Last year, a team called Pi-Top announced they were going to be launching a crowdfunding campaign for a new Raspberry Pi laptop. The campaign succeeded with 217% of its target funding and the team got to work to deliver the product. Now,…
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Team brings SailfishOS to the Raspberry Pi with a DIY tablet
A team that call themselves “SailPi” has ported the SailfishOS to the Raspberry Pi. Using it, they’ve put together a DIY touchscreen tablet using the Raspberry Pi’s DSI screen. They’ve then made it portable by using a 20000mAh powerbank and a…
Simple GPIO project using the Raspberry Pi and GPIO Zero
Giles Booth wanted to get started with physical computing using the Pi. Luckily, Ben Nuttall had just announced GPIO Zero, the new GPIO library from the Foundation. So, Giles got hold of some simple electronic components and wrote a traffic…
Set-up MySQL and PHPMyAdmin on your Raspberry Pi
Sometimes all you want it a database set-up and access to it via an administration interface. Well, Gus over at pimylifeup.com has written a tutorial that might be of interest. In it, he shows you how to install popular database engine MySQL…
Raspberry Pi in space – the development of a CubeSat with the Compute Module
Scientists and students at the Surrey Space Centre in the University of Surrey are currently developing a processing core for a CubeSat using the Raspberry Pi Compute Module. Physical space is very limited inside these space-going devices, so undergraduate Oliver…
Skycademy round-up by the Raspberry Pi Foundation
In August, the Raspberry Pi Foundation ran Skycademy, a High Altitude Ballooning course for educators and kids group leaders. Since then, there have been several successful follow-up launches by the students of that course and James Robinson from the Foundation has…
GPIO Zero test drive – throwing light onto the new library for the Raspberry Pi
Alex Eames from RasPi.TV has been putting GPIO Zero through it’s paces by creating an automatic security light which senses a) when it’s dark and b) when movement is detected and then triggers a light to come on. He’s used a…
Pi Podcast interviews Les Pounder from Raspberry Pi Picademy
A very interesting Pi Podcast this time from the guys. They interview Les Pounder, who is heavily involved with Picademy and is also a writer of good repute. They also cover various other topics including GPIO Zero and the recently-released…
Picademy Bytes for educators – 21st November – get to know the Raspberry Pi
Martin O’Hanlon and the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s Birmingham Picademy team is starting a new initiative in the city. Picademy Bytes is a free, 2 hour introductory course to the Raspberry Pi for educators and includes the following: learn how to set up…
Cotswold Raspberry Jam – 28th November
Just a quick announcement that there will be a Cotswold Raspberry Jam on Saturday 28th November at the University of Gloucester in Cheltenham. The event runs from 1-4pm and is free. You can get tickets from Eventbrite.