Tag: raspberry pi

Raspberry Pi 1080p Resolution Fix

August 3, 2014

I recently wrote up my new raspberry pi workstation with a nice new ViewSonic VA2246M but by default the Pi would only output 1600x1200. The configuration for the HDMI lives in the config.txt file in /boot.

Raspberry Pi – failed to open vchiq instance [Solved]

August 3, 2014

I've been working on my timelapse camera setup with my raspberry pi and when trying to run my python script I got the following error. This is a permissions error because I had created a new user that wasn't in the video group.

Raspberry Pi Workstation

July 9, 2014

After a few weeks of using my 50" television as a display while working on my time-lapse project it quickly became hard to work with. I decided to downsize to a desktop workstation solution.

Raspberry Pi Camera Module Samples

June 25, 2014

After getting the wireless network card working on my raspberry pi I got straight to work on testing out the camera module on the pi. I found a lot of websites talking about how the module works and how to hook it up.

Raspberry Pi + Asus N10 wireless

June 24, 2014

I've finally got some time to do some work on my time-lapse project when I hit a brick wall straight off the bat. My $15 tiny wireless adaptor from Asus wasn't working so I did some digging to try to work out what was going on. I first tried to use the GUI WiFi Config and it was able to detect...

Time Lapse Time

June 5, 2014

Time lapses have been something that have always fascinated me and I love some of the sequences people have created. After hanging out with my buddy and discussing time lapses I thought I would give it a go.