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  • Using A Raspberry Pi As A Commodore 64 Disk Drive

    The Commodore 64’s influence continues to echo. There’s a great throwback project going on over at Insentricity involving an R-Pi being used as a disk drive for the Commodore 64. Check out the vid for a nice look at the project! I’ve made some more progress on my software that allows the Raspberry Pi to…

  • Bitcoin Mining Rig With R-Pi & DE0-Nano FPGA

    Here’s an interesting Bitcoin mining rig consisting of both a Raspberry Pi and an Altera DE0-Nano FPGA board. The guys over at Design Spark decided to give this Bitcoin mining thing a try, and their project page details their efforts. You’ll find the links below for those who would be interested to give it a…

  • An Interesting Take On FPGAs From A R-Pi Point Of View

    From Raspberry Pi @ Gadgetoid comes an interesting overview on FPGAs – in particular, our flagship Papilio-series dev boards. It’s refreshing to read Phillip Howard’s angle on all this, as it is decidedly from an Arduino/ Raspberry Pi angle on things. The article is a well-written synopsis and can serve its purpose well for those…

  • Homebrew Coder Releases DOS Emulator For R-Pi

    (The screenshot above shows some benchmarks just to give you an idea of how fast the Raspberry Pi, even through emulation, is running DOS.) A homebrew coder who goes by Pate just released his rpix86 DOS emulator for the Raspberry Pi platform.  The emulator offers support for Super VGA graphics, Soundblaster 2.0, memory, USB keyboard…

  • Pi Store App Market Launches For Raspbrry Pi

    For anyone who didn’t already know, Raspberry Pi recently launched their own app store called the Pi Store.  The Pi Store runs as an X application under Raspbian, and allows users to download applications for the Raspberry Pi, as well as to upload their own content which can then be approved for release on the…

  • Raspberry Pi Gets 5MP Camera Early 2013

    If you found yourself here on GadgetFactory.net, chances are you’re interested in open-source hardware and what’s going on in the biz. We’re kind of in love with the Raspberry Pi and want to help you keep up with all the coolness: There’s a new video camera attachment for the Raspberry Pi that debuted at the…