There are several ways to connect an Arduino to a Pi. The simplest way is to just plug it into one of the USB sockets on the Pi. Peter Mount, however, needed to do things differently as he was already…
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14-year old student builds a cute portable #RaspberryPi
Jayme Gisbourne, who studies at Stewards Academy in Essex, has created this neat portable Pi set-up and called it the Porta-Pi. The main case is acrylic and he’s used a hack for the lcd screen pioneered by SK Pang. He…
Use an analog thumbstick with your #RaspberryPi
Carl Hughes has taken an analog thumbstick and combined it with an MCP3008 digital-to-analog converter and used PyGame to communicate with it. Nice little project to control your favourite game! Read more here
#RaspberryPi device alerts you when International Space Station is above!
Paul Brown has done an excellent, comprehensive review of a beta of Liam Kennedy’s ISS-Above device. This device, which is being funded by Kickstarter, has an LCD display that alerts you whenever the ISS is overhead and gives other information…
A Lego 4×4 Crawler controlled by a #RaspberryPi
Karl Herrick, together with his kids, built a Lego 4×4 Crawler remote controlled car then added a Raspberry Pi, with camera. He paired it with a Nexus 4 smartphone and used ssh to issue remote commands to control it. Read…
Make a laser engraver out of two DVD drives and a #RaspberryPi
Xiang Zhai has done just that. He ripped the two laser diodes out of a pair of drives and then put them together with some other cheap components, attached a Pi for control and lo and behold he’s ended up…
#RaspberryPi inside a Gameboy console
This isn’t the first time this has been done, but it’s certainly the most complete solution I’ve seen. Anton MacArthur has taken an old Gameboy handheld console, a 3″ LCD screen and a USB SNES controller and done some hackery…
#RaspberryPi steampunk-inspired goggles display
John Ohno has disassembled a head-mounted display, hooked up the Pi’s composite video output and fixed the display into a pair of steampunk goggles. It’s an awesome-looking project (though I suspect quite uncomfortable to wear!) Read about the build here
Create a #RaspberryPi touchscreen camera with Adafruit
Adafruit’s posted a fantastic tutorial on using the Pi and a PiTFT touchscreen to create a full touchscreen camera. As they admit, it’s unlikely to replace your ‘proper’ camera or even your smartphone, but it’s a great project to do…
#RaspberryPi-powered t-shirt cannon
Yes, you read that right. A cannon that fires t-shirts. Controlled by a Pi. Very cool. Very silly. Read about it here