Adafruit have just made available to buy a new HAT add-on board. It has pads for up to 12 touch devices (you can use fruit!) and plugs nicely into the GPIO, just as any HAT should. You can read more and…
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Raspberry Pi aeroponics system
Instructables user darkstar1 has documented his project which uses a fogger/mister machine and a PowerSwitch Tail II to create a Pi-controlled aeroponics system to grow plants from cuttings. You can read how he did it here.
Home arcade experience with the Raspberry Pi
Cabe Atwell wanted an authentic arcade experience at home. So, he built a replica of the Street Fighter 2 control console and a metal dance mat and has now hooked up a Raspberry Pi using emulation software. The console and…
Replicate multiple SD cards at once with dcfldd
This is a handy, albeit brief, tutorial and explanation from Richard Hayler in which he uses the enhanced Linux dd utility dcfldd to write an SD card image to multiple SD cards at once. Read how to do it here. Very…
Use a Raspberry Pi and a cheap dongle to track aeroplanes
London-based Sopwith has taken a DVB-T dongle, plugged it into his Raspberry Pi and used software packages and scripts he has written himself to create an aeroplane tracker that plots onto a map. Read how to do it by viewing…
Live streaming Raspberry Pi dog camera
Ewa Karweta has taken a Raspberry Pi, a camera module and a bunch of components to provide power and put them into a dog back pack. He’s then kindly asked his pooch to wear it so that he can get a…
Make your own Nokia 5110 Raspberry Pi add-on board
Richard Saville (Average Man) has used one of his ProtoPal prototyping boards to create a board that houses a Nokia 5110 LCD display. He’s written a tutorial about assembling the board and installing the necessary software to use it. Great idea…
1981 portable VCR Raspberry Pi media centre
MisterM has taken a 1981 Sharp VC-2300H portable VCR unit, refurbished it, stripped it out and fitted a Raspberry Pi inside to use it as a media centre. He’s retro-fitted an old VHS cassette tape with a USB hub which…
Artist experiments with networking on the Raspberry Pi
Brooklyn-based artist Sarah Grant has been experimenting with small mesh networks to see if they can be used for art installations. She’s created something call SubNodes: The Subnodes project is an open source initiative focused on streamlining the process of setting up…
Upcoming Raspberry Pi events in Blackpool
Les Pounder has just released details of two upcoming events in Blackpool. The first is a ‘First Taste’ session that is suitable for parents who want to know what the Pi is all about, perhaps to support their child’s learning.…