In my previous blogs I started a new project Raspberry Pi® – Powerunit® with a follow up about the software here. Hereafter I designed the PCB in KICAD here. It used to be, that buying PCB’s in hobby quantities, was expensive and filled with gotcha’s. Now, places like Seeed Studio …
For those who read my blog regularly, I know that I always order my PCB’s from SeeedStudio. Recently SeeedStudio contacted me if I wanted to write a review for them for the Raspberry Pi Zero W. Which they offer through their web-shop. Linux-based kit PCs like the original Raspberry Pi …
In my previous blog I covered the hardware and software and part II here for my Raspberry Pi® – Powerunit® project. Now its time for the PCB Design. KiCad Although KiCad (pronounced ‘Kai-Cad’, not ‘Key-Cad’ like the thing that goes in a lock) is the new hotness when it comes to …
Because I’m currently busy with several Raspberry Pi® projects. I found that some of my older MicroSD cards where not preforming as I tough the should. In my experience, one of the highest-impact upgrades you can perform to increase Raspberry Pi® performance is to buy the fastest possible microSD card …
In my previous blog here, I have figured out the basic hardware & software setup for my Powerunit® project. Now Its time to fine tune the Software for my Powerunit® . Powerunit® Project – Software phase Now that the everything is working I want to fine tune the software a …
One thing that was still missing for me on the Raspberry Pi®, was the inclusion of some kind of power switch. Considering how many common Raspberry Pi® projects could make use of this functionality. Still, we’ve lived with this problem with the old version for a long time, and there …
I want to extend my storage but it also has to be redundant, so I don’t loss any data that’s why I’m going to build a Raspberry Pi® 3 with RAID Storage using Some old 2.5″ HD drives, the Linux native RAID application MDADM. It’s pretty easy and shows you …
In my previous blog here I wanted to extend my storage but it also has to be redundant, so I don’t loss any data. That’s why I build a Raspberry Pi® 3 with RAID Storage using Some old 2.5″ HD drives (You can also use USB sticks). Now we going …
In my previous blog I installed Apache 2 on a raspberry Pi. To display more than simple HTML pages, you need to install and configure additional software such as a database server and scripting language PHP. For more convenience and security you can still arrange things like SSL. You do …
Handy, such a ready-to-use hosting package, but to have complete control over your web server, it’s best to roll up your sleeves yourself. For example, you can install your own Apache web server. The necessary components can be installed with the help of the command line. Also useful as a …
