My latest hack is for dual-booters: The OS switcher lets you select the operating system (OS) you wish to boot at the flick of a switch, anytime. Booting the OS of your choice no longer requires you to sit in front of your computer, wait for a boot selection screen to show up, and then press some buttons at just the right time.
Quadcopter build: DJI F450 + Pixhawk
After training with a Hubsan X4, I wanted to build a more hackable quadcopter. After a lot of research, here’s what I ended up assembling.
Raspberry Pi + 7 segment display = wireless device counter
This blog post will look at using the GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) ports of the Raspberry Pi to drive a 7 segment display, which will display the number of wireless devices on a wireless network. I think this is a project where the Raspberry Pi can really shine – it would take more work and …
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Raspberry Pi – first impressions
My Raspberry Pi finally arrived yesterday! Here are some of my first impressions. I had two SD cards prepared, a blue SanDisk SDHC class 4 with the latest Debian “squeeze” and a Transcend class 10 with Arch Linux (01-03-2012). Both were 16GB, both booted. Debian somehow didn’t allow me to use my keyboard and mouse …