Installing LIRC on Raspberry PI 2B Running Raspbian

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Here’s what you need to do in order to get LIRC working properly on Raspbian:

  1. Make sure you are running the version of Raspbian which has the LIRC modules included
  2. Install lirc from apt-get
  3. Add a couple of entries into the /etc/modules file
  4. Use dmesg to ensure the Lirc settings have loaded properly
  5. Run a system command to ensure the the device is reading the signals from the remote control
  6. Run an lirc program to record the IR ...
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Design Nui for Rapberry PI Touch Display with Kivy [Arch linux]

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Kivy (from official site)- Open source Python library for rapid development of applications that make use of innovative natural user interfaces (NUI), such as multi-touch apps.

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Kivy Installation and Some Forplay

Following is mainly taken from Richardson Git link and modified for Arch Linux.

  1. Installation It takes quite a while for Raspberry PI since it takes quite a few dependencies. As ...

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Compile and Upload Arduino Sketch with PlatformIO in Arch Linux running on PC, Raspberry Pi 2 and 3

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PlatformIO is a python tool to build and upload sketches for multiple Hardware Platforms, at the moment of writing these are Arduino/AVR based boards. This is the only tool working with Raspberry Pi running Arch Linux so far, and I have been searching for some tool like this for a long time.

NB: The over-bearing minion is there because every time my little one sees it, she giggles.

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A $100 Tablet with a Full Linux System

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Instructions for setting up touch display with Raspberry Pi running Arch linux. This is a brand-new release using DSI display port.

Hardware Assembly and Installation

Follow instruction here to setup, and also Video Instruction here There is a official mechanical drawing in case you needed. Remember to make a full system upgrade to enable the touch screen driver (in my case, both for Arch ...

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Ways to control Arduino – Javascript, Python and Internet

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There is always different ways to achieve the same goal. This is very true in programming, so is in life. Most times we like to think there is only one way – our way.

set up Arch Linux system for node and johnny-five etc.

This is a good tutorial for this subject and Arduino Experimenter’s Guide for NodeJS.

  1. install Arduino IDE for your system
  2. upload ...

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On Arduino Interrupts

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Arduino Interrupts and some of its Usage

Background and rational

In the process of developing a device, we come across a situation that we needed a responsive way to abort the device; However Arduino will be stuck in the middle of loop and only response after that, esp when the only communication to Arduino is via a serial port. We have adapted a very wasteful way of putting the whole ...

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Arduino Installation on Raspberry PI 2B Running Arch Linux

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Official Arduino IDE does not agree with PI and it sucks any way.

[update] Platformio is a better way!

There are two major ways to compile and upload sketch files to Arduino: a. use IDEs (Arduino IDE, Emacs IDE, Fritzing or ArduIDE). or b. use a terminal. Arch official site explains well, however, most of it does not apply to RasPi with Arch Linux. It DOES work with regular ...

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Raspberry Pi2 and Pi3 -Installing Arch Linux and Raspbian

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An inexpensive credit-card-size computer

From official site: “The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video.”

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Arch Linux installation on Raspberry Pi

UPDATE: ...

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