This blog post will walk you through how to build your very own Raspberry Pi home automation gateway using the Mozilla Things Gateway software. For this project we will be using the a Raspberry Pi 3, but you can also use a Raspberry Pi Zero W should you want to. Read more…
The Raspberry Pi & Raspberry Pi Zero are versatile and fun to use mini computers. Their versatility means they’re a great for many different projects from software to hardware based electronics project. This post will list a bunch of projects and ideas designed to get you started with the Raspberry Read more…
Would you like to play Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo, SEGA and Gameboy games on your TV? Turning a Raspberry Pi into a retro game console emulator will allow you to do just that. Using the RetroPie project we will make your Raspberry Pi play Nintendo, Super Nintendo, SEGA Genesis, SEGA Master System and even arcade games such a PacMan or Donkey Kong. (more…)
Do you want to relive the glory days of playing Wolfenstein 3D, Commander Keen, Lemmings and Wacky Wheel on your PC? Or would you like for your kid to experience the original days of PC gaming? Building a Raspberry Pi DOSBOX is the perfect way to relive DOS gaming and learn about the Raspberry Pi while doing it. (more…)
Smart Home devices are becoming more and more popular, but the price of a commercial Smart Home Hub can often be steep and often comes with a monthly fee attached to it. There is however a much cheaper alternative to buying an expensive commercial hub - making your own using a Raspberry Pi. (more…)
This blog post will explore running the newly released Windows 10 IoT on a Raspberry Pi 2. We will walk through downloading the windows image, flashing it onto a SD card and starting up Windows 10 IOT for the first time. This guide does not require Windows 10 to be running on your personal computer, you can use Windows 7 or 8 as your wish. (more…)
RetroPie makes its incredibly simple to create a Game Console Emulator using the Raspberry Pi (how-to here). RetroPie will play everything from Gameboy to Super Nintendo to Sega Genesis games. Unfortunately with simplicity often comes lack of choice. This means that RetroPie comes with some predefined emulator cores that it will always use. Most of the times these emulator cores will work perfectly well - but there are situations where you would like to change the emulator core of a certain system. An example is the NES emulator in RetroPie - I have found that using the QuickNES core gives better results than the fceu-next core which ships with RetroPie. Fortunately RetroPie uses libretro and emulatorstation which makes it very flexible, and installing a new emulator core for any of the emulated systems is a breeze. This guide will show you how to replace fceu-next with QuickNES as the NES emulator core. (more…)
Do you want a separate WiFi network for your guests? or would you like to have network running an alternative DNS configuration in your house? You no longer have to buy a new WiFi router to do this - you can turn your Raspberry Pi into a WiFi router. This post will guide you through the process of setting up your Raspberry Pi as a WiFi network. (more…)
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Wouldn't it be cool if you can stream your music directly from your iPhone to your speakers or audio receiver system?
This is in-fact possible using a Raspberry Pi connected via a audio cable to your receiver and connected via WiFi and AirPlay to your iPhone. It all sounds pretty complex but it is in fact not hard to setup at all.
Before we get started - please note that this guide is only for audio - we will not be able to steam videos to your tv at this time.
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As you may know the Raspberry Pi can only access your home network using a network cable. But lets face it, your Raspberry Pi project is not always going to be deployed close to a network outlet - so what do we do? (more…)