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How to pre-configure a headless Pi-OS Lite MicroSD card

Raspbian has been replaced with Pi-OS and there are 3 flavours, full fat, semi and skimmed.  This post will detail a couple of extra files you should create before first boot so that you won’t need to connect a keyboard or monitor.

Posted on July 2, 2021 at 14:33 by simon · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Linux, Raspberry Pi, Tech

Create a hardware network monitor with a Pi and a Blinkt

Have you ever wanted a quick visual monitor to know that certain devices on your network are up and running?  Well this little project will do exactly that.  You will be able to monitor up to 8 networked devices and have an LED indicate if it is up or not.

Posted on September 17, 2017 at 15:42 by simon · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Raspberry Pi – first boot

Today I finally had a chance to burn a Linux image to an SD card and boot up my Raspberry Pi.

Posted on July 20, 2012 at 23:00 by simon · Permalink · Leave a comment
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