I was sent one of these HATs to get some feedback and a review. I’m free to say what I like. Introduction Today, I’m reviewing the S.USV HAT from German company S.Seprotronic GmbH. The HAT comes in two flavours – Basic…
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Wimbledon Raspberry Jam – Sunday, 26th June
Albert Hickey and Cat Lamin are organising the 1st Wimbledon Raspberry Jam. It will take place on Sunday, 26th June from 12-5pm at the Wimbledon Library on Wimbledon Hill Road. There will be Show and Tell and talks by teachers…
Terrifying Terror from a Raspberry Pi Creative Technologist
Last year, Yasmin Curren was selected as one of the Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists. On 23rd April, I attended the CTs exhibition at Raspberry Pi Towers and saw her project. It was an interactive video-based experience about monsters living under…
Write Raspberry Pi SD cards from your Android mobile phone
Mike Redrobe has written an interesting Android app. It allows you to write Pi SD cards from your mobile phone. It’s called Raspi Imager and is available from the Google Play Store. For now, it installs NOOBS and NOOBS Lite…
Plant watering system using a Raspberry Pi
A self-confessed bunch of students and amateurs have put together a rather cool system for watering plants featuring some soil sensors, an analog to digital converter and a solenoid valve to release the water. You can read all about it,…
Picademy goes to Baltimore in August to teach educators about the Raspberry Pi
Picademy, the free CPD course for educators seeking to get the Raspberry Pi into their classrooms, is well and truly on its way in the USA. There will be a Picademy in Baltimore, Maryland on 13th-14th August. The course will…
Using your Raspberry Pi Zero on your laptop to play Minecraft
Albert Hickey has written a fantastic tutorial over on his WinkleInk blog. He has used a preview version of RealVNC which allows you to view and play Minecraft Pi Edition on a normal PC, in Albert’s case, a laptop. Up to now,…
Play classic DOS games on the Raspberry Pi
Gus wanted to play some retro DOS games, so he set about seeing if he could do it on his Raspberry Pi. He’s managed it by using a piece of software called DOSbox and has written up full instructions on…
Create a Raspberry Pi access point with PaPiRus and Pi PoE
Francesco Vannini recently had an article published in The MagPi about creating an access point using a Pi and two add-on boards: PaPiRus and Pi PoE from Pi Supply. He’s now blogged the full instructions of the project and you can read them…
Raspberry Pi-powered, GPS-enabled metal detector robot
Ingmar Stapel from Munich has created a robot that will carry out metal-detecting activities. The robot is fitted with a GPS to track location and a pan-and-tilt camera to enable the person who is controlling it to see where they…