Adafruit has published a tutorial on creating a time-lapse camera using a Pi Zero, a camera module, a bit of power circuitry, a micro button and a 3D-printed case. Lovely project if you’ve got the 3D printing capability. Take a…
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Build a portable Raspberry Pi Zero-based workstation
Ben Heck has done a great video tutorial/walk-through of his latest build. This time, he takes a Raspberry Pi Zero and laser-cuts a case for it to create a really small mini-laptop. Watch the video above 🙂
Mini persistence of vision rig using a Raspberry Pi Zero
Francesco Vannini has written a great tutorial which shows you how to create a persistence-of-vision device using a few components like an old CD, a PC fan, a battery and a hand-crafted LED bar. You can get some great results from…
Pi Wars 2017 – challenges and dates announced for Raspberry Pi robotics competition / #PiWars
Over at piwars.org, we have just announced more information about the next competition, due to take place on 1st April 2017 at the Cambridge Computer Laboratory. You can read all about the expected challenges and make a note of entry…
Volunteers needed – Truro Raspberry Jam – Saturday, 23rd July
Cat Lamin is looking for volunteers to help with general arrangements and workshops at the Truro Raspberry Jam which is coming up. The event will take place on Saturday, 23rd July from 12-4pm at Truro College. If you are in the region, and you’re…
Strapping on a Raspberry Pi Zero to a drone!
Finnian Anderson and his friend Ben James took Ben’s 250-class racing drone out for a spin. Before they did this, however, they used a lot of electrical tape to attach a Pi Zero and camera module. A little bit of start-up magic…
New Foundation resource helps you render selfies in Minecraft on a Raspberry Pi
There are some great resources over at the Foundation and a new one has just been added. This one uses the Pi camera to take a ‘selfie’ and then converts the RGB data into Minecraft blocks. If any of them…
Introduction to LiPo batteries by Average Man – definitely worth reading
Richard Saville (Average Man) saw a lot of people at Pi Wars 2015 using LiPo batteries to power their robots. He had always heard of the dangers of using these batteries and was more than a little wary of doing…
360 degree panorama camera using 10 Raspberry Pis!
James Mitchell loves photography. In fact, recently he took pictures of the moon with a Raspberry Pi – you can see the results here. Now, he has moved on to taking photographs of 360 degree panoramas. To do this, he’s used…
Raspberry Pi Foundation launches new Learn to Code with Scratch book
The Foundation & The MagPi announced today that they have produced a new book. This one has 13 chapters focused on programming with Scratch. Although a print date has yet to be announced, you can download the PDF for free or…