Category: Raspberry Pi

A friend of mine asked the excellent question on why I bought an I²C 1-Wire expansion module for 300 SEK (about €30) when there are kernel drivers for using 1-Wire over GPIO right away and exposing the 1-Wire network below /sys/bus/w1/. I honestly didn’t know of this option! Now I’ve made some investigations and realized that for example the… Continue reading Why use I²C to access 1-Wire from Raspberry Pi?

Me and my wife recently bought a cottage half an hour’s drive from where we live. She is enjoying herself immensely with interior decorating, grinding floors and mowing the lawn. She is also looking forward to washing and painting the windows and exterior walls… Naturally I will also do some work on and around the… Continue reading Home automation with 1-Wire and Raspberry Pi

I’m currently running three Raspberry Pi projects, with Raspbian as my choice of distribution. One of the machines will be co-located at FS Data and run ownCloud. The other will be handle switching a central heater between oil and electricyty via SMS. The third is a surveillance camera heavily inspired by Dummy camera made smart… Continue reading Disable some useless stuff in Raspbian