Sleepy Pi 2 and Raspberry PI 4 Compatibility
The Sleepy PI 2 is mostly compatible with the Raspberry Pi 4 – this describes how to connect it up properly.
Configuring The GPIO Serial Port On Raspbian Jessie and Stretch Including Pi 3 and 4
** Updated for Raspberry Pi 4 ** This used to be relatively straightforward, but with move from Raspbian Wheezy to Raspbian Jessie, (and then Raspbian Stretch and Buster) things changed. Add to this, the newer Raspberry Pi 3 and 4 family with new hardware and the whole thing became a bit of a Dog’s Breakfast and issues with …
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Introducing Sleepy Pi 2
The original Sleepy Pi was introduced over 2 1/2 years ago and has been doing sterling service ever since, finding it’s way to all four corners of the globe. With the 26-pin connector it is compatible with all models of Raspberry Pi. However, with the introduction of the Raspberry Pi B+ a new 40-pin GPIO …
Project: ARUPi – A Low-Cost Automated Recording Unit for Soundscape Ecologists
Anthony in Good’ol Blighty has built an Automated Recording Unit Pi (ARUPI) for recording Soundscapes in Ecology research. He’s created a detailed Instructable that shows how he’s built it. An ARUPI can be used to : monitor the birds in your garden or just to make nice recordings of the dawn chorus, without having to …
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Project: Remote Water Monitoring With A Solar Powered Raspberry Pi
James from Down Under (a Land of Plenty) has build a Remote Camera System for monitoring water supplies for livestock in remote areas of farms, thus saving the farmer a lot of time and travelling. The system wakes up once a day, takes a photo of the water trough, sends it to the farmer and then goes …
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Using Sleepy Pi With A Raspberry Pi 2 and A+
It’s been a busy time at the Raspberry Pi Foundation recently, with not one but two new boards released. Firstly the A+ arrived which is an updated Model A, but in a new square form factor and with the extra GPIO that the B+/2 sport. Next was the release of the Raspberry Pi 2 which …
Project: Bird Feeder Tweeter by Manifold
Chad over at Manifold has produced a fantastic new version of their Feeder Tweeter. It’s a solar powered Raspberry Pi connected to a camera and motion sensor that tweets a every time a bird feeds. You can see the latest pictures over at FeederTweeter.net It’s an upgrade of the original Feeder Tweeter 1.6 and now uses a …
Using Sleepy Pi With A Raspberry Pi B+
A few weeks ago the Raspberry Pi Foundation released the Raspberry PI Model B+ which is an improved version of the Model B. What are the major changes and can you still use the Sleepy Pi with the Model B+? Firstly, the most obvious differences are in the form factor. The B+ and B are …
Ground Control to Major Tom…
For here Am I sitting in a tin can Far above the world Planet Earth is blue And there’s nothing I can do Have you ever wondered what Major Tom was looking at? Well now you can, but BEWARE this is a real time stealer! Those jolly folks at NASA have been kind enough to …
Workshop Update: March, 2014
The shop has been keeping us fairly busy recently and although we didn’t make a formal announcement, the Sleepy Pi has been in stock and available for a couple of months now. All the issues with the early boards were resolved and along the way the power consumption was lowered even further. New Product We’re …