Raspberry Pi Board: $25 for an OpenGL ES 2.0 System
Raspberry Pi Board with a Broadcom BCM2835 GPU The Raspberry Pi is a small board priced at around USD $25 and that embarks an ARM CPU and an OpenGL ES 2.0 capable GPU (a Broadcom BCM2835). Raspberry Pi...
View Article(Tested) Raspberry Pi Model B Board: Unboxing and First Boot
Article index: 1 – The Raspberry Pi Model B Board 2 – The Raspberry Pi Model B Power Supply 3 – Preparation of the Raspberry Pi Operating System 4 – Raspberry Pi: First Boot Few days ago I ordered a...
View ArticleGLSL Hacker on Raspberry Pi: First Tests
GLSL Hacker for Raspberry Pi is available HERE. I spent these few last days playing with my Raspberry Pi board and porting GLSL Hacker to this tiny computer. That was my first contact with OpenGL ES...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi 2 Model B Tested
Article index: 1 – Overview 2 – Gallery 3 – Power Supply Unit 4 – Preparation of the OS 5 – First Boot 1 – Raspberry Pi 2 Model B: Overview The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released the Raspberry Pi 2...
View ArticleGLSL Hacker 0.8.2 for Raspberry Pi Released
Article index: 1 – Overview 2 – Downloads 3 – Code Samples 4 – Screenshots 1 – Overview Thanks to the new Raspberry Pi 2 board and its powerful quad-core CPU, I could create a full version of GLSL...
View ArticleMeet the Raspberry Pi GPIO Connector
Article index: 1 – Overview of the GPIO Connector 2 – The 26-pin GPIO connector 3 – The 40-pin GPIO connector 4 – References 1 – Overview of the GPIO Connector The GPIO (or General Purpose Input...
View ArticleGLSL Hacker 0.8.4 Released for Windows, Linux, OS X and Raspberry Pi
1 – Overview 2 – Downloads 3 – Screenshots 4 – Changelog A new update of GLSL Hacker is ready for your pixel hacking cravings. GLSL Hacker is a free cross-platform demotool (Windows, OS X, Linux and...
View ArticleGL-Z 0.3.0 Released, Raspberry Pi Support Added
1 – Downloads 2 – Release Highlights A new version of GL-Z is available. GL-Z is a tiny OpenGL information utility based on GLSL Hacker. 1 – Downloads GL-Z 0.3.0 Windows 64-bit GL-Z 0.3.0 OS X (10.8,...
View ArticleHow to Control a LED With Raspberry PI GPIO and GLSL Hacker (in Lua or Python)
Article index: 1 – The Hardware Side 1.1 – First Circuit: LED + Resistor 1.2 – Second Circuit: LED + Resistor + Amplifier 2 – The Software Side This article will show you how to easily turn on and off...
View ArticleQuick Benchmark of the Raspberry Pi 2 GPU (VideoCore IV)
Some users asked me to benchmark the VideoCore IV, the GPU of the Raspberry Pi (RPi 1 and 2). The hard part of this test was to find other level entry GPUs in my lab. I selected a GeForce G 105M (8...
View ArticleSimple Video Player for Raspberry Pi
Did you know that you can easily code an audio video player with the latest version 0.8.4 of GLSL Hacker ? This is possible thanks to the FFmpeg plugin that can now read audio and video frames and...
View ArticleAdafruit 5-inch HDMI Touch Display 800×480 Tested with Raspberry Pi
VPlay in action on the 5-inch 800×480 display! Last week, I ordered this 5-inch touch display with a resolution of 800×480 pixels. I was curious to see how it would work with a Raspberry Pi and to what...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi 7-inch Touchscreen Display Tested
I received last week the official touchscreen display for the Raspberry Pi. This 7-inch display has a resolution of 800×480 pixels, 140° horizontal viewing angle and supports 10-finger touch. The...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Zero: a Full Computer for $5
If you think the Raspberry Pi 1 (or 2) is cool but its credit-card size is a bit too big, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has what you need: the Raspberry Pi Zero. For only USD $5, you have a full computer...
View ArticleClock Demo for the Raspberry Pi
Don’t know what to do with the 7-inch touchscreen display you bought for your Raspberry Pi? Transform it in a clock. Here is a ready-to-use GeeXLab demo (OpenGL ES 2.0), that displays a clock. The...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: New Version of Raspbian Jessie with OpenGL 2.1 Support
I must say that’s a very nice news: the new update of Raspbian Jessie (February 2016) is available with an experimental support of OpenGL for the desktop: In this release we are shipping an...
View ArticleRaspberry 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...
View ArticleRaspberry 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:...
View Article(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...
View Article(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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