As you can see from the cover, this month’s CustomPC magazine features the Raspberry Pi. It has articles on turning the Pi into a NAS box and also about 3D printing a case for the Pi.
#RaspberryPi goes on a road-trip
by recantha • • 1 Comment
Events, Geeky Techniness
Liz Upton has blogged about an extensive road-trip on the Foundation’s blog that makes use of the Raspberry Pi. She says it better than I can, so here’s her text:
Frederik and Ernest Lotter from Blue Horizon Embedded Systems in South Africa are driving from the UK to South Africa via Russia and the Middle East, taking in seventeen countries on their way.
They are making the journey in a Land Rover Defender which is fitted with a Raspberry Pi-based distributed light control system. The Raspberry Pi, and their lighting rig design, will be put to the test over 22000km of harsh conditions and rough terrain.
The Lotter brothers are experienced electronic engineers and are offering to meet up with groups of potential Raspberry Pi or ARM enthusiasts along the way. There may even be a Pi-themed reward available if you can find them using the live GPS tracking system they have installed.
You can track them live online, and if you want them to come and talk to your school, business or another group about Raspberry Pi and ARM processors while they’re in your country, they’re inviting you to email them – please get in touch as soon as possible if you’d like them to visit. Watch the video to learn more, and to find out what their route looks like. Thanks Fred and Ernest; we’re looking forward to tracking your progress!
Listen to aircraft transponders with the #RaspberryPi
by recantha • • 1 Comment
Geeky Techniness, Tinkering
Corq has blogged about his work on a project to read transponder information from over-flying aircraft using a Raspberry Pi and a TV receiver dongle. Read more here
Featured #RaspberryPi online shop: Mallinson Electrical
by recantha • • 1 Comment
Shopping
I’ve been contacted by Mallinson Electrical, who distribute the Raspberry Pi and associated bits and pieces. They let me know that they had dropped the price of the Pi and I thought I’d take a look to see what their overall prices are like.
I get nothing out of this personally, I just think it’s interesting how different companies sell the same thing in different ways for different prices.
So, here we go. All prices are inclusive of VAT. Anything above £5 (which is most things) qualifies for free shipping.
- Raspberry Pi – Model A – £24.50
- Raspberry Pi – Model B – £29.50
- Camera module – £24.95
- Wi-Pi wireless dongle – £12.50
- Gertboard (assembled) – £39
- Pi-Face – £28.50
- Simple Pi enclosure – £5.99
Their prices make them very similar to CPC/Farnell when you take into account shipping.
#RaspberryPi with 3.2″ touch screen
by recantha • • 1 Comment
Tinkering, Video
Mark Williams has worked long and hard to get a small SainSmart touch screen device working with his Raspberry Pi. It may be low resolution, and tiny, but this has an awful lot of applications (I’d love to integrate it with the Picorder, for instance). Great job Mark – I look forward to more details on replicating your work! Read more here or watch the video below.
The #RaspberryPi desktop evolves with Wayland
by recantha • • 1 Comment
Software
In an effort to leverage the power of the Pi’s GPU, the Foundation and Collabora have been working on implementing the Wayland protocol on the Pi. The Foundation have covered the news on their blog. Read about it here or watch the video below for a preview