Raspberry Pi Weekly Newsletter - Monday, July 28, 2014

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Top new questions this week: Why do people use powered usb hubs? I have the RPi B+. It has four usb ports. At the moment I am powering an Arduino Mega, a small RFID reader and a keyboard. I plan to also power a wifi dongle and an arduino uno. Will this just work? … usb power-supply power usb-power arduino   asked by c_breeez 5 votes answered by AsheeshR 6 votes Whats the difference between the Model B and B+ I have a Model B Raspberry Pi but I would like to know what are the differences between this and the new Model B+? Also apart from the physical differences what could I do with a B+ that I cant do … hardware   asked by dmeehan 3 votes answered by recantha 6 votes Sound card for raspberry pi? Can anyone recommend the best way of recording audio input? Are there any "sound cards" for raspberry pi's? audio analog-to-digital   asked by Peter 1 vote answered by kolin 1 vote Reliable timed system with low power consumption over rasbpian I'm building a simple irrigation system which uses a Raspberry Pi to open and close a solenoid water valve. In general, the system should open the valve for set intervals of time every so often (E.g. … raspbian python timekeeping   asked by Paz 1 vote answered by oneway3124 0 votes Type of cable needed for new audio/video port on Model B+? Just wondering what kind of cable I need to output audio and video using the new AV jack on the RPi model B+. I'm assuming it would look like a headphone cord but split to RCA or similar? video   asked by Marcel 1 vote answered by Lawrence 1 vote Shell and ssh locale issues on Raspbian I'm trying to configure my Raspbian to support console output in my native language (Polish). After updating my locale preferences (I chose pl_PL.UTF-8 as my default locale), I ran a test - I typed … raspbian ssh locale   asked by Hellelujah 1 vote wifi dongle not working I have followed numerous tutorials to get my wifi dongle working on my raspberry pi, and when i use this command: iwconfig I get what almost all the tutorials show me, but i still can't get to … networking wifi   asked by LukeK 1 vote answered by user2338215 0 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: How do I configure Raspbmc with a static IP address? I have Model B and connected via Ethernet and running Raspbmc. It's taking new IP address whenever I restart it, of course may be because of DHCP, but I want to configure this Raspberry Pi with a … raspbmc networking   asked by garikapati 12 votes answered by Steve Robillard 19 votes How do I update software and firmware? I understand that the Software on the Raspberry Pi is divided into 3 sections: the closed-source GPU firmware, the patched ARM Linux kernel and the user space software. Is the GPU firmware on the … sd-card firmware update   asked by Alex L 45 votes answered by Alex Chamberlain 46 votes Can you answer these? How to avoid page with properties when printing? I integrated my USB printer (OKI B430) into my network using a Raspberry Pi. Sometimes I get an additional page at the end of a print job. I usually print PDF documents using the Acrobat Reader 11 … printing cups   asked by spilymp 1 vote Using the UV4L driver to stream video from the raspberry pi camera to android phone Hello raspberry people! I'm posting a new question because I don't have enough rep on raspberrypi.stackexchange to post a comment on this post: Stream video from RPI Cam to Android Phone which sort … streaming-video android camera-board   asked by seed_87 1 vote pcm512x module problem, blacklisting it doesn't help I keep having the following message during boot, reboot and I see in dmesg log. pcm512x 1-004c: Failed to reset device: -5 I'm on the ArchLinux ARM. I've been googling, found this, unfortunately … archlinux modules   asked by Marek 1 vote

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