Hardware Design

Raspberry Pi: Prototyping Potential

By Scott Vokes | Published: May 10, 2012

Recently, the Raspberry Pi Foundation started shipping its Raspberry Pi boards. (And I got one!) They’re tiny, low-power computers, originally designed so that schoolkids could afford a personal Linux computer for learning programming. Despite selling at the same price point as an Arduino ($25), they have almost as much processing power as a netbook. Once…

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How Safe is Your Home?

By Jordan Schaenzle | Published: April 10, 2012

About a year ago I received a phone call from a friend with bad news. He had been out running some errands with his newly married wife (only back from their honeymoon for a week) when an intruder broke into their home. The bandit got away with a carload of expensive electronics, but also something…

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