Servo Manual Control Without Arduino Servo Library on Raspberry Pi and Gertboard
Arduino Servo library Servo.h despite its simplicity often creates timer conflicts with other PWM pins. In our lab experiment, we found that when we attach servo on Pin 11, PWM capability on at least one of the other pins gets disabled, e.g. the right wheel of the rover attached to Pin 3…
How to prepare and install RaspBMC SD Card on Linux
Preparation Prepare an SD Card of at least 8GB Class 10. We need the size and speed to play video files properly. Log into any Linux machine with good Internet connection. This was run using Ubuntu. Installation Launch a shell prompt. This can be done on Linux Command Line Interpreter…
Stream movies and TV on Raspberry Pi with RaspBMC / OpenELEC
You can now create a Raspberry media centre / home theatre system to watch streaming movies or TV on your Raspberry Pi. For this you need to install Fusion Easy Add-on installer and a Video Add-On to select the channel provider. Install Fusion 1. Prepare your XBMC on SD Card, boot…
NOOBS – Raspbery Pi Raspbian and XBCM OS installer
Raspberry OS installation just got easier for newbies. There is an installer called New Out Of the Box Software, hence the name NOOBS the noobie installer. You can download it from http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads You can chose from a list of available Operating Systems designed for Raspberry Pi. To install it: Log into…
Basic Raspberry / Linux command prompt commands to get you through
ls list current directory files and folders. cd dirname enter a selected directory. mkdir dirname create a directory. sudo su setup root password. rm filename remove a file. rm -R foldername remove files recursively, including sub folders. chown username filename. Change ownsershipmtoma username. chmod 777 filename. Make read write pemission…