Power your Raspberry Pi using PoE

Are you considering to use a Raspberry Pi in one of your projects? Have you considered using Power over Ethernet (PoE) to power your Raspberry Pi? What is Power over Ethernet? Power over Ethernet is a standardized technology that enables powering devices that consume very low power to be powered by an Ethernet cable(Wikipedia). The electrical cable is transmitted via a cable pair that is not used for Ethernet communications. How does it work? A PoE enabled device is connected

Controlling the power LED and activity LED on your Raspberry Pi 2

This post is a tip for those who are planning to deploy a Raspberry Pi at a remote location. This tip is especially useful if the Raspberry Pi is located at a remote location and it is not possible to connect a monitor to the HDMI output of the Raspberry Pi (unless the Raspberry Pi is removed from its location) e.g. Outdoor deployment, next to a fish tank, christmas tree etc. I was recently in a similar situation and I