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Tag Archives: RaspberryPi
Modernizing My Temperature and Humidity Sensor
My basement temperature and humidity sensor has been up and running for 2.5 years now with hardly a hiccup at all. But, it is time for an upgrade.

I’ve made some tweaks to the page over the years, but I ‘ve grown less and less happy with the matplotlib implementation.… Read the rest
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Tagged Calin, cock-a-hoop, databases, Grafana, humidity, InfluxDB, Jenny, python, RaspberryPi, Remote GPIO, temperature
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Beginning of the End? NTP Server Migration
A few weeks back, we had an unexpected power-outage at the house. As the Raspberry Pi does not natively have a real-time clock built into it, this plays havoc on the network. Somehow, NTP and DNS are linked in this space.… Read the rest
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Tagged Adafruit, Argon ONE, cha-cha-cha-changes, DeskPi Pro, M.2, NAS, NTP, RaspberryPi, real-time-clock, Synology
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Pi4 NAS
I just bought a 4GB Pi4B kit!
I went with a Labists kit this time, rather than the standard CanaKit. I recently discovered that I had “earned” a $50 Amazon gift card on one of the HR sites at work, so that came in wicked handy.… Read the rest
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Tagged AtomicPi, Geeking, intervalometer, NAS, OMV, OpenMediaVault, plex, RaspberryPi, weewx
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Running Plex on an Atomic Pi: a follow-up
I was thinking about a post to tell you about how the new Atomic Pi Plex server was working out. Splendidly, thanks for asking. But we did have an issue this evening that I was afraid would eventually pop up.
The Atomic Pi has been entirely stable.… Read the rest
How to Connect to SMB Shares from iPhone & iPad with Files App
Have you ever wished you could connect to an SMB share from an iPhone or iPad? If you work with file servers, be it for work or pleasure, you’ll be excited to learn that connecting to SMB sha…
Source: How to Connect to SMB Shares from iPhone & iPad with Files App
I can access the SMB/CIFS/SAMBA shares on the iPhone via Files, but they all marked as read-only.… Read the rest
Raspy Pi Cam and VLC Streaming
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Tagged camera, RaspberryPi, streaming, vlc
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Weather Station
So, out of the blue, my father emails me asking if Calin might enjoy a weather station. I figured he had an unused one that he found while cleaning out the house. I am fairly certain I have seen an unused weather station in that house before.… Read the rest
Install Unifi Controller on Raspberry Pi in 5 Min [Step-By-Step]
Quick and easy guide to install the Unifi Controller on a Raspberry Pi. Get it up and running in 5 minutes. – Updated April 2019 –
Source: Install Unifi Controller on Raspberry Pi in 5 Min [Step-By-Step]
UniPi?
Ramping things up for the great migration from Verizon FiOS.… Read the rest
Use Cloudflare as Dynamic DNS with Raspberry Pi
This guy is like my spirit animal.
Make Raspberry Pi automatically update a domain after your IP changes. Gain access to your home server from anywhere with Cloudflare as Dynamic DNS.
Source: Use Cloudflare as Dynamic DNS with Raspberry Pi – Let’s WP
I set this up in just a few minutes.… Read the rest
How to Upgrade Raspbian Stretch to Raspbian Buster
It’s a relatively simple process.
Source: How to Upgrade Raspbian Stretch to Raspbian Buster
I think this, basically, a re-skin of the official HOWTO from the Raspberry Pi page, but this is what I just used on my main Pi.… Read the rest