Vincent Willcox has taken one of Percheron Electronics’ e-paper HATs and created an internet speed analyser. He has released all the code onto GitHub so that you can re-produce his work. Take a look here. The speed scan is triggered either by…
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Do you wanna build a snowman? You can with this great add-on for the Raspberry Pi
Ryan Walmsley of Ryanteck has just launched a new crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo. This one is a soldering kit in the shape of a snowman! Very cute. Earlybirds (there are still some left) are £5 + shipping, with the price then rising…
Grippy grabby robotic arms with the Raspberry Pi
Dr. Prateek Tandon from Carnegie Mellon University has a PhD in Robotics and he is not afraid to use it. He has built two robotics projects that feature extra hands. The first (pictured above) has two large robotic arms that project from…
Raspberry Jams invade the USA – November 7th
On November 7th at 2pm, at Barnes and Noble stores across the USA, Mini Maker Faires will be popping up. As part of the Faire, at several of the stores, Raspberry Jams will also take place. Here is the current…
Control ALL THE THINGS with the Raspberry Pi
Over at Makezine.com, Neil Davenport has used a Raspberry Pi, an Arduino and some other basic circuitry to build a speech interpreter that controls devices around the home. He uses the set-up with some off-the-shelf devices such as lights, and even a…
The Pi Hut and Makersify – 10-75% off Raspberry Pi related items & more
The Pi Hut and Makersify, both run by Jamie Mann, are currently having a stock clearance flash sale. Most items at The Pi Hut are currently between 10% and 75% off and items at Makersify are 10% off. The sale…
RasPiO GPIO Ruler for the Raspberry Pi goes on general sale
Alex Eames recently ran a successful Kickstarter for the RasPiO GPIO Ruler (pictured above). The ruler is a brilliant crib-sheet for people who want to use the GPIO pins of the Raspberry Pi but can never remember how to get started. When I…
Delorean Time Circuit and Flux Capacitor with the Raspberry Pi
Happy Back to the Future Day! In honour of this momentous occasion, when we can expect Marty McFly to travel from the past and appear somewhere above Hill Valley, California, I’ve decided to re-post this excellent project from Carl Monk. In his extensive…
South London Raspberry Jam review
Grace Owolade-Coombes and her son Femi ran a Jam in South London last weekend. They had over 70 people at the event and they were treated to a wide array of workshops and other activities. Femi has now written up a review…
Extending a traffic lights project on the Raspberry Pi
Giles Booth previously started to construct a circuit and write code that would display a traffic lights sequence on LEDs connected to his Pi using GPIO Zero. This time, he has added a momentary tactile switch to the circuit so that…