Richard Hayler has written an excellent tutorial on using this new add-on board from Pimoroni. You basically connect to the pHAT using minicom and then send old-style AT commands like you would with an old modem. He hasn’t quite gone…
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Remotely-operated underwater drone controlled by a Raspberry Pi
Niels Affourtit has put together a brilliant project, one of my personal ‘holy grails’ – a submersible drone controlled by a Raspberry Pi. He put the Pi together with some 3D printed parts, some sensors and an HD camera. According…
Add low-profile wi-fi to your Raspberry Pi Zero
Adding wi-fi to your Zero has been done before but this is a really nice video, so I thought I’d feature it. NODE has taken the innards of a wifi dongle, some thin wires and a Pi Zero. He’s then soldered the…
Dr Who theme played on a Raspberry Pi Zero
Phil Atkin, who has previously done a lot with integrating synthesizers with the Raspberry Pi, has now pulled off a bit of a coup. He has installed and run his software on a Raspberry Pi Zero. He has then sequenced…
Improved hot tub controller run by a Raspberry Pi
Ted Hale has improved upon his Hot Tub Controller. The latest iteration is mounted directly next to the tub and does the following: Monitor the water temperature Turn a circulation pump and heater on to heat the water as needed…
Exciting things afoot for the Coding Evening initiative – Teachers and Professionals unite!
Cat Lamin, who recently appeared on the big stage at the Bett conference during the TeachMeet (pictured), has announced lots of news surrounding Coding Evening, the brilliant initiative to bring together teachers and IT professionals and hobbyists. Here’s the roster of…
PaPiRus e-ink display for the Raspberry Pi – a couple of reviews
Apologies for the lack of blog posts this week. There are reasons, most of which are too boring to get into! Anyway… The PaPiRus e-paper HAT for the Raspberry Pi was a pretty successful Kickstarter, raising over £36k. The screen…
Read analog sensors with the MCP3008 and GPIO Zero on the Raspberry Pi
Alex Eames recently announced a new reward level for his RasPiO Pro Hat Kickstarter – it includes an MCP3008 analog-to-digital chip and an analog temperature sensor (TMP36). Alex has now written a tutorial to show you how to use the chip…
Kent Raspberry Jam write-up from Average Man
Richard Saville attended the first Kent Raspberry Jam last weekend. Organised by 18 year old Bethanie Fentiman, the Kent Jam was a small-ish affair featuring some show-and-tell and talks. Richard gives his insight on his blog, which you can find here. Sounds like…
Build a Twitterbot with Python on your Raspberry Pi
Trevor Appleton has written a really good walk-through tutorial on using the Twitter API and the tweepy Python library to send tweets out from your Pi. Take a look here.