Robin Newman, who is normally to be found hacking with Sonic Pi, has turned his attention to an online service called Telegram. Using your mobile phone, you can send messages to Telegram which will send them to your Pi which…
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Running a Minecraft server on a Raspberry Pi 2
Martin O’Hanlon, Minecraft hacker extraordinaire, wanted to see if the Pi 2’s better CPU and upgraded memory ran a Minecraft server any better than the B+. He’s documented the procedure on his blog including how to download a vanilla server (or…
Nice Raspberry Pi 2 article over at ElectronicsWeekly.com
For those of you who would like to read a single article about the Raspberry Pi 2 that explains all the hardware changes and all the expected software options (such as Ubuntu and the IOT version of Windows 10) as well…
Updating Raspbian and NOOBS for the Raspberry Pi 2
For those of you out there who have the Raspberry Pi B+ and have just bought a Pi 2, you will need to update your existing microSD card on the B+ before you plug it into the Pi 2. This is accomplished…
Build a DeLorean time circuit with a Raspberry Pi
Carl Monk has been busy writing up a project that he has been working on. You, too, can build the DeLorean time circuitry from Back to the Future by following his in-depth tutorial full of wiring diagrams and explanations. Great…
Watch the Raspberry Pi 2 launch press conference
Element14 has posted a recording of Monday’s press conference on YouTube. It’s well worth a watch, if only to see how excited Eben Upton clearly is about the “New Toy”! It answers a lot of the questions about the board that you…
Raspberry Pi 2 outshines the B+ in this multi-threaded performance test
Alex Eames from RasPi.TV has written a Python script that tests out the capabilities of the Raspberry Pi 2’s quad-core processor by carrying out sorting operations on a massive list of words. The results are astounding. The Pi 2 clearly beats…
Marshmallow fun with the Raspberry Pi
Richard Hayler has adapted one of the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s resources into a single-page worksheet (pictured above) for use at his Code Club. The project uses a marshmallow and a paper clip to create a button which can be detected using ScratchGPIO.…
Jobs boost for Sony in Pencoed after launch of Raspberry Pi 2
According to Wales Online, the Sony factory in Pencoed, Wales, is due to have a boost of around 30 new jobs due to the increase in production caused by the launch of the Raspberry Pi 2. Sony has confirmed that they…
Linux User Raspberry Pi robotics guide
In a recent Linux User magazine, they featured a great section all about the different types of robots out there for the Raspberry Pi. The editors decided to base the article around the Pi Wars challenges, which was very nice…