Articles by Russell Barnes
VNC: Remote access a Raspberry Pi
Remote control your Raspberry Pi from another computer with VNC Server and Viewer
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SSH: Remote control your Raspberry Pi
Remotely control your Raspberry Pi from a PC, Linux, or Mac computer and transfer files using SSH.
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How to open Terminal and use the command line
By using the Terminal app to enter Command Line code on a Raspberry Pi, you are able to work faster and smarter. Discover the basic command line tools you need to work from the Linux terminal
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Running Android on a Raspberry Pi
How to install Google Android on your Raspberry Pi with emteria.OS. Discover how to get Android running and use Android apps on a Raspberry Pi computer.
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Play audio on a Bluetooth speaker with Raspberry Pi
Make use of the Raspberry Pi’s Bluetooth capabilities to play audio and/or music over a wireless speaker, without using a dongle!
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Control a motor with the AIY projects Voice HAT
In our recent AIY Projects tutorials, we’ve looked at how to move beyond using the Voice Assistant, and towards using your Voice HAT with basic electronics. If you’ve been following our tutorials, you will have discovered how to connect the Voice HAT hardware to simple circuits. So far we’ve looked at how to control LED […]
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Raspberry Pi cafés for Manchester schools
Following a successful pilot in 2015, web hosting firm UKFast has announced five further ‘Raspberry Pi Cafés’ for Manchester schools this year. The project represents a £100 000 investment from UKFast. Aaron Saxon, UKFast’s Director of Training and Education, reveals, “We are distributing 120 Pis across the five sites: Holy Name RC Primary School in Moss […]
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Raspberry Pi on Radio 4
If you’re reading this website, chance are you’re a big of the Raspberry Pi. The cheap and amazing microcomputer is perfect for learning to code, creating fun projects, or even just leaving under your TV to help stream media. It’s easy to forget that however much we love what the Pi can do, it’s easy […]
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New Pi Zero WH launched
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched a new Pi model, the Pi Zero WH. The difference between this edition and the current Pi Zero W is its pre-soldered GPIO header. This makes it much easier to start prototyping with a Pi Zero board, because you no longer need to solder pins to the header manually. […]
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Solve the eight queens chess problem
This is not a joke or a scam. There really is a prize of one million dollars waiting to be claimed by anyone who can solve the puzzle of placing n queens on an n×n chess-board so that no two queens threaten each other (where n is any number taken from the set of positive […]
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BitScope Micro testing tool
BitScope Micro is “almost everything you’re likely to need” for testing and measurement, according to Bruce Tulloch, BitScope CEO. All in a package not much longer than a Pi 3 and less than half as wide. The BitScope Micro “has a pair of analogue channels, six logic channels, and a waveform generator,” says Bruce, but […]
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FruitNanny
Baby monitors have grown up fast. Once confined to audio, they now have all manner of gubbins inside them, from cameras and night vision to temperature readings, two-way talk, and even lullabies. For many parents, they’re an essential tool for ensuring a baby is comfortable and safe. But although there are so many on the […]
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