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Spent some time working on the Raspberry Pi Music Box. Mounted the speakers and the audio amplifier last night. Still need to do the internal wiring and sort out the power/battery. Update (Sept 2016): The full project write up can be found here.
It is possible to get the micro USB ‘OTG’ port on the Pi Zero configured for networking. After a couple of bits of configuration you can simply plug a cable between your PC / Laptop and the Pi Zero USB data port, it automatically creates a network between them and…
I thought it was about time I invested in a Raspberry Pi Zero Case. I had been using all my Pi Zeros ‘naked’ for several weeks with no problems, but you never know if they’ll touch a metal surface or object and short out. Browsing around there are a lot of really…
As much as we all love the Pi Zero, the connectivity options are very limited. With only one (micro) USB port (for peripherals) it means you need a micro <=> ‘normal’ USB adapter to get any of the usual accessories (keyboard, Wi-Fi dongle etc.) plugged in, and when you have that’s it…
I had a couple of hours free this evening, and so began to do work on the first stage of the Raspberry Pi Music Player project. This was mostly the modifications to the plastic power tool case which is going to serve as the ‘enclosure’ for the Music Player project. Here’s…
Got yourself a Raspberry Pi ? Here’s our list of the 5 essential Raspberry Pi Accessories you’ll need to make the most of your Pi. This list covers official, cheapest, most useful and some ‘advanced (DIY)’ accessories. Raspberry Pi Accessories : Power To The Pi The first thing you’ll…
To date (July 2016), there have been 8 versions of the Raspberry Pi. Below is an outline of each. Raspberry Pi Model A The Model A sported the ARMv6 architecture (700MHz, single core ARM11) with a Broadcom BCM2835 SoC. It had 256MB of RAM and a 26 pin version of…
I’ve been looking at building an outdoor music player for a couple of weeks now. I am looking for something ‘rugged’ that I can take outside and dump on the grass at a picnic or BBQ, Battery operated (about 4-6 hours life), small display to show what is playing, couple…
This weeks ‘Project of the Week’ is Setting up Pi Zero OTG. This is a really neat software only project that effectively allows you to set up a Pi Zero in headless mode without ever having to plug in monitors, keyboards etc. In essence it exploits the fact that the…
This article is about how to configure Wi-Fi on your Raspberry Pi without using the desktop GUI It only takes a minute or so and is basically just entering your Wi-Fi settings into the configuration file. Let’s get started… We’ll need our Pi up and running and you’ll want to…
