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Raspberry Pi OpenGL 2.1 Support Tested with GeeXLab 0.9.6.0

The latest GeeXLab 0.9.6.0 is available with a new support: Raspberry Pi with OpenGL desktop (OpenGL 2.1). So far, the Raspberry Pi platform was supported by GeeXLab with OpenGL ES 2.0 only. The OpenGL...

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Raspberry Pi 3: New Quad-Core Processor and Integrated WiFi + Bluetooth

For the fourth birthday, the Raspberry Pi foundation has launched the third iteration of the Raspberry Pi board. The new Raspberry Pi 3 is now on sale for $35 and has the following features: New SoC:...

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(Test) MiniMAD: Raspberry Pi based Video Mapping Device

1 – Overview The MiniMAD is a small device designed for simple video mapping and intended for MadMapper users. In short, a project including one or several videos is exported from MadMapper and saved...

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(Tested) Raspberry Pi 3 vs Raspberry Pi 2: CPU and GPU Benchmarks (+ Burn-in...

The new Raspberry Pi 3 board comes with a new processor and higher clock speeds. Let’s benchmark it against the Raspberry Pi 2 board. Article index: 1 – CPU Benchmark 2 – GPU Benchmark 3 – Burn-in Test...

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Raspbian Jessie May 2016 Available (Linux Kernel 4.4 + OpenGL 2.1 Mesa 11.1)

The Raspberry Pi team has updated Raspbian, the official operating system for Raspberry Pi. This new version comes with Linux kernel 4.4.9 as well as an updated version of desktop OpenGL: OpenGL 2.1...

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Raspbian Jessie Updated with a new Desktop Environment called PIXEL

The Raspberry Pi team has released a new version of Raspbian Jessie that comes with a new desktop environment called PIXEL. PIXEL stands for Pi Improved Xwindows Environment, Lightweight. PIXEL follows...

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Adafruit 32×32 RGB LED Matrix Panel 4mm Pitch Unboxing

I’m starting a series of articles about how to render real time 2D/3D graphics on RGB LED matrix panels with a Raspberry Pi. Even if the resolution of graphics is very low (32×32 pixels for a 32×32 LED...

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Adafruit RGB Matrix HAT: the Raspberry Pi can talk with the RGB LED Matrix Panel

Here the second article (first one is HERE) about how to render real time 3D stuff on a RGB LED matrix panel with a Raspberry Pi. In this article, we’ll look at the hardware interface between the...

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Drawing Simple Graphics on a RGB LED Matrix Panel with a Raspberry Pi and...

In previous articles (HERE and HERE), we have talked about the RGB LED matrix panel as well as the RGB Matrix HAT which is the hardware interface between the LED panel and the Raspberry Pi. Today we...

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Rendering Real Time 3D Graphics on a 32×32 RGB LED Matrix Panel with a...

In the previous article, I explained how to control the color of a particular LED of the RGB LED matrix panel. Thanks to that knowledge, you can draw simple graphics: points, circles, lines and so on....

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Discovering the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT

The Raspberry Pi Sense HAT is a really cool piece of hardware: it’s an all-in-one board that comes with several sensors and even a LED matrix. Let’s discover it. 1 – Meet the Sense HAT According to the...

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Raspberry Pi Sense HAT: a Simple Weather Station

In this article we have discovered the Sense HAT. Now let’s see how we can program it. In this article, we will see how to get data from the environmental sensors (temperature, pressure, humidity) to...

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(Tested) ASUS Tinker Board vs Raspberry Pi 3: CPU and GPU Benchmarks

According to the specifications, the Tinker Board is more powerful than the Raspberry Pi 3. Let’s see if it’s true with several CPU/GPU benchmarks. Hardware / Software details: – HW: Tinker Board rev...

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Pi Day: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Launched

To celebrate the Pi day (3/14/2018), the Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, a refresh version of the previous Raspberry Pi 3 board launched two years ago. Main features...

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Raspberry Pi 4 Launched with a powerful 4-core CPU, 4K Video and OpenGL ES 3...

  One year after the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ and three years after the original Raspberry Pi 3, the Raspberry Pi foundation has launched, two days ago, the Raspberry PI 4 Model B. The Raspberry Pi 4...

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(Tested) A Simple DIY Cooler for the Raspberry Pi 4

  Like the Raspberry Pi 3 (launched three years ago), the Raspberry Pi 4 produces a lot of heat when it runs under high CPU load. And without cooling, the RPi 4 runs hotter than the RPi 3. The...

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Raspberry Pi 4 vs Raspberry Pi 3: CPU and GPU Benchmarks (Updated with...

  Here is a quick test of performances of the new Raspberry Pi 4 versus previous Raspberry Pi 3. Both Raspberry Pi boards run the latest Raspbian Buster: $ uname -a Linux raspberrypi 4.19.66-v7l+ #1253...

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Raspberry Pi 4: New Firmware Reduces Power Consumption and Board Temperatures

  The new Raspberry Pi 4 has two EEPROMs (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory) that store the firmware (boot loader code as well as the code of the USB 3.0 host controller VL805). In...

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How to Create a Shortcut on the Raspbian Desktop

Sounds a weird question for any Windows / macOS user but on Raspberry Pi / Raspbian, it’s not an intuitive task. Fortunately, it’s actually easy, the only required skill is to know how to use a text...

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Quick Temperature Test of the Raspberry Pi 4 8GB

  I got the new Raspberry Pi 4 8GB few weeks ago, and I took at the same time a kit of four heat sinks designed for the RPi 4. Let’s see the processor temperature of the new RPi4 8GB with and withtout...

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