A LCD display my RPi and RPi-Monitor

I saw on the internet that it is possible to use a LCD to display information from the Raspberry Pi. RPi-Monitor is gathering a lot of information and it could be interesting to have such an information available without a computer. So I decided to purchase a PCD8544 from dx.com.

Photo from Flickr  cc-by by arduinolabs

This post is describing how to acquire, connect and use such a component with he Raspberry Pi and gives an example showing how to connect it with RPi-Monitor.

First contact with the Raspberry Pi

I just received my Raspberry Pi today (May 3^rd, 2013  - 24 days after purchase).

The Raspberry Pi is inside the pink box.

This post is gathering my first experience and describe how to install and connect a RPi to the network.

Raspberry Pi dispatched today

I received today an e-mail from RS Components saying that my Raspberry Pi has been dispatched.
I already start to develop a program dedicated to monitor the Raspberry Pi. This program is inspired by Raspcontrol. I'll write an article about RPi-Monitor (this is the name of my software) into a future post.

Photo from Flickr by DavidMonro CC BY NC SA 2.0

It is decided, I purchase a Raspberry Pi!

I'm interested about home automation since a while, I having some ideas to add intelligence into a house since many year but the electronic complexity didn't encourage me to continue my efforts.
Few time ago I did discover the Raspberry Pi (RPi), a very small computer, cheap and running my favorite OS: Linux. Few research on the internet show me the capacities of this hardware. The open source spirit floating around this computer finish to convince me. I should purchase it now!

Photo from Flickr by GijsbertPeijs  CC BY 2.0

I took the habit to write down my computer experiences, first to remind how I did the things  and secondly to share my knowledge (Ref. the article about Linux security on http://xberger.free.fr). This time I'll use the blog format.
My goal will be to describe my usage of the Raspberry Pi. My objective will be to use only open source solution software and hardware and to publish here the documentation allowing anybody to reproduce my experiences.

Now I should just wait for the delivery to start the experiences...