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Adding wifi to Raspberry Pi with Edimax EW-7811UN dongle

After a lot of huffing and puffing and making things over-complicated, I got my Raspberry Pi on the internet by wifi with the miniscule £8.27 EdimaxEW-7811UN WiFi dongle. Here’s how I set it up. NB: I’m using a Kindle power … Continue reading

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Fridge gizmo

My dream of a gizmo stuck to the fridge to tell me my next train time, the weather and certain tweets got a step closer today. I ordered an Arduino shield with a 2 line LCD display and some buttons … Continue reading

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Which is better: Arduino or Raspberry Pi? There’s only one way to find out…

…join them together! But seriously, they are very different things for very different purposes, and it’s a bit sad that some hard-core Arduino fans hate the Raspberry Pi (though perhaps understandable). The Arduino is a relatively expensive (for its processing … Continue reading

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2 Pi Household

We got out 2nd Raspberry Pi this week – possibly a bit premature as we’re still finding our way with the first one. I’d like to have one in the back of the main TV as a media centre, and … Continue reading

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Day 8 in the Raspberry Pi house

My boys made a cool Lego case for the Raspberry Pi – it has holes for the USB, HDMI, ethernet and power leads – and the coolest rotating Raspberry Pi logo on top. It’s not perfect but it does the … Continue reading

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