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In this guide, we will be exploring the different versions of the popular Raspberry Pi. Since the Pi 1, there have been over 15 versions of this mini-computer. Each version makes small to significant changes.
This guide will show you how to identify and deal with the low voltage warning on a Raspberry Pi. Under-voltage can cause stability issues as well as causing throttling on the Pi’s processor, reducing performance.
In this tutorial, you will be learning how to install the EmulationStation software onto your Raspberry Pi. This software gives you a graphical interface that you can use to sort and play your retro games.
This guide will show you how to enable SSH on boot of a Raspberry Pi. Following this, you can SSH into your device the first time it starts. SSH is a robust protocol that allows you to connect to your device and manage it remotely.
In this guide, you will learn how to set, list, and use environment variables on Linux. These variables are essential to Linux and help define the current working environment. Using these, you can store bits of information related to the current system or user.
This tutorial will show you how easy it is to install Nginx on an Ubuntu system. Nginx is one of the most used web servers in the world. It has become the backbone for some of the biggest websites in the world, including Netflix, WordPress.org, and more. In fact, we even use Nginx to run […]
In this guide, you will be learning some of the ways that you can rename a file or directory on a Linux system. There are two ways that we will be focusing on. One is the mv command which is excellent for simple renames. The other is the Perl rename tool.
In this guide we will be teaching you some of the easy ways to kill a process on a Linux based system. This tutorial touches on three commands that are designed to terminate processes by sending what is called a kill signal. These three commands are kill, pkill and killall.
With this straightforward guide, you will learn all about how strings are handled within the Python programming language. Learn how to define, format, and modify strings. Learning about strings is a critical part of any programming language.
In this Python tutorial, we will be walking you through the steps on how to use arrays. Throughout this guide, you will learn how to make use of the array module in Python to create and manipulate type constrained arrays.
Learn how to calculate series resistance in this easy to follow guide. We take you through an example of how to quickly calculate the total resistance with. There is also a calculator that you can make use of to verify your own calculations minimal effort.
In this guide, we go through all the basics of voltage dividers and anything else that you need to know about them. It’s a crucial part of electronic circuits that I highly recommend that you take the time to learn and understand.
This tutorial takes you through all the steps to connecting the APA102 RGB LED strip to the Arduino. We also guide you through the process of writing some code to be able to control the LED strip. It’s an excellent project if you love playing with lights.
Learn how to set up the ADXL345 accelerometer with the Arduino. It’s a cool sensor that will be handy in quite a few tutorials, especially ones where movement is involved. We make use of an Adafruit library, which makes this tutorial significantly easier.