The Ubuntu Mate OS works very well on the Pi so is well worth a try. If you have Mate 15 already installed and want to update to the recently released Mate 16 you’ll be glad to hear that is[…]Click to read more..
Author: Mike Richards
Making a Reduced Size IMG for backups or sharing
Here is a technique for creating an image of an SD card (or any other filesystem) and then reducing the size of that image to exclude unallocated space in the image file system. If you are doing this on a[…]Click to read more..
Arduino Code for 0-500MHz, 1nW to 100W RF Power Meter
Here is the code for the Arduino in-line power meter that will feature in my Data Modes column in the August PW. Copy and paste the code below into your Arduino IDE: ————————————————————————————————————————– /* This sketch uses the Adafruit i2c/SPI[…]Click to read more..
motionPie Server Available
I’ve just completed a brand new SD card image that contains the motionPie software, operating system and comes with 5-pages of printed instructions. motionPie can handle the Pi camera, USB or network webcams and is a great way to set up a[…]Click to read more..
Upgrading Pi-2 SD card for use with the Pi-3
Several people have asked if it’s possible to upgrade an existing Pi-2 SD card to run the on the new Pi-3. It can be done, though some of the downloads seem to take quite a long time. To achieve the[…]Click to read more..
Using the Raspberry Pi as an RTL-SDR dongle Server
Installing RTL SDR Software NB: UPDATED 25th August 2021 Updated install commands Manual Installation These instructions assume you are starting with the latest Raspberry Pi OS from the Pi site. NB: The Lite version is all you need. Before you[…]Click to read more..
MotionPie Links
It seems the shortened MotionPie links I provided in my RadCom article are not working. I don’t know the cause of the problem yet but I’ve posted the full links below: MotionPie Download https://github.com/ccrisan/motionPie/releases SDcard Formatter https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ Win32DiskImager http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ Sorry[…]Click to read more..
Raspberry Pi Ubuntu 15.10 Blank Screen
I’ve just wasted lots of time trying to get Ubuntu Mate 15.10 working so I could start work the WSJT-X build. No matter what I tried, I always had a blank screen. However, if I ran the card on a Pi[…]Click to read more..
PW Data Modes ESP8266 Correction
PW Data Modes Fig 6 Corrected I made a mistake in the diagram pin numbering showing the serial connection to the Olimex ESP8266-DEV board. The ground should connect to pin 2 as shown using the numbering in the revised[…]Click to read more..
Raspberry Pi USB Sound
The Pi comes configured to use the on-board sound system by default. This a problem for those that want to use the higher quality or stereo in and out available from an external USB soundcard. The solution is to change[…]Click to read more..