This article is based on the standard Raspbian Stretch and the first thing you will need to do is to prepare a micro SD card using NOOBS or by flashing an image directly using tools like Etcher from Resin.IO. It doesn’t matter whether you get the Lite or the Full version of Raspbian but using […]
You may find yourself needing to backup your SD card for future reference or for posterity and fame. Whatever your reason there are several well documented ways you can do it. In some case you might also want to be able to get things back from your backup and you then generally need to write […]
The team at Pi Supply was kind enough to send me a Justboom Amp Zero pHAT to play with. The Amp Zero combines both DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) and Amp (Amplifier), making it a great choice for a DIY Pi Zero speaker build. To distinguish this build from the many other existing Pi related […]
As time progresses, removable storage is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. USB drives, CDs and SD cards get lost, forgotten and damaged and this is invoking a mass exodus towards the so-called ‘cloud storage’. Most services out there offer a hearty free plan with plenty of disk space for day-to-day use, but the more […]
Now that the Raspberry Pi 3 comes with Bluetooth and WiFi built-in, people (including me) were excited at the increased flexibility this offers. I was already thinking about using the Pi 3 in my Raspberry PiStation build so that I could do away with the extra dongles. Setting up the WiFi was straight forward – […]
The Raspberry Pi Camera Module is a fantastic piece of kit for any Raspberry enthusiast. It provides HD quality images easily and can be used in a wide variety of projects. Those of you who have followed the guides on the Maker Zone may have already seen my previous post about “Adding Push Notifications to […]
