The latest product from MonkMakes is a robot kit that I have designed using the RaspiRobot Board v2 (RRB2). The kit is available from MonkMakes. Overview The kit comprises: * a robot chassis, including two gearmotors and a 6 x AA battery holder. * a RaspiRobot Board v2 (RRB2) that plugs onto the Raspberry Pi […]
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This tutorial will teach you how to create a network of cost effective, wireless sensor modules. Â Many of the ready-made wireless modules can be too expensive for use in multiple sensor units. Â While Wi-Fi and Zigbee modules are popular and easy to use, their cost can make their use in an array of sensors impractical.
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Why Do This? Quite a while ago I was impressed by the Adafruit guys and their “PiGrrl”, a cool looking raspberry pi based Gameboy clone and more: https://learn.adafruit.com/pigrrl-raspberry-pi-gameboy I’ve always wanted a cool little emulation machine (like Gamepark’s GP2X Wiz or the OpenPandora). But they either sell them at too high a price or you
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Due to the proliferation of cellular networks, most homes have abandoned their land line telephone plan. The infrastructure is still there though, hidden in our walls. Why let all that copper go to waste? Let’s talk about how inexpensive and easy it is to reclaim this technology, making it useful again in today’s internet connected
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NOTE – these nodes are no longer on the air. I leave these pages for reference purposes. I have gone to the better world of Allstar. See my development of Allstar on the Beagle Bone Black See my second Pi IRLP node 8891 in Cape May, NJ The Raspberry Pi is a small single board
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