April 2022 — PiCockpit | Monitor and Control your Raspberry Pi: free for up to 5 Pis!

Connect to your Raspberry Pi without a monitor (Remote Working!)

By Xuyun Zeng | April 26, 2022 |

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If you travel regularly, the last thing you want is to lug around a monitor, keyboard and mouse just for your Raspberry Pi. It’s a real pain. Check-in luggage is expensive and takes time at the carousels. But one thing you’ll always bring with you as a remote worker is your laptop. Your laptop has…

How to set up a VPN with Raspberry Pi for remote working

By Xuyun Zeng | April 23, 2022 |

One of my friends is going away on a long trip and needs a VPN. The benefit of having a VPN, he explained, was that it allowed him to access his home network and files. That’s pretty standard. He also mentioned that he’d have an easier time logging into banking apps and other services if…

Expanding PiCockpit to 64 Bit Pi OS

By Hanno | April 23, 2022 |

As you might have heard, Raspberry Pi OS is now also available in a 64 Bit version. While there are still a lot of reasons to be sticking with the well tried and tested 32 Bit operating system, a lot of you probably want to try out the newest iteration yourself. If you are interested…

DIY Sensors

By Nathan Busler | April 22, 2022 |

Learn how to build your own sensors. It’s easy, it’s fast and it costs almost nothing. Additionally, you will learn a lot about sensors. Check out our Video if you do not feel like reading. How do sensors work There are countless types of sensors. Sensors for measuring temperature, light, sound or forces, to name…

Part 3 – What are Card grades and why are they important

By Nathan Busler | April 15, 2022 |

Did you know that the quality differs for each SD card? Companies optimize SD Cards for price or performance which leads to different grades of SD Cards. We will discuss why different SD Card grades exist, what grades can be distinguished and why they are important. This post is the final part of a three…

Part 2 – How does flash memory work

By Nathan Busler | April 8, 2022 |

The heart of any SD Card is the flash memory chip. Hence to understand why SD Card quality is not always the same we need to know how flash memory is manufactured and how it works. This post is part of a three part mini series about SD Cards with some in depth information. Part…