I have several of the original Model B and B+. I also have one 2.0. I would like to use the same cards on all of my Pis, because who wants to keep track of which card is for which unit? Not me.

First, I read this article and mine was already up-to-date with everything mentioned.

When I first put a card from a Model B+ into the 2.0, it didn't finish booting. It got part way through and then got stuck and eventually tried rebooting. Once, it got booted, but the opening video that plays at startup had artifacts on it and never got to the desktop. I figured it might be an issue with speed/timing. So back in the Model B+, I set overclocking to none (sudo raspi-config). After that, it worked in the 2.0.

However, no overclocking is kind of lame, especially in the old models. So the question is, what overclock settings work in all of my units? I've tried this in all of my chips and it works in both of my Pi units that I have at hand (B+ and 2.0). This is the Pi2 overclock setting, but with 6v overvolt instead of 2v overvolt. Since this option isn't in the raspi-config, edit the over_voltage line in /boot/config.txt (can do it in Windows or on the Pi).

arm_freq=1000
core_freq=500
sdram_freq=500
over_voltage=6

 

Converting version control repositories from Bazaar to Git (bzr to git)

Bazaar is great on Windows. Several years later, git's tools for Windows still.... (ahem) are lacking or too commercial. However, official development on it has ended and git is so much more popular now. So I think the time has come to convert all my beloved bzr repositories to git.

First we need note some prerequisites:

Adding a hardware clock to Raspberry Pi (DS3231)

The popular clock module is uses the DS1307 real time clock chip, which is not very precise. For just a few dollars more, you can get a module with a much more precise DS3231 RTC chip. The one I got was SunFounder's module from Amazon for $9 (free shipping for Prime). It plugs right onto the Raspberry Pi's 40 pin header and doesn't even interfere with the plastic case I have. I have a Model B, but this module should also work on Model A and Model B+. The instructions refer to DS1307, but the chips use the same I2C commands, so it also works for DS3231.

How to run a PiPresents show when you don't have a Raspberry Pi

PiPresents is some pretty cool software that will run a PowerPoint-like presentation. But with lots more flexibility. It was originally written for the Raspberry Pi.

However.... perhaps someone else has your Pi. Perhaps you don't even have one. It is possible to run a PiPresents show on  your good ol' desktop computer (Windows, Linux, or Mac). Here's how.