Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 21 – GPIO Controlling a Relay

How to control a relay board using the GPIO header of your Raspberry Pi! Turn on a light bulb in this tutorial.  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 20 – GPIO How to use a Push Button

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 19 – GPIO Introduction with a LED

How to turn on and blink a LED with Python on a Raspberry Pi. A ‘Hello World’ type GPIO introduction.  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 18 – Putting it all Together

Bringing it all together, I show you how to use the motion detection system to take a picture in Python and timestamp the picture for later review.  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 17 – Importing Motion Detection

Bringing the motion detection software features into our very own Python 3 script.  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 16 – Motion Detection in Python 3

Making the motion detection scripts useful for our Python 3 Cookie Thief detection system.  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 15 – Detect Motion Using Camera

How to detect motion using the raspberry pi camera. Although I did not write the motion detection script, I show you how you can implement the motion detection features and use them in Python 3 as well.  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 14 – Adding Timestamp to Pictures

How to add a date and time (timestamp) a picture or photograph on a Raspberry Pi. To complete this tutorial you will need a pi camera or a photo on your pi.  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 13 – Shoot Video with Python

How to make a movie or make a video using Python on your Raspberry Pi. You must have a picamera connected to your Raspberry Pi to be able to complete this tutorial  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 12 – Take a Picture with Python

How to take a picture using Python Programming language on your Raspberry Pi.  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 11 – Camera Setup

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 10.5 – Cookie Thief Series Introduction

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 10 – How to email external IP address to self via Python

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 9 – Fail2Ban IP Blocker Setup

Boost the security of your Raspberry Pi by setting up Fail2Ban to block brute force attacks. I show you how to configure Fail2Ban to be effective against attacks following my series of videos on boosting your server’s security.  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 8 – How to change your password

In this video I show you how to change your login password for your raspberry pi. Simple and short.  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 7 – Change SSH Port to Enhance Server Security!

Change your default SSH port from 22 to something else. Although this won’t prevent attacks from determined hackers, it will help reduce the volume of attack you may encounter primarily through bots or inexperienced script kiddies!  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 6 – SSH Security Demonstration (Hack into your Pi!)

So far we have set up our Raspberry Pi and got it up on the web acting as a SSH server. We can tunnel a VNC connection through our SSH connection, allowing us to access the desktop. How secure is this setup though? In this video I show you how easy it is to break into our setup.  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 5 – Connect to your RPi over the Internet!

How to access your Raspberry Pi (RPi) over the external internet! How to perform necessary port forwarding on your router, then establish a SSH connection to your RPi. I also cover screen sharing through VNC! All headless!  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 4 – Headless Wifi Setup

How to set up wifi on your headless Raspberry Pi (RPi). I cover both VNC connection as well as SSH over Wifi. See my previous videos to get caught up!  

Raspberry Pi Tutorial 3 – File Sharing between RPi and Computer

How to transfer files between the Raspberry Pi and your computer. I cover both the VNC file transfer setup as well as FileZilla FTP approach. FileZilla approach applies to PC transfer.