We wanted to create an arcade cabinet as a fun project for the kids at our (Coventry) Makerspace, as a group project that could encompass many different skills and techniques, give them a ‘big build’ to be proud of as a talking point in our Makerspace… and, of course, a fun way to play our […]
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Summary: In this Instructable we look at how to build more reliable computer systems using WatchDog timers. We show how to set up and use the Raspberry Pi and Arduino internal watchdog timers. We also explain why an external WatchDog Timer is a better choice in many, but not all, systems. See more on WatchDog
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The original plan for the Analog-to-Digital Converter was to use the Dallas 1-Wire system and use the DS2450 1-Wire Quad A/D Converter which was advertised as being a 16 bit device but after buying two of the chips which are around £5 each I found that near the end of the spec PDF they say
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Play all your favorite 8-bit video games with MAME and an Arduino Esplora controller. The Raspberry Pi is great for all sorts of small computing applications — 3D printing servers, in-car computing, and more. But the Pi can also be the beating heart of a classic video arcade machine. And who doesn’t want one of
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Using Raspberry pi and a hdmi/vga display from a old desktop monitor, you can create you own home media center. This is a very simple project and requires minimum prerequisite knowledge of programming/embedded systems design. All components used are off the shelf ! Here are the fun stuff that you can do with your home
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Raspberry Pi BT-100 printer program v0.1 (May 2013) Usage: bt100-tlc [options] SIGNAL GPIO -h print help -D turn debug on OUT_LEFT: 17 -B bidirectional print OUT_RIGHT: 27 -t file input text file OUT_PAPER 25 -g file input bitmap file
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One way to connect an RFM12B to a Raspberry Pi is to simply plug in a JeeLink, using the built-in USB capabilities of the RPi. But that’s a bit of a detour – why go through USB? Since the JeeNode’s FTDI connector can use 5V power and has TX/RX pins at 3.3V logic level, it’s
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This project involves using a Raspberry Pi to drive 8 AC outlets which are connected to Christmas Tree light sets. The AC lights are simple one color strands of lights, but to give a more dynamic range to the light show there is also a 25 programmable RGB LED star. One of the benefits of
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OBJECTIVE: Use the Raspberry PI to monitor a Twitter feed and control a mechanical device.If you are not interested in the details of the build and just want to see the result you can watch the vid below. RESULT: Success!!! You can control the “The Hand of PI” by sending a tweet to @OurCatDoor. If
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It’s a weird one. When it first came out, people were struggling to figure out what to do with it. A surprising feature for something that sold out very quickly – the Raspberry Pi. Well, we’ve now come up with another use for them – it could replace your current STL codec. No, really. We’ve
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