Winter Break
Breaktime Amigo The year is over and I’m looking forward to the new year. There is a lot of “stuff” to cover and I hope that it will be better. .
RPi audio processing
Introduction – I can’t hear a word you’re saying The RPi has all sorts of topics but when it comes to big audio dynomite, forgedaboutit. When the image and video processing topics were outlined at the onset of the RPi studies, I didn’t give sound processing any thought. However, as the weeks progressed, I began to realize that the RPi could over shadow the Arduino as the platform of choice in the sensor helmet project. One of the key sensors…
RPi email using sSMTP
Introduction – There has got to be an easier way. After setting up Cacti and automating tasks with CRON and Webmin, email notification was the next step. Searches for sending email from Linux typically generate results that gravitate around sendmail. This is no different for the RPi. Sendmail has its good points, but its a service that runs constantly and provides features well beyond simple email notification. I wanted a binary that just sends emails and only runs when I need…