Alpine Linux – Security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox. Android Things – lets you experiment with building devices on a trusted platform, without previous knowledge of embedded system design. Only supported up to Raspberry pi 3 Arch Linux ARM – a port of …
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Read Linux distribution and release You can use “/ etc / os-release” to retrieve information about the installed Linux distribution and the release cat /etc/os-release This is what I saw [codesyntax lang=”bash”] PRETTY_NAME=”Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)” NAME=”Raspbian GNU/Linux” VERSION_ID=”10″ VERSION=”10 (buster)” VERSION_CODENAME=buster ID=raspbian ID_LIKE=debian HOME_URL=”http://www.raspbian.org/” …
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In this example we take a look at the DPS310 barometric pressure sensor from Infineon to a Raspberry Pi 4 Description The pressure sensor element is based on a capacitive sensing principle which guarantees high precision during temperature changes. The small package makes the DPS310 …
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In this article we show you various command line commands to retrieve information abot the processor on your Raspberry Pi This was tested on A Raspberry Pi 4. General processor information The following command displays information about the CPU being used. cat /proc/cpuinfo The output …
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In this article we look at another Raspberry Pi Pico board, this one is the Cytron Maker Pi Pico. The Maker Pi Pico is a board for the Raspberry Pi Pico, it comes in 2 variants one of these has a Raspberry Pi Pico soldered …
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In this article we will display a digital clock using a Pico Scroll Pack Getting started The labels on the underside of Pico Scroll Pack will show you which way round to plug it into your Pico – just match up the USB port …
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In this article we look at the Pico Scroll Pack which 119 white LEDs in a tidy 17×7 matrix, as well with four tactile buttons for interacting with your Pico. The brightness of each LED is individually controllable an d its ideal for a text …
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In this article we look at the Pico Display Pack which is an 18-bit capable 240×135 pixel IPS display. The pack also has four tactile buttons and an RGB LED that you can use as an indicator. Features 1.14” 240×135 pixel IPS LCD screen 4 …
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In this example we connect a PCF8574 expander to a Raspberry Pi Pico Description This 8-bit input/output (I/O) expander for the two-line bidirectional bus (I2C) is designed for 2.5-V to 6-V VCC operation. The PCF8574 device provides general-purpose remote I/O expansion for most microcontroller families …
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In this article we connect a DS18b20 module to a Raspberry Pi Pico and we will use micropython to display the temperature returned from the module. I used the following DS18b20 module Specifications The following is from the datasheet The DS18B20 digital thermometer provides 9-bit …