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DIY IoT Project | Planning a trip to the Sierras using a Raspberry Pi | Part 1

Is it possible to plan a trip to the Sierra Nevada using a Raspberry Pi? The answer is yes. Before you pose the question: “why?”, you must take a look at this picture: Motivation for this project The Sierra Nevada is one of the most beautiful places on this planet that I have ever visited in my life. My brother and I were traveling in the Eastern Sierra area (Mammoth Lakes – Mono Lake – Bishop area) during this Memorial

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Travel tip: A tip to set up your Raspberry Pi in your motel room

I am writing this post from a motel in the Mammoth Lakes area, California. Have you ever been in a situation where you had to verify something on a Raspberry Pi for a presentation/interview sitting in a motel room? As soon as I walked into my motel room today, I noticed these (shown in the picture below) TV input ports on the wall. It occurred to me that it is possible to power a Raspberry Pi using the USB port

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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

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