My Tech Brain Dump..
Today I got around to setting up a kickstart server to allow my Raspberry Pi’s to PXE boot. This has the advantage of reducing reliance (and wear and tear!) on SD cards. (Note, this only works for wired connections, not wifi) This is fairly straightforwards but does require modification of the bootloader on your PI. …
In a previous post I made a Stargate Atlantis themed light switch, with a proximity sensor to turn lights on and off. Whilst this is pretty cool, it effectively renders my smart bulbs useless when off, so I decided to redo the project. This time I have made use of a gesture sensor, raspberry pi, …
Today I decided it would be pretty cool if I could use my Raspberry Pi as a development web server – I develop quite a few sites, mainly using Joomla or WordPress, which require PHP and MYSQL. Im going to break this down into 4 sections: Install Apache Install PHP Install MYSQL Install PHP My …
If you are here looking to install a MySQL server on your Raspberry Pi, I’m going to assume that you have PHP, Apache and (optionally) SSH access already set up, if you don’t you can follow these tutorials first: Install Apache Install PHP Install MYSQL Install PHP My Admin As always, we start with a …
PHPMYADMIN This is the 4th part of my mini series on how to set up a web server on your Raspberry Pi, so far we have covered: Raspberry Pi as a web server Part 1 (Apache) Raspberry Pi as a web server Part 2 (PHP) Raspberry Pi as a web server Part 3 (My SQL) …
Here is how to utilise the full capacity of your Raspberry Pi’s SD card after installing the Debian image which gives a 2GB root partition: Step 1: Run fdisk as sudo sudo fdisk -cu /dev/mmcblk0 Step 2: enter p to view the current partition table: Commands (m for help): p Device Boot Start End Blocks …
Ok, so in my previous blog post we covered the basics of what the Raspberry Pi actually is, now it’s time to plug it in and make it do something! *Note, this is for the original Raspberry Pi Model B, I will shortly be setting up a new post, stay tuned! Prepare an Operating System …
Earlier we showed you how to set up your Raspberry Pi as a web server, now I want to show you how to install Joomla. Joomla is a content managment system (CMS) used my many people around the globe to manage their web sites. if you havent yet set up your Raspberry Pi as a …
Today I will be looking at how to use your RaspberryPi as a Media Centre. At the time of writing, you have two serious choices – OpenElec and Raspbmc. Personally, I preffer Raspbmc, I find it faster and more stable. They both run XBMC, the open source media centre Instructions for RaspBMC: Visit http://www.raspbmc.com/download/ to download …
Taken from http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#Red_power_LED_is_blinking Power / Start-up A good power supply that will supply 5V is vital. There is more information about See #Troubleshooting_power_problems. Red power LED does not light, nothing on display The power is not properly connected. Red power LED is blinking The red power LED should never blink, because it is hard-wired to the 3.3V …
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