TONIGHT (3rd December) at 17:55 EST/22:55 GMT, two Astro Pi units containing Raspberry Pi computers and SenseHATs launch from Cape Canaveral, on their way to the International Space Station. You can watch the launch live via the Astro Pi website. Astronaut Tim Peake will…
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Slice: the story behind the Raspberry Pi media player
The “FiveNinjas” (James Adams and Gordon Hollingworth from Raspberry Pi, Jonathan Williamson and Paul Beech of Pimoroni, and Mo Volans) have written an excellent blog post over at the Raspberry Pi Foundation in which they describe the trials and tribulations…
Building a water meter for your home with a Raspberry Pi
David Schneider lives in North Carolina, but used to live in California. Both States have suffered from water shortages to a lesser or greater extent and so he decided to implement a water meter system using an Arduino (to take…
Advent calendar with a Raspberry Pi and a SenseHAT
Richard Hayler loves doing stuff with the SenseHAT, especially with the 8×8 matrix. This time, he’s coded an advent calendar using the matrix for display and the joystick for control. Take a look at his blog for more information. A…
Hide a Raspberry Pi Zero inside an XBox controller
Terence Eden is a self-confessed tinkerer based in Oxford, UK. His wife picked him up a copy of The MagPi with a Zero on the front of it and he decided to embed it inside an XBox controller. He cut a…
RasPi.TV updates the Raspberry Pi family photo
Whenever a new Pi comes out, Alex Eames from RasPi.TV likes to take a photograph of all of the different models of Pi. He’s done it again with the advent of the Pi Zero – you can see the photograph above.…
Adding wifi to the Raspberry Pi Zero with a hack
Shintaro decided he wanted to add wi-fi to his Zero. Rather than mess about with converter cables and adapters, he has instead taken apart the dongle and soldered it directly to the correct lines on the Pi. He carefully kept the…
Tracking your pet in an office environment with a Raspberry Pi
Matt Reed is blessed with working in a pet-friendly office. However, it has been known for him to completely lose track of his dog, Bean, and so he set about working out a method for tracking him. To do it,…
Christmas tree lights controlled with a Raspberry Pi
Last year, Anderson SIlva set his Christmas tree lights up to be controlled by a Raspberry Pi. This year, he’s expanded the amount of lights being controlled by the Pi to 800! You can see it working below and read…
GPIO Zero for the Raspberry Pi – by George, I think I’ve got it!
When Ben Nuttall announced his GPIO Zero Python library a few weeks ago, I was very sceptical. It seemed to me to be dumbing-down the flexibility of RPi.GPIO. I didn’t like it. The truth is, I’d got so comfortable (and, perhaps,…