Year: 2012

Update – Reading data from a Bosch BMP085 with a Raspberry Pi

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Since my earlier post on Reading data from a Bosch BMP085 with a Raspberry Pi, the lm-sensors.org website has gone down. If you need smbus.c or smbus.h, here are copies from back in August 2012. Note that I…

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Update – Reading data from a Sensirion SHT1x with a Raspberry Pi

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After a few comments regarding my code to read data from a Sensirion SHT1x with a Raspberry Pi, I’ve got some updated code. Please see my previous post for general information, but use the code here. The list…

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Raspberry Pi – Increasing the USB power limitations Part 2

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Last week I wrote about how to bypass the USB Polyfuses on the Raspberry Pi to Increase the available power for USB devices. Unfortunately, my Raspberry Pi is still unstable (I’ve tried both Raspian and ARCH Linux), so…

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Raspberry Pi – Increasing the USB power limitations

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I bought a Logitech C920 webcam last week. It’s a very nice unit which outputs Full HD (1920×1080) video. The picture is really clear but it draws more power than the Raspberry pi can supply. For me this…

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La Crosse TX23U Anemometer Communication Protocol

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I’ve previously documented the protocol of the La Crosse TX20 Anemometer, but mine recently failed. The La Crosse TX23U Anemometer is almost half the price of the TX20, so I decided to buy one and see if I…

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DIY Incubator Egg Turner – Video

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Here’s a video of the Egg Turner running at full speed. I definitely need to slow it down!

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DIY Incubator Egg Turner

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After a recent disaster when a broody chicken stopped being broody before the eggs hatched, I’ve decided to build a fully automated incubator. The incubator will include: Temperature Control Humidity Control Automatic Egg Turning The first step was…

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Reading data from a Sensirion SHT1x with a Raspberry Pi

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Note: An updated version of my code is available at /2012/11/update-reading-data-from-a-sensirion-sht1x-with-a-raspberry-pi/ The Sensirion SHT1x range of sensors provide a rather convenient way to accurately measure Temperature and Relative Humidity. They aren’t the cheapest sensors as they typically sell…

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Reading data from a Bosch BMP085 with a Raspberry Pi

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Update(2): I’ve fixed some reported bugs in this code. Please use the newer version here. Update: If the LM Sensors website is still down, you can get smbus.c and smbus.h from here. I needed a way to measure…

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A new toy to play with

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Look what I received in the mail today…. A shiny new Raspberry Pi single board computer. These things are revolutionising the world of embedded electronics – They have a 700MHz ARM processor, 256MB RAM, Two USB Ports, HDMI…

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