Blogartikel, Anleitungen und Tipps rund um den Raspberry Pi Singleboard Computer und verwandte Themen.
We will post information about the Raspberry Pi SBC and related topics, like Arduino, Making, Embedded Development, etc.
Debugging the Alpine boot process
As discussed in my previous post, Alpine Linux goes through several stages when it boots. Just after mounting the boot media, and scanning it for apkovl’s (with nlplug-findfs), there is an option for you to get a console, by setting $SINGLEMODE to yes. Setting SINGLEMODE to yes is easy, you simply add the word “single” [...]
Setting up envoy as a front proxy on Docker with communication to other Docker containers
I have already existing containers which I want to use envoy as a proxy & https manager in front of. I am learning to use envoy, and am sharing some of my learnings here, as documentation is a bit confusing to start with.My already existing container is called “taxgod” – it runs a Crystal application [...]
Alpine boot process on the Raspberry Pi
Today we will have a look at the Alpine Linux boot process on a Raspberry Pi in some detail.The picture shows the contents of a "virgin" SD card with the Alpine image, which has not been booted yet.This picture shows the contents of the boot folder.Initial boot Stages on the Raspberry Pi Refer to this [...]
PiDoctor, a free online tool to check Raspberry Pi computers
PiDoctor is a free online tool to check Raspberry Pi computers and display the information in an clear way to users. PiDoctor is part of picockpit.com, a growing collection of tools to support Raspberry Pi single board computer users.Leipzig, January 10, 2019 - pi3g e.K., an approved Reseller of Raspberry Pi computers for Germany, Switzerland [...]
Introducing PiCockpit and PiDoctor – how to test your Raspberry Pi and get information about it
We strive to make the Raspberry Pi even easier to use for everyone.Introducing PiCockpitTo this end today we are introducing our new platform PiCockpit. PiCockpit will be extended over time with useful tools for Raspberry Pi users and administrators.We start out with two tools to help the Raspberry Pi community:PiDoctor – an easy, comfortable and [...]
Interview with Simon Long of Raspberry Pi about the Raspberry Pi Desktop, UI design, and much more!
Important background information: this interview was done in early July 2018, so some applications to which Simon refers might already be released, etc.Max: This is the interview with Simon Long of the Raspberry Pi Foundation who is mainly responsible for Raspbian the desktop OS.Simon: That's right.Max: Many applications like VeraCrypt release binaries for the Raspberry [...]