Adafruit has written a comprehensive tutorial on getting the Node-Red visual development environment to work on the Raspberry Pi and given details on what you can use it for. Read it here
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Line following self-balancing robot controlled by a #RaspberryPi
Samuel Matos has developed a self-balancing robot and has now added a line-following ability to it. You can follow his progress, including a lot of details about the build and algorithms used, on his blog – http://roboticssamy.blogspot.pt/
Raspberry PiPod blog reaches half a million page views
Exciting stuff. According to my WordPress stats, this blog has just passed 500,000 page views. In reality, I passed this milestone a few months ago but I’d previously lost a bunch of stats, but that’s life. Some more statistics: I’m…
Ridiculous #RaspberryPi headline
According to the Guardian, quoted on Business Insider, “People are starting to buy these $35 Raspberry Pi mini-computers”. They then report on the fact that there are now 2 million Pis in circulation. Not exactly “starting” is it! See the…
2 million #RaspberryPi in the wild
It has been announced by the Raspberry Pi Foundation team attending the Manchester Raspberry Jam that there are now 2 million Raspberry Pis in the wild. They will be making an announcement with more details later today or next week.
Interview with founder of #RaspberryPi bits supplier ModMyPi
This is a lovely article from Wired magazine about Jacob Marsh who founded ModMyPi soon after the launch of the Pi in February 2012. Great to hear about a business success in this economic climate. Read the article
How to compile the #RaspberryPi camera module software
Martin O’Hanlon has been doing some work on the video recording software, RaspiVid, for the camera module. He’s written some instructions on how to do this yourself. So, if you’re all-at-sea when it comes to using GitHub and just want…
On holiday with limited time
Some of you may be wondering whether I have stopped blogging. I haven’t. I’m currently on holiday in Tennessee USA spending time with family, visiting some sights and chilling out. The latter is a bit of a challenge given the…
Picorder, version 2 – #RaspberryPi has sensor-y overload
Pardon the pun in the title, couldn’t resist. Here is a two-part video I’ve just shot of the Picorder version 2. I’m just about to work on version 3, so it seemed the perfect time to document my work so…
Eben Upton wins a Silver Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering for the #RaspberryPi
Photograph from The Telegraph Eben Upton has been awarded a silver medal from the Royal Academy. The medal, first awarded in 1994, will be presented next month. Read more about this year’s awards list