Dr Lucy Rogers is organising a maker/hacker/Raspberry Pi event at Eagle Labs, which is the new Maker Space in Cambridge. The event will take place between 2-5pm on Saturday, 6th February. Sponsored by Barclays, the Maker Space has lots of…
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SenseHAT gets a new e-book from the Raspberry Pi MagPi
The MagPi has expanded their ‘Essentials’ range today with a new e-book that covers the SenseHAT. The SenseHAT is, of course, the add-on board that is currently on the International Space Station. The book looks great and should be a…
Live coding with Sonic Pi and Minecraft on the Raspberry Pi
The MagPi have published a tutorial that Sam Aaron, creator of Sonic Pi, wrote about live coding with his software. This tutorial has a twist, however, as it integrates with Minecraft: Pi Edition and allows you to build in the 3D world…
Raspberry Pi Foundation confirms that Zeros are coming off the line
More Raspberry Pi Zeros are in production at the Sony factory in Pencoed, Wales according to a tweet from @Raspberry_Pi this afternoon. Here are the pictures to prove it!
Fading LEDs using PWM with GPIO Zero on the Raspberry Pi
The project GPIO Zero, the new GPIO library from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, is becoming my go-to method for doing simple things with the Pi’s GPIO pins. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been having fun preparing for the…
The Pi Hut is selling cheap SD cards for the Raspberry Pi (or whatever use you have for them)
The Pi Hut is currently selling off some excess Kingston microSD cards (not as pictured) for low prices. Currently, Jamie has the following left: 4GB Class 4 (£2) – especially useful for Jessie Lite! 8GB Class 4 (£4) 32GB Class…
Raspberry Pi & Code Club teams to grow with new roles being advertised
A couple of new jobs today. The Raspberry Pi Foundation is recruiting a junior designer at their offices in Cambridge. The person who is hired will be carrying out photographic, video and typesetting work, alongside illustrative and graphic design tasks. Apply here and…
Egham Raspberry Jam write-up from Average Man
Richard Saville attended the 10th Egham Raspberry Jam and has done a great write-up of his experience there. This is well worth reading if you’ve never attended a Jam. The Egham event is very show-and-tell-y with projects being shared and chat…
Northamptonshire Raspberry Jam – 16th April
Raspberry Pi Certified Educator Scott Turner is organising the first Northamptonshire Raspberry Jam which will take place on 16th April. The event, which runs from 11am-3pm will take place in the Newton Building at the University of Northampton. Ticket numbers…
Chelmsford Raspberry Jam – Saturday 13th February
The Southend Raspberry Jam Team and Essex Libraries have teamed up to offer the second Chelmsford Raspberry Jam. It will take place on Saturday 13th February from 10am-5pm at Chelmsford Library. This one will feature talks, workshops and show-and-tell. They…