What is a Raspberry Pi ? The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. It is a capable little device that enables people of all ages to explore computing, and to learn how to program in languages like […]
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sudo modprobe w1-gpio sudo modprobe w1-therm cd /sys/bus/w1/devices ls cd 28-xxxx (change this to match what serial number pops up) cat w1_slave The interface is a little unreliable, but fortunately it tells us if there is a valid temperature to read. It’s like a file, so all we have to do is read The response
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This Instructable modifies two other guides. Just got a Magnetic Sensor hooked up with door status on page. Step 1: Do these Instructables First You need do this Instructable @http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Garage-Door-Opener Then do this one @ http://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-webcam-server/ Next I will show what I changed to make the Video on the same screen as the button. Step
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The basic idea of this project is to convert a $3-4 solar light found at Lowes and Home Depot hardware store (here in the US) into a wireless remote sensor node. The node will utilize an MSP430G2553 MCU and a nRF24L01+(w/ spirilis library) wireless module to send light intensity (photoresitor that came with solar driveway
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Raspberry Pi has a Broadcom BCM2835 chip, which controls 26 GPIO (general purpose input/output) pins. There are C library or RPi.GPIO python package available online that can be used to control the pins. The RPi.GPIO package is by default included in most Raspberry Pi system, such as Raspbian, a RPi version of Debian linux system. One
Contents Manifesto The Board The Geiger Tube Types of radiation Supported Geiger Tubes Testing Sources Actuators From CPM to Sieverts Source Code Schematic Participate Buy Links and Documentation NOTE: All the code examples in this tutorial use the arduPi library. You can see the documentation and download the library here. Manifesto The main finality of
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A basic USB camera can be used to detect motion in a room. In the following steps we will show you how you can use Reactive Blocks to program a ready to run Java application that sends SMS when motion is detected. With Reative Blocks you make Java SE applications so the alarm application can
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Step 1: What You’ll Need A RaspberryPi BrickPi 9 V battery – for powering the BrickPi board and sensor Dexter Industries Thermometer Step 2: Signup for Thingspeak First signup for the new account in thingspeak at https://www.thingspeak.com Step 3: Login to Thingspeak Login to your account and click on the channels icon. Step 4: Create
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Agriculture consumes between 80 – 90% of all freshwater in the United States. An easy way to conserve water in the agricultural sector is to install a soil moisture sensor. Soil moisture sensors measure the amount of water in the soil to maintain consistent and ideal soil conditions for plants. In some cases, installing a
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Have you ever wondered just how much your hamster runs throughout the day/night? How far? How fast? My 9 year old daughter did, and we decided to find out. Turns out, it was pretty easy, and the results were unbelievable. Here are the supplies you will need: An internet connected Raspberry Pi or your single-board
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