Category: Blog
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Connecting to Raspberry Pi direct to PC via Ethernet
This article will show you how to connect directly to a Raspberry Pi by connecting an ethernet cable directly to your PC without needing to do any setup on the Raspberry Pi itself. This means you don’t need to plug a keyboard and monitor into your Pi to connect to it. Requirements: PC with ethernet…
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C++ unique/shared ptr custom deleters
I’ve recently found the need for a custom deleter function attached to smart pointers in C++ and I found there are a number of different ways to implement this. I’ll touch on the advantages/disadvantages of the different ways to use custom deleters and the difference between unique and shared ptr. std::unique_ptr: The type of the…
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Raspberry Pi/C++ Log Class
With having written many Raspberry Pi programs now, it made sense for me to create a little Log class which I’ve used in all my projects now which I feel is really quite nice to use and intuitive. In this post I’ll run through a few of its features. Source Code: https://github.com/comeradealexi/RaspberryPiShared One of the features…
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Raspberry Pi – Home Monitoring System
Using multiple Raspberry Pis, I’ve put together a small system to monitor my home when away. In order to maintain my own privacy, I’ve set up a system which detects when myself or my partner is home by periodically pinging our phones IP addresses on the local WiFi network and disables recording/monitoring when either of…
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Raspberry Pi – Web Controlled Media Player
Having a spare TV and a hard drive full of videos, I wanted to make it so I could easily watch videos from a hard drive on the TV and control playback and video choice entirely from my phone, this is what I set out to achieve with this project. The entire project can be…