Pete Taylor has done a lovely review of the touch screen over on his blog. Read it here.
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Telecom Time Machine with a Raspberry Pi
The people over at Toymaker Television always like to start their projects by ‘building a time machine’. It’s kind of a broad statement, so we’ll ignore it for now. What they’ve done is to re-create an old retro computer with a Raspberry…
Cambridge Raspberry Jam tomorrow – come along or catch the live stream
The Cambridge Raspberry Jam is tomorrow at the Institute of Astronomy. Tickets are still available and you can get them here. If you’d like to turn up on the door, feel free and just pay when you get there. 16-and-unders are…
Use Kivy to create a touchscreen GUI on the Raspberry Pi display
When the new Raspberry Pi display launched on Tuesday one of the most exciting things for me was shown on the Raspberry Pi blog – a touch screen GUI written using a Python library called Kivy. The demo was done by the Foundation’s…
Pimoroni delivers first episode of new Raspberry Pi video stream series
Sheffield-based Pimoroni, purveyors of all things Pi (including a very nifty stand for the new DSI Display) have just started a new web series, Bilge Tank. Taking place in their newly-constructed studio, the series promises to bring news, product demos…
Raspberry Pi goes to Estonia
Following a successful trip to Estonia in February, the Raspberry Pi Foundation, in the guide of Ben Nuttall, has returned to deliver Raspberry Pi kits to schools. You can read more about the two trips over at the Foundation.
Roll-coins-down-a-ramp game with NodeRED and Raspberry Pi
9 year old LDR and his dad have written up their project. In this game, you roll coins down a ramp into a box that contains ‘islands’ of aluminium foil attempting to bridge the gaps across to the other side.…
Picade review – retro Raspberry Pi goodness!
Sandy Macdonald has done another one of his beautifully-written posts. This time, he’s taken on Pimoroni’s Picade, the build-it-yourself retro gaming console. He covers the hardware, including assembly, and the software as well as how he modded his console with…
The Raspberry Pi Guy interviews Eben Upton
In what is becoming a regular event, Matthew Timmons-Brown has interviewed Eben Upton and posed your questions to him. He covers things like the new Screen, the potential future of the Pi, Minecraft Pi Edition, Windows 10 IoT and all kinds…
Raspberry Pi 7″ touch screen – a first look at the long-awaited screen
Mike: Here’s a guest post from my good friend Tim Richardson. He got hold of one of these screens early and was kind enough to write a review. All the photos (except the picture of the Pi, which is a…