Frederick Vandenbosch decided he wanted to make a photo booth. So, he took a thermal printer and connected it up to a Raspberry Pi. Then he added the 7″ Raspberry Pi touch screen as a control interface and built a wooden surround for…
Category: Articles
Raspberry Pi video player for children
Here’s a nice little project. Craig Hissett has taken a Raspberry Pi, a touchscreen, some batteries and some nice BIG buttons and created a video player for children. It all sits in a laser-cut wooden enclosure. Nice job, Craig. Take…
When’s the next bus? with a Raspberry Pi
Ismail Uddin has published a nice little tutorial on Science Exposure. In it, he uses a 16×2 HD44780 LCD screen and some Python to produce a next-bus tracking system. He’s uploaded the Python script to GitHub for easy download. Nice…
Raspberry Pi controls open-source floating robot
Here’s an interesting open-source robot. It’s made up of 3D-printed parts and a tyre tube and uses a Raspberry Pi to control brushless motors beneath the water which propel it along. Take a look at the 3D printable parts here,…
Lunar eclipse time-lapse with the Raspberry Pi
Norbert Heinz (HomoFaciens) took his Raspberry Pi, a camera module and a zoom lens and captured a time-lapse of the recent lunar eclipse. You can see the time-lapse and an explanation of his method in the video below: He has written…
New version of Raspberry Pi Scratch brings native GPIO support
When Raspbian Jessie was launched a week-and-a-bit ago, included in it was a new version of Scratch. In addition to an overall improvement in speed/performance, native GPIO support was introduced as well as the ability to control the Camera Module. This…
Maplin beginners’ soldering kit only £10 at the moment @maplintweet
Maplin often do clearance items that are of interest to Raspberry Pi owners. I’ve just received their latest email and the good old beginners soldering kit is currently on sale for only £10! This is a great offer and the…
Great Raspberry Pi events in Peterborough in November
Great news for people in Peterborough and the surrounding area. There are two events in November that are all about the Raspberry Pi. Coding Evening The first one is a Coding Evening – it’s a (very) informal meet-up, in a pub, designed to…
Squeeze Raspbian Jessie onto a 4GB card for use with the Raspberry Pi
Richard Hayler has a bunch of original Raspberry Pi Model Bs and accompanying 4GB SD cards. Rather than just throw these away and get new 8GB cards to fit the whopping 4.3GB Jessie image on, he decided to slim down…
Make your Raspberry Pi speak with NodeRED
Pete Scargill has been experimenting with NodeRED for quite some time, mostly in relation to using it as an Internet of Things platform. At the moment, he is using NodeRED as a translator and to trigger speech synthesis. Check out his…