Geek Raspberry Pi video stack open-sourced by Broadcom Geek Your Raspberry Pi is about to start doing several exciting new tricks, as Broadcom decided to finally open source a sister chip to the BCM2835 onboard every RasPi. It's been a short, chaotic ride for the inexpensive computer we know as the Raspberry Pi .
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Get Quake III running on Raspberry Pi using Broadcom’s open-source GPU … – Register
Ars Technica Get Quake III running on Raspberry Pi using Broadcom's open-source GPU … Register Broadcom has released open-source drivers and documentation for the graphics processor that's used in the Raspberry Pi microcomputer, among other devices. “To date, there's been a dearth of documentation and vendor-developed open source drivers for
Raspberry Pi scores in Broadcom bid for openness – SlashGear
SlashGear Raspberry Pi scores in Broadcom bid for openness SlashGear Raspberry Pi has claimed itself an early birthday present today (technically it was launched on the 29th, but there's no such day this year), praising a newly announced move by Broadcom after hearing the long-lamented plight of developers: it has …
Make a Portable Raspberry Pi Power Supply from an Old Drill Battery – Lifehacker
Make a Portable Raspberry Pi Power Supply from an Old Drill Battery Lifehacker The best thing about the Raspberry Pi is the fact that it's small and doesn't consume a lot of power, but it's still missing a great solution to make the Pi portable. If you're looking for a lot of juice, Make shows you how to convert an old battery …
Raspberry Pi marks 2nd birthday with plan for open source graphics driver – Ars Technica
Ars Technica Raspberry Pi marks 2nd birthday with plan for open source graphics driver Ars Technica The Raspberry Pi Foundation, with help from chipmaker Broadcom, is laying out a path toward an open source graphics driver for the tiny computer. Broadcom today “announced the release of full documentation for the VideoCore IV graphics core, and a
The data center skills of the future – lessons from Raspberry Pi – DatacenterDynamics (blog)
The data center skills of the future – lessons from Raspberry Pi DatacenterDynamics (blog) Created by Silicon Valley-based cousins Alex and Saul Klein and Yonatan Raz-Fridman, the idea for Kano came out of Raspberry Pi – the credit card sized single-board computer developed by the Raspberry Pi foundation designed as a cheap way to
The Adafruit PiTFT Makes Adding A Touchscreen To A Raspberry Pi Easy – Lifehacker Australia
The Adafruit PiTFT Makes Adding A Touchscreen To A Raspberry Pi Easy Lifehacker Australia In the box, you get everything you need to connect the 320×240, 16-bit colour display to your Pi . You also get a handy guide to installing the software you'll need to actually use it. By no means is this an awesome display, but for the price it makes ..
Clever video ad uses Raspberry Pi to trigger hair blowing in the wind – Geek
Geek Clever video ad uses Raspberry Pi to trigger hair blowing in the wind Geek Advertising is all about grabbing the attention of as many consumers as possible and pushing a product of some description into their minds. That way, there's more chance we'll buy it in the near future, or at least think more highly of one brand over …