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by NeilNjae
Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:44 pm
Forum: HATs and other add-ons
Topic: RFID reader (134.2kHz): help?
Replies: 0
Views: 590

RFID reader (134.2kHz): help?

I'd like to ensmarten my catflap to read the RFID chips in my cats. As far as I can tell, animal ID chips use 134.2kHz chips, rather than the more common 13.56MHz chips and readers. There are few 134.2 kHz readers available in the UK at a reasonable price. One I've found is the RI-STU-MRD2 , which s...
by NeilNjae
Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:29 am
Forum: Interfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.)
Topic: Interfacing with the MCP3208
Replies: 7
Views: 7319

Re: Interfacing with the MCP3208

What do you want to change? Why is this not working?

(I don't have any real answers, but much of this sort of programming involves magic numbers and arcane invocations, so it's often best not to worry about it too much.)
by NeilNjae
Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:06 pm
Forum: User groups and events
Topic: Raspberry Jam for Milton Keynes
Replies: 92
Views: 21790

Re: Raspberry Jam for Milton Keynes

If it would be of interest, I can do a brief talk about Code Club, a network of after-school clubs for teaching primary school children about programming. So far we're just using Scratch, but using the RPi to allow kids to do things with hardware sounds like a fruitful way forward.
by NeilNjae
Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:02 pm
Forum: HATs and other add-ons
Topic: Open University "Sense" board and the Pi
Replies: 24
Views: 22150

Re: Open University "Sense" board and the Pi

We're working (slowly) on making the Senseboard-specific libraries available to things other than the Open University's Sense environment, probably via SWIG. We'll announce the libraries when they're done!
by NeilNjae
Tue May 08, 2012 9:50 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Dynamically extend the root partition
Replies: 21
Views: 39714

Re: Dynamically extend the root partition

<t>n3tw0rk5 said: <br/> <br/> <br/> I know I could just create new partitions/lvols and just mount /home /tmp, etc separately, but I want to know if it's possible to extend / dynamically.<br/> <br/> <br/> Here's what I did (copied from a post on the Debian forum) to manually resize the partiton. I d...
by NeilNjae
Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:59 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: ChromeOS on RPi
Replies: 1
Views: 1705

Re: ChromeOS on RPi

<t>This is a heads-up post.<br/> <br/> Chrommium OS is Google's OS for web-based computing. The idea is that it's lighter, faster, and more secure than a traditional OS, and most apps run in the cloud. The latest version of the UI (Aura) allows users more control over the machine.<br/> <br/> As repo...
by NeilNjae
Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:01 pm
Forum: Debian
Topic: Debian ARM on Raspberry Pi
Replies: 135
Views: 80292

Re: Debian ARM on Raspberry Pi

<t>Oh, in case anyone's interested, there seems to be a bug in the Apache2 package installer that doesn't add the www-data group for the www-data (Apache) user. Fix it with<br/> <br/> <br/> $ sudo groupadd www-data<br/> <br/> $ sudo usermod -a -G www-data www-data<br/> <br/> <br/> after installation...
by NeilNjae
Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:13 pm
Forum: Debian
Topic: Debian ARM on Raspberry Pi
Replies: 135
Views: 80292

Re: Debian ARM on Raspberry Pi

<t>One other thing I had to do with the Debian image was resize it for the 8Gb SD cards I'm using. These are the steps I went through.<br/> <br/> I did this on Ubuntu, with the card as /dev/sdd.<br/> <br/> Start with the SD card image written to the card, in a card reader, but with nothing mounted.<...
by NeilNjae
Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:26 pm
Forum: Debian
Topic: Debian ARM on Raspberry Pi
Replies: 135
Views: 80292

Re: Debian ARM on Raspberry Pi

<r>Thanks for the new Debian image! The updated version, with driver modules, works a treat.<br/> <br/> @Omer, thanks for the howto. Very useful. It was slightly different to get the WNA1100 dongle working. Here's what I did to get it going:<br/> <br/> Unfortunately, the firmware required is in the ...
by NeilNjae
Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:35 pm
Forum: Debian
Topic: Debian ARM on Raspberry Pi
Replies: 135
Views: 80292

Re: Debian ARM on Raspberry Pi

<t>@GizmoB73: I've run into the same problem with trying to build the module for my wifi dongle. It seems that RPi uses a non-standard kernel, so the standard Debian package don't match up.<br/> <br/> I've got a copy of the RPi's custom kernel source, and I'm working on how to use that to set up the...
by NeilNjae
Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:07 pm
Forum: Debian
Topic: Debian ARM on Raspberry Pi
Replies: 135
Views: 80292

Re: Debian ARM on Raspberry Pi

<t>@JamesH: Thanks. I"m working on it now.<br/> <br/> The dongle does seem to work in Desktop Debian, without anything extra beyond the installation of compat-wireless. I've asked on this thread on the Debian forums . This other thread there indicates that compat-wireless is all that's needed for De...
by NeilNjae
Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:38 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Fitting the display on a TV: config.txt and overscan_*
Replies: 21
Views: 37196

Re: Fitting the display on a TV: config.txt and overscan_*

<t>When I connected my RPi board to a TV via the HDMI port, the display was outside the visible area of the screen. That meant I couldn't see the edges of the display, including the command line prompt and the LXDE toolbar. That meant I had to guess at what I was typing in order to log on and start ...
by NeilNjae
Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:11 pm
Forum: Debian
Topic: Debian ARM on Raspberry Pi
Replies: 135
Views: 80292

Re: Debian ARM on Raspberry Pi

@JamesH: Thanks. The stumbling block seems to be the lack of kernel headers. If you (or someone) could point me in the direction of the headers, I could probably compile my own driver module.
by NeilNjae
Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:34 am
Forum: Debian
Topic: Debian ARM on Raspberry Pi
Replies: 135
Views: 80292

Re: Debian ARM on Raspberry Pi

<t>I've recently got hold of a RPi board and I'm trying to get a Netgear N150 wifi dongle working. (It's also known as a WNA1100 dongle). It uses the Atheros AR9271 chipset, and it appears that this chipset requires the ath9k_htc kernel module.<br/> <br/> I'm using the Debian download from this site...
by NeilNjae
Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:41 am
Forum: Pidora / Fedora
Topic: Fedora ARM on Raspberry Pi
Replies: 266
Views: 129868

Re: Fedora ARM on Raspberry Pi

<r>Thanks for the replies!<br/> <br/> @Rattus: the picture's at <URL url="http://mypict.me/index.php?id=337139724">http://mypict.me/index.php?id=337139724</URL><br/> <br/> @JamesH: I'll try Debian. I was using Fedora first as it seems to be the preferred distro from now on. Thanks for passing on the...
by NeilNjae
Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:01 pm
Forum: Pidora / Fedora
Topic: Fedora ARM on Raspberry Pi
Replies: 266
Views: 129868

Re: Fedora ARM on Raspberry Pi

<r>Apologies if this is in the wrong place...<br/> <br/> I've just got hold of a RPi board and I'm trying to get a Netgear N150 wifi dongle working. (It's also known as a WNA1100 dongle). It uses the Atheros AR9271 chipset, and it appears that this chipset requires the ath9k_htc kernel module.<br/> ...

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