Raspberry Pi

We’ve been thinking about getting into 3D printing here at the Hammel household. I’m looking at building small enclosures for the various embedded boards I work on. My wife is looking at creating components for the designs she works on for Vindicated Vinyl, her small business. After doing a bit […]

Getting started with the Robo3D printer and OctoPrint

Sun January 29, 2017 in Art and Graphics / Education / Fedora / Hardware / Raspberry Pi tagged 3D printer / debian / Fedora / GIMP / graphics / Linux / printing / Raspberry Pi / sd card / USB camera (updated 60 days ago)

The value of an over-exuberant penchant for experimentation and fiddling should never be underestimated, if only because it helps measure the onset of age-associated mental debilitation. In other words, everyone needs a hobby. Or two. Or ten.

What to do in 2017

Thu December 29, 2016 in General / Hardware / Linux / PiBox / Raspberry Pi / Software Development tagged adafruit / Android / ARM / debian / IoT / Linux / PiBox / Raspberry Pi / technology / toolchain / web server / WebKit / xmpcr (updated 2390 days ago)

Themes with Cairo were always a goal, but never implemented. Now, with PiClock, they are a reality.

PiBox: PiClock themes using Cairo

Mon December 19, 2016 in General / Linux / PiBox / PiClock tagged GIMP / git / graphics / GTK+ / holiday / PiBox / Raspberry Pi / widget / wifi (updated 2677 days ago)

Back in October I started work on a new app for PiBox: an XM radio player. The hardware is an XMPCR, a device sold in the early 2000’s that connected over USB to a PC. The device didn’t last long. I think there was some concern that people would steal […]

PiBox: XM radio app (PiXM) and wifi scanning in PNC

Wed December 14, 2016 in Audio / General / GTK+ / Hardware / Linux / PiBox / PiBox Network Config / PiClock / PiXM / Raspberry Pi / Software Development / XMPCR tagged Android / busybox / colorado springs / graphics / GTK+ / laptop / Linux / linux journal / Media Server / PiBox / Radio / Raspberry Pi / Roku / routers / signal / Sirius / ui components / video playback / video player / wifi / ximba / xm radio / xmpcr

I don’t enter many contests. I see little value in getting something for free. It’s far more interesting to earn them. But every now and then something catches my eye that seems worth the minor effort of a big reward. So a while back, perhaps back in September or so, […]

Halloween haul from Arrow

Thu November 24, 2016 in General / Hardware / Raspberry Pi tagged adafruit / graphics / PiBox / Raspberry Pi / sd card / wifi (updated 2683 days ago)

I just found out that I’ll be demo’ing PiBox at the Mini Maker Faire at Barnes and Noble, on Briargate Blvd just south of Chapel Hills mall on Saturday November 5th from 3-5pm. It’s the same demo I did for the larger CS Maker Faire but with less signage. I […]

PiBox @ Mini Maker Faire @ Barnes and Noble

Fri November 04, 2016 in Linux / PiBox tagged PiBox / Raspberry Pi / Video / video playback / wifi

PiBox Media Center v0.11.0 Release 2016-10-11 The PiBox Media Center v0.11.0 binary releases are now available for download. This release represents the first public release that will be demo’d at this weeks Maker Faire in Colorado Springs. It’s focus has been on performance, usability and developer functionality. Additional Information Meetup […]

PiBox 0.11.0 release

Thu October 13, 2016 in Linux / PiBox tagged BUI / gcc / GTK+ / HDMI / Media Player / meetup / metabuild / PiBox / Raspberry Pi / toolchain / Video / video playback (updated 2683 days ago)

It’s official: PiBox will be at the Colorado Springs Maker Faire on October 15th. The Maker Faire will be held at Library 21c which is just North of the Northeast corner of the Chapel Hills Mall. Last year saw around 6300 attendees and turnout is expected to be even better […]

PiBox @ CS Maker Faire, Oct 15th

Tue October 04, 2016 in General / Linux / PiBox / Raspberry Pi / Software Development tagged colorado springs / Linux / Open Source / PBS / PiBox / projector / Raspberry Pi / system development / the Colorado Springs Maker Faire / X11

So here’s my use case: I need a camera that is easily positioned away from the Raspberry Pi and can stream via mjpeg-streamer. Not huge requirements. Here is why the Raspicam doesn’t fit that use case. I’ve received a camera with the wrong cable from a Chinese distributor via Amazon. […]

Why a Raspicam isn’t better than a USB webcam.

Sun September 11, 2016 in General / Hardware / Linux / PiBox / Raspicam / Software Development tagged adafruit / bootloader / cable / camera module / external usb / PiBox / power supply / Raspberry Pi / ribbon cable / ribbon cable connector / USB camera / USB webcam

PiBox was built as a proof of concept for a variety of purposes. One of those was to serve media in my trailer when we go camping. I use omxplayer to play videos that are provided over SMB between a server and a player system. That works okay but the […]

Streaming just got easier, with DLNA and Roku

Sat January 09, 2016 in General / Linux / Movies / PiBox / Raspberry Pi / Video tagged DLNA / DVD / Fedora / Linux / music / Open Source / PiBox / Raspberry Pi / Roku / Video

One of the longterm goals for PiBox is to integrate it into the home. I want to see the PiBox Server provide centralized communication for an array of IoT devices. One way to do this is with Bluetooth Low-Energy, aka BLE, aka Bluetooth 4.0. This specification allows very low power […]