The Raspberry Pi was born on February 29th which means we’re only three years away from its second birthday, and a new hardware release from the Pi Foundation is becoming somewhat of a tradition. This ...

While the Raspberry Pi has very good support for an I2C bus, a lot of very cool chips – including the in system programmer for just about every ATtiny and ATmega microcontroller – use an SPI bus.

This series is turning out to be a lot longer than I had planned; fortunately, it is also turning out to be a lot more fun than I had expected, and that's really saying something. Now I have a couple ...

One of the best new additions to the Raspberry Pi 3 is built-in Bluetooth, but setting up a Bluetooth device required the command line. Now, it’s easy to add Bluetooth devices right from the taskbar.

When you think of wireless Raspberry Pi applications, what usually comes to mind are projects powered by Wi-Fi, such as a remote plant monitor or smart energy tracker. However, Raspberry Pi boards ...

The Raspberry Pi isn't much to look at. It consists of a credit-card sized processing board that plugs into a computer monitor or TV. However, its humble design hasn't stopped it becoming the ...

wake up sleeping devices, access the BIOS or OS select menu (e.g., GRUB), access devices without Bluetooth interface (e.g., devices in a restricted environment or most KVM switches). Sounds familiar?

It’s a bit of a familiar trope, but I like it: retro phones with modern mobile technology incorprated. In this example, a Raspberry Pi helps turn a 1950s payphone into a Bluetooth headset. The Gadget ...

The field of robotics is expanding, and this is the perfect time to learn how to create robots at home for different purposes. This book will help you take your first steps in planning, building, and ...