Oscar is a great fan of the PDP range of computers, in particular the PDP 8/I. He decided that, instead of getting hold of an existing vintage model, he would build a brand new one by using the Raspberry Pi…
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DIY oscilloscope uses a Raspberry Pi and LEGO!
Steve Schuler wanted to build an oscilloscope. He used LEGO, an Erector set, a LittleBits motor and a Raspberry Pi which generates the PWM necessary to drive the motor. The motor is hooked up to a spinning mirror that sweeps the laser…
LEGO internet-of-things smart home with a Raspberry Pi
The guys over at PubNub have created a house out of LEGO then filled it with LEDs and sensors which are controlled and read by a Pi. They’ve then used their own proprietary software to create an Internet of Things…
Overclocking the Raspberry Pi 2
Hayden James has done a great article on the various overclocking options available on the Pi 2. There are plenty of examples of configurations if you want that extra speed. Read more here.
GCHQ unveils largest Raspberry Pi cluster
At The Big Bang Fair in Birmingham today, GCHQ unveiled what they’ve called the largest Raspberry Pi cluster ever. Nicknamed the OctaPi, the cluster sports 66 Raspberry Pis all networked together to form one supercomputer. You can read more over…
Control the Unicorn HAT with the Skywriter HAT on the Raspberry Pi
I’ve been playing around with a recently-purchased Unicorn HAT and I was just wondering if it was possible to do this! Lo-and-behold this blog post came up in a general search for Unicorn HAT stuff. Sandy MacDonald has used a…
Raspberry Pi television schedule helper for the visually impaired
Hackaday.io user Chewable Drapery (Dean Walker)’s grandfather-in-law is 92 and is gradually losing his sight. In particular, he has real problems reading the on-screen television guide. So, Chewable has constructed a box and a controller, called EVA, using a Raspberry Pi…
Raspberry Pi brings to life Adventure Time console BMO
Well-loved cartoon series Adventure Time has been used as the basis for a Raspberry Pi project. Mike Barretta 3D printed the case for the unit, which has a Pi inside, and has loaded it up with all kinds of retro gaming…
Using the MeArm with the Raspberry Pi
Carl Monk has blogged about his experience building and using the MeArm from Phenoptix. The MeArm is a kit made from plastic which, when assembled, gives you a robotic arm controlled using servos. Carl has developed a web interface using the Flash…
Nice Raspberry Pi 2 article over at ElectronicsWeekly.com
For those of you who would like to read a single article about the Raspberry Pi 2 that explains all the hardware changes and all the expected software options (such as Ubuntu and the IOT version of Windows 10) as well…