Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
The Raspberry Pi model B versus B+, model
A versus A+
The Raspberry Pi model A+ and B+ has more GPIO pins than the model A and B. The model
B+ has two more USB ports while model A+ consumes less power than the model A. Hence,
it is possible use a power over E
thernet module (PoE). Check out
http://www.silvertel.
com/component/content/article/22-latest
-news/304-raspberry-pi-poe.
html
for more informaion.
If you own a Raspberry Pi B+ but the hardware you own is compaible with Raspberry Pi
model B, you can make use of a 40 pin to 26 pin adapter avai
lable from Adafruit Industries
Project ideas that can be
implemented over a weekend
Besides what you have seen so far in this topic, there are several cool projects that can be
implemented in a week or less. These include the following:
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A smart alarm clock based on Raspberry Pi, with features such as custom alarm
sounds, period, snooze opions, the ability to report weather condiions, alert you
about today's to-do list, and much more.
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Home automaion and home surveillance systems, a camera that works on moion,
VOC alarms, mood lighing, lighing controls, and so on.
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A sensor network, wired or wireless, to monitor various parameters around your
house—temperature, plants, pets, and others.
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A digital photo frame network that changes images across many frames, depending
on the ime of the day and so on.
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Seasonal projects such as lights for Diwali, Hanukah, or Christmas.
Useful resources for the Raspberry Pi
In this secion, we will discuss useful resources that are available for Raspberry Pi. While this
topic can cover every aspect of the projects developed in this topic, we will deinitely run
into trouble. Let's look at some user communiies that can try to address our problem.
