Category: Raspberry Pi

Setting up the XBox360 controller (wired and wireless) in RetroPie/RetroArch

xboxdrv must be installed for using xbox360 controllers with your pi: install it by running sudo apt-get install xboxdrv You have to launch multiple instances of xboxdrv (one for each controller) For example we can edit the file /etc/rc.local to start instances of xboxdrv during boot Here is an example of what to insert in /etc/rc.local for 4 wireless pads […]

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Speech Recognition with the Raspberry Pi

UPDATE: Audio quality is greatly improved by using a sampling rate of 48000 Hz (The default rate is 8000 Hz). So, the commands in step 10 and step 16 been changed to reflect that sampling rate. These are the steps: 1. Start out by installing the Debian Wheezy image on an SD card and boot […]

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Fix Sound Drivers for Raspberry Pi – Easy

Install the Sound Drivers Update : The newer Debian “Wheezy” image enables the sound driver by default so this section is not needed to those that are using the newest version. Others that are having audio issues from previous versions of Raspian, see below. In the Debian “Squeeze” image the ALSA sound drivers are considered experimental and […]

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RaspberryPi Media center – XBMC – Easy Tutorial

This is a quick video showing how to setup XBMC on the raspberryPi using raspbmc. This will turn your raspberry Pi in to a media centre http://www.raspbmc.com/ Check out the forums for help http://forum.stmlabs.com/  

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Coolest Things To Do with Your Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi powered quadrocopter Originator Says: My finished raspberry pi quadrocopter. More information at www.botched.co.uk. R2D2 Robot Powered by Raspberry Pi Originator Says: This is a birthday gift I built from scratch for my girlfriend 🙂 The hardware is made of a broken Interactive R2D2 toy and a bunch of cheap parts purchased online. Inside, the little […]

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