an excerpt from Getting Started with Raspberry Pi by Matt Richardson and Shawn Wallace. Let’s say you’re leaving for a long vacation early tomorrow morning and you want to ward off would-be burglars from your home. A lamp timer is a good deterrent, but hardware stores are closed for the night and you […]
Whatever Happened to the Kano Kit?
With the Kano Kit now on the verge of shipping to backers, we talked again to Alex Klein about their experience on Kickstarter, and building and designing hardware when you’re not really a hardware company.
A “Build-Point-and-Shoot Camera” with Raspberry Pi
Phillip Burgess posted a fantastic new guide to Adafruit’s Learning System. It walks you through how to make your own custom digital point-and-shoot camera.
Embedded Linux Meets FPGA Capes
Andy Gikling built an open-source robot called BBot, a “remote-controlled robot that talks, sees, and serves drinks at the pool!”
Raspberry Pi Hits the Shelves at RadioShack
Raspberry Pis just became a bit easier to get ahold of in the United States. Beginning last week, some RadioShack locations started carrying MAKE’s Raspberry Pi Starter Kit, which includes a Raspberry Pi Model B, power supply, SD card with NOOBS preloaded, HDMI cable, a case, prototyping components and a print and PDF download of […]
How-To: The Lonely Christmas Tree
There’s no better way to show your geek cred on Christmas than hooking up your Christmas tree to the internet.