With its usual brand of projects-based articles, news, views and reviews, issue 44 of The MagPi is out now. You can buy it from reputable retailers or you can download it for free from their website. This month: Power up…
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Trouble finding a Raspberry Pi Zero? Try this website out
Arthur Alves appears to have got frustrated with checking multiple different sites for stocks of the Pi Zero, so he built a stock tracker website. The system checks and displays whether stock is available at CPC, Pimoroni, The Pi Hut, Adafruit…
The Pi Podcast interviews DietPi Raspberry Pi operating system creator
The lads are back with their latest episode. This one features a round-up of all the important Pi-related news and an interview with DietPi creator Dan Knight. Listen to it now.
Further adventures with the Raspberry Pi and CamJam EduKit 3
Cat Lamin previously reviewed her initial use of CamJam EduKit 3 with her friend Louise. Well, now the ladies have had another hack session and progressed to using the sensors included in the kit. She recounts their escapades here.
Take screenshots of Minecraft and other stuff on the Raspberry Pi
I’m over at the in-laws but thought I might just as well blog a bit. 🙂 Martin O’Hanlon has blogged about a utility called raspi2png which “Andrew from Melbourne” has written which allows you to take screenshots, including from Minecraft Pi Edition.…
Wombat prototyping board for the Raspberry Pi – review
Francesco Vannini has got hold of a Wombat prototyping board which is a huge (by Pi standards) breakout and breadboard prototyping board made by Australian company Gooligum. He’s given it the once-over and has done a nice round-up of all its…
Install Chromium OS on the Raspberry Pi
ChromiumOS, which is similar to ChromeOS, is available to install on the Raspberry Pi. Gus over at Pi My Life Up has written a tutorial that will help you download and write the image to an SD card so you…
Code a holdable button with GPIO Zero on the Raspberry Pi
Martin O’Hanlon has worked out how to extend GPIO Zero and has coded up a ‘holdable button’. This means that you can code a physical button to do one thing on a momentary press and another thing when the button is…
Use your Raspberry Pi 3 as a wifi access point
Phil Martin has worked out how to activate AP mode on the built-in wifi module on the Raspberry Pi 3. Using some standard Linux software, he has written a tutorial that takes you through the activation, allow the Pi to give out…
Raspberry Pi-powered invasion of privacy camera turned into unsettling work of art
25-year old Dries Depoorter has used a Raspberry Pi to monitor a webcam installed at an intersection in Fredericton, Canada. It uses image processing algorithms to determine if people are crossing the road illegally (jaywalking) and then allows visitors to an art gallery to…