The Pi Guy's Guide to the Pi
The Prime Authority on Everything Raspberry
After you have setup your Pi, you want to do something with it. Here is a list of projects and a description of what they do.
Projects:
1. Retro Gaming Machine: Uses a program called EmulationStation to run old console operating systems
2. Lego Robot: Using a USB receiver with a mouse/keyboard combo, you can control a Lego robot using the Pi as the brain of the bot. The simplest way is to use put an external battery on the Pi, plug it into a Mindstorms brick, and use BrickPi software to
3. Home WiFi Server: Uses Python to make a working webpage and file server. Plug a hard drive into the Pi and power the drive with a wall outlet. On the Pi's Command Prompt, type 'sudo su'. Type 'ifconfig' and remember the ipv4 address it shows. Then type 'mnt /dev/sda1 /mnt && cd /mnt && python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80'. Now, when you go on your computer go to the ipv4 address. You will see a listing of your hard drive.
4. WiFi Router: This is effective if you have a modem but no router. Plug the Pi into the modem with an Ethernet cable. Then, buy a WiFi receiver and plug it into a USB port. Install 'hostadp' and 'isc-dhcp-server' onto the Pi. Then, you can go into WiFi settings and set 'Broadcast' to full. You can change the encryption type and the password of the WiFi network. You can now broadcast the signal around your house.
