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August 2015

How To Setup Video Streaming With A RaspberryPi

This tutorial will show how to stream Video via Raspicam to a web browser using a Raspberry Pi and the UV4L driver.   Step 1: Material – Raspberry Pi or Odroid-W Running Raspbian – Raspicam – Router – Ethernet Cable   Step 2: Enable Raspicam Before starting to configure the Raspberry, you’ll need to enable the Raspicam CSI port and expand the root filesystem. First, connect the Raspicam and the Raspberry

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DIY 3D Printer – Delta Bot

  Follow these instructions to build an efficient and reliable all metal structure 3D Printer, courtesy of Danny Lu over at instructables. Great quality and up to 400 mm/s print speed (very fast). Built with heated bed, hybrid bowden suspended extruder, and counterweight (tested printing 21 hours straight with no motors hot). Does not require many tools to be created and if tuned well enough can last you very long.   [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6FE2RhsoDU[/embedyt]  

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Can You Rank Your Local Business?

SEO For Local Businesses: If you’re an internet marketer, or own a local business, you have to understand that this campaign is somehow different from a typical non geo-targeted campaign. The strategies that you have to pull off is different from a typical SEO campaign. This means that what used to work to rank an online business has to be done differently if you’re looking forward to rank a website for

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Programmable DC Backup Power Supply (Video Tutorial)

Built inside a recycled ATX power supply case, Kedar Nimbalkar’s project is heavy on off-the-shelf components, like a laptop power supply for juice, a buck converter to charge the 12 volt sealed lead acid battery, and a boost converter to raise the output to 19.6 volts. An Arduino and an optoisolator are in charge of controlling the charging cycle and switching the UPS from charging the battery to using it when

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Homemade 3D Camera with Raspberry Pi

Here is a great tutorial by konovalov over at instructables which you can follow to build your own 3D Pi Camera for less than $100 (depending on desired quality and amount of parts already owned). It uses 2 usb webcams to capture and process images to .jps (stereo .jpg), ready to view on a 3D screen.   Step 1: Parts and Equipment 1. Raspberry Pi (model B) and SD card (class 10 recommended,

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Bitcoin Mining On Raspberry Pi2

For those interested in Bitcoin Mining take a look at this great instructable by robertlee0707 and for those who simply want to know what bitcoin mining is checkout www.bitcoinmining.com   Step 1: Gather Your Parts You will need a Raspberry Pi 2 A powered USB hub ( Make sure to get a good quality one) Antminer U1/U2/U3 USB Fan Raspberry pi heatsink with fan   Step 2: Setup USB and Heatsink Setup with the

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Maker Faire Cape Town

For those who missed the Maker Faire in Cape Town this weekend past don’t worry they will be back next year! Cape Town Maker Faire brings together families and individuals to celebrate the Do- It-Yourself (DIY) mindset and showcase all kinds of incredible projects. At Maker Faire, you’ll find arts and crafts, science and engineering, food and music, fire and water but what makes this event special is that all

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Raspberry Pi Based HVAC Automation System

Another great kickstarter campaign check out Pi Cubes by Cube-Controls Inc.  Pi Cubes is modular DIY/Hobby HVAC Automation system based on the Raspberry Pi Linux Board. System is designed on the principles that commercial Building/HVAC automation systems are designed, only leveraged down to the Hobby/DIY market. Pi-Cubes provides a complete solution by using Raspberry Pi to control your home HVAC system in any complexity. You may control your Furnace, Boilers, Humidifiers,

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Raspberry Pi Garage Door Controller

Check out this awesome project by hipfan75 over at imgur. Tired of forgetting to close the garage doors at night he decided to build this rather ingenuous Raspberry powered garage door controller.   Raspberry Pi Breakout Board with STM32F030 Arm Microcontroller One of the breakout boards, partially completed. More details here: http://imgur.com/a/qbVZ4   Garage Door Sensors Standard RJ-45 jack and cable strung between the garage door and the Pi. (Approximately 25 feet).

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RetroPie 3.0 is Released

Good news for all your RetroPie fans, version 3.0 has finally been released! This retro-gaming project brings together a collection of popular emulators for those computers and consoles that you grew up with from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, all wrapped up and ready to run on the famous Raspberry Pi. From Atari 2600, to Sega Mega Drive to Sony PlayStation, all your favourite systems are covered.   RetroPie 3.0 Key

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