Raspberry Pi 89
These Raspberry Pi posts focus on hands-on experiments with Java on affordable hardware: board setup, peripherals, Linux images, hardware control, and lessons learned while building real prototypes.
Spectacular Java projects on Raspberry Pi
Thanks to Twitter and LinkedIn I got into contact with several developers who are doing Java stuff on Raspberry Pi and I want to share those projects with you as they can be an …
Azul Zulu OpenJDK 15 on Raspberry Pi
For this post I did some experiments with Java 15, reusing the Ubuntu 64bit SD card which was also used for the earlier post “Comparing a REST H2 Spring versus Quarkus …
Why you should learn to program on the Raspberry Pi
In this article “Java vs Python - Which Programming Language Should Programmer Learn First?” by Javin Paul , you can find a comparison between the two most popular …
Airhacks.fm #104 - Trains, Filmschool, Java on RaspberryPI, Quarkus and MicroProfile
How does a kid who soldered relay boards to drive Lego trains from a Commodore 64 end up running Quarkus on a Raspberry Pi? The thread connects film school in a Brussels castle, …
How to install and use Java 11 and JavaFX 11 on Raspberry Pi boards with ARMv6 processor
In a previous post “Installing Java and JavaFX on the Raspberry Pi” , you can read how to install BellSoft LibericaJDK to be able to run JavaFX applications with a …
Comparing a REST H2 Spring versus Quarkus application on Raspberry Pi
Goal of this comparison In my previous post “A Spring REST and H2 database application on the Raspberry Pi” an example was described to store sensors and measurements …
A Spring REST and H2 database application on the Raspberry Pi
Java on Raspberry Pi The “Pi” in the name of the Raspberry Pi refers to Python, but as a Java developer I love to know and experiment with the various Java frameworks I …
Joining the Pi4J team
In my book “Getting Started with Java on Raspberry Pi” I dedicated a chapter on Pi4J , the leading framework to combine the power of Java with the hardware capabilities …
The MagPi step-by-step video
In “The MagPi Magazine” #93 and #94 , published by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, you can find two articles which describe how you can get started with Java, Maven, …
Installing Java and JavaFX on the Raspberry Pi
One of the most read articles on this blog is about the installation of a recent Java on Raspberry Pi (March 13, 2019) , so it’s time for an update!
Drumbooth controller with Raspberry Pi, JavaFX, and Arduino
Based on multiple examples from my book “Getting started with Java on Raspberry Pi” , I created a touchscreen controller for the drum booth of my son. Combined with …
Raspberry Pi and SPI 8x8 LED matrix example with Java and Pi4j
While looking for a cheap and nice component to demonstrate the use of SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) I found out this 8x8 matrix LED display on a board with a MAX7219 chip is …
OpenWeatherMap forecast on LCD with Raspberry Pi, Java and Pi4J
Pi4J contains helper methods to minimize the work needed to use certain hardware modules on the Pi with Java. As an example, we will be using “GpioLcdDisplay” to …
Reactive Spring Flux data from a Pi
Trisha Gee (Coder, blogger, speaker, Developer Advocate at JetBrains, @trisha_gee ), which I interviewed for “Chapter 4: Choosing an IDE”, and Josh Long (Spring …
Controlling a LED number display with JavaFX and Python on Raspberry Pi
In my book I explain the use of bits and bytes by using a shift register SN74HC595 IC and 5101AS LED number display .
Raspberry Pi history, versions, pins and headers as a Java Maven library
The best way to understand and learn something new, is to document it yourself. That’s what I’m doing in every step for my book-in-progress. And to fully get the …
Controlling Arduino with Mosquitto and JavaFX on Raspberry Pi
One of the example applications in my book “Getting started with Java on the Raspberry Pi” combines a JavaFX application with Mosquitto on the Raspberry Pi to control a …
Clean Raspberry Pi GPIO testing with the Breadboard Pi Bridge
Some time ago I ordered a “Breadboard Pi Bridge - Pi Ports to Breadboard in Numerical Order” and reworked my Pi test setup from the previous blogs. And it looks really …
Pi4J to easily work with the hardware of a Raspberry Pi with Java
What is Pi4J See https://www.pi4j.com/1.2/index.html This project is intended to provide a friendly object-oriented I/O API and implementation libraries for Java Programmers to …
Pi4J - Adding a REST interface with Spring Boot
As I was learning Spring Boot myself, I thought the easiest way to learn was trying to build an example and write about it. So here we go… :-)