Having bought a new Raspberry Pi 3 I decided to compare it to a RasPi 2 and see the differences. So lets look at the brand new Raspberry Pi 3 including comparing it with a Raspberry Pi 2 and running some performance tests. The Raspberry Pi 3 now comes with a 64 bit… Read More »
Kali Linux can be installed on a Raspberry Pi 2 and earlier models such as the A or B+. To get Kali running on a Raspberry Pi we need to download the image file and then burn it to a media such as a micro SD card or flash drive. If you have never flashed… Read More »
Getting started with the Internet Of Things (IoT) is a cool project with the Raspberry Pi. Controlling anything from a light to a microwave oven from the internet can be done with a RasPi and the correct setup. Any Raspberry Pi can work but the most used versions are the B+ and Raspberry… Read More »
After receiving the new Raspberry Pi model 2 I was all ready to install Kodi with Rasbmc as I had done before on the B+ 512 Mb version, but I found out it was incompatible with the new quad core model 2. The good news is that Rasbmc has been renamed and updated and now… Read More »
OSMC RC3 vs OpenELEC 5.0.8 on a Raspberry Pi 2 Since getting the new Raspberry Pi 2 Quad core I have installed both OpenELEC and OSMC on it to see which one was better at running Kodi. I did a write up on how to install Kodi using either OpenELEC or OSMC which… Read More »
Building a Raspberry Pi smart TV box is not that difficult and can make a TV a true smart TV. The first thing to decide on is what software to load on the RasPi. There are many options such as Plex or MythTV but by far the commonly used software to use with… Read More »
The Auduino is a micro controller where a Raspberry Pi is a micro computer. These may not seem different but they are, for example a micro computer can run a operating system such as Linux while a micro controller has only one set of instructions to perform over and over again. Both designs… Read More »
The Raspberry Pi model 2, 900 Mhz quad core, 1 GB RAM version is out and of course like many others I am doing my favorite things such as installing Kodi/XBMC. That is the main thing I love to do with the Raspberry Pi is to install Kodi/XBMC and my favorite video plug-ins such… Read More »
Dual band is a name for WiFi devices that use both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies to transmit data and have become very popular. All older wireless electronics work in the 2.4 GHz range while only the new dual band can transmit and receive in the 5 GHz range. 5 GHz range… Read More »
After setting up a Raspberry Pi B+ with Kodi to stream video content to my TV. I began to have some problems with the range of the small nano USB adapter I was using. The small nano USB dongle works fine as long as it was close to the router but began to have problems… Read More »