The Why
I have a collection of USB keys each different version of OS X and Ubuntu so that I can do a complete reinstall from scratch. The collection was rattling around in my desk drawer, which was annoying.
What I really wanted was to put them in a case, ideally one that matched the other dvd and cd cases.
This is part of a series on running a browser full screen on a Raspberry Pi at boot.
The most current version is here:
Raspberry Pi Full Screen Browser (Raspbian December 2017)
This is a follow up to my setup notes for OS X, here are my notes to setup Kinect, OpenNI, NiTE and Nuimotion on Ubuntu Desktop LTS 12.04 Precise.
A few months ago I setup a web browser based dashboard running on a Raspberry Pi, displaying weather, time and transit information. It worked out well, but it’s success revealed another problem. Turning the screen on and off multiple times a day was getting old.
So I did what any technically inclined person would do. I decided to create a device to turn the screen on and off by responding to dramatic changes in ambient light. The device would also provide a manual power toggle and button to refresh the browser.
This is part 3 of 3 describing the final hardware that was built from the prototype.
Although intended to be used with a Raspberry Pi, the screen controller can be used to emulate a USB keyboard and send any desired keystrokes.
A few months ago I setup a web browser based dashboard running on a Raspberry Pi, displaying weather, time and transit information. It worked out well, but it’s success revealed another problem. Turning the screen on and off multiple times a day was getting old.
So I did what any technically inclined person would do. I decided to create a device to turn the screen on and off by responding to dramatic changes in ambient light. The device would also provide a manual power toggle and button to refresh the browser.
This is part 2 of 3, describing how to use an Arduino to build a USB keyboard emulator to call the hot keys.
Although intended to be used with a Raspberry Pi, the screen controller can be used to emulate a USB keyboard and send any desired keystrokes.
A few months ago I setup a web browser based dashboard running on a Raspberry Pi, displaying weather, time and transit information. It worked out well, but it’s success revealed another problem. Turning the screen on and off multiple times a day was getting old.
So I did what any technically inclined person would do. I decided to create a device to turn the screen on and off by responding to dramatic changes in ambient light. The device would also provide a manual power toggle and button to refresh the browser.
This is part 1 of 3, describing how to create a script to turn on and off the screen and hot keys to call this script.
Although intended to be used with a Raspberry Pi, the screen controller can be used to emulate a USB keyboard and send any desired keystrokes.
After building my Raspberry Pi dashboard, I decided to go for the geek double crown and use an Arduino to build an Ethernet attached thermometer. Then I would know how cold it was outside my window, not at Pearson International Airport.
These are instructions to setup the Raspberry Pi to run the Chromium Browser in full screen kiosk mode.
This is part of a series on running a browser full screen on a Raspberry Pi at boot.
The most current version is here:
Raspberry Pi Full Screen Browser (Raspbian December 2017)
I recently picked up a Raspberry Pi from Creatron Inc with the intention of creating a dashboard.
The following are instructions for installing Linux (Debian Wheezy) on the SD card from OS X Mountain Lion. I used the built in SD card reader on my Macbook Air and used several different SD cards, all 4 Gig or greater and all class 10.
These instructions assume comfort with the command line.
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