I’ve edited this post since I originally posted it as someone pointed out that it wasn’t just the Pi controlling the printer. Doh! Daniel Blair has hooked up his Pi and an Arduino to the printer, a Printrbot, and used a…
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Head mounted Raspberry Pi emulates Google Glass for $80
Arvind Sanjeev has taken a Raspberry Pi, a small LCD screen and a lens and created a wearable, hat-mounted device that accepts voice commands. You can see a video of it in action below and read more, including a tutorial…
Compatibility notes for the Raspberry Pi B+ audio/video port
Matt Hawkins has done an excellent guide to using the new 3.5mm audio/video port on the B+, including a table that shows the different standards that you might come across. Interesting reading for those who like their composite video output.…
Open the pod bay doors with a #RaspberryPi
Eduardo Zola and Perla Zola have taken a Raspberry Pi, created a wooden case for it and added an ‘all seeing eye’ and made a HAL9000 replica. It’s a lovely build which you can see a tour of by…
Awesome community solves power problem on the #RaspberryPi
Alex Eames at RasPi.tv found a potential problem with the B+ the other day. It would start after a halt when his hand approached two of the GPIO pins. Thanks to the Raspberry Pi community, and some of the brains…
#RaspberryPi Model B+ Pin out
Element 14 has published a rather nice pin-out diagram for the B+. I thought I’d share it here.
Novelty radio becomes working computer with a #RaspberryPi
“Strider19” had an old novelty radio shaped like a computer. He dug out a ruler, measured it and worked out that he could fit a Raspberry Pi into the case. He grabbed a small composite monitor off Amazon to use as…
Power usage on the #RaspberryPi Model B+
Alex Eames at Raspi.tv has done a fascinating comparison of power usage between the Model B and the Model B+. He’s carried out several tests and has presented the results in plain text and also on a video. Really interesting…
More #RaspberryPi B+ coverage
Gordon Henderson (@drogon) has got his B+ and has done a nice look at it on his blog, including the first ‘in the wild’ photo I’ve seen of the new B+ Pibow Coupe (see above). Also on his blog he’s…
Robotic arm plays tic-tac-toe with a #RaspberryPi
Ronniya Varghese, Valencia Dias, Sanjana Paryekar & Leroy Pereira from PCCE have developed a robotic arm, linked it up to a Raspberry Pi and written some Python which plays tic-tac-toe on a board against a human opponent. Take a look at the…