Do you have a need to show a looped video? Perhaps for a kiosk or foyer display? Well, RPiLooper might be the solution. It’s a pre-configured SD image that you add your video to. You can read more over on their…
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Create a digital compass with the Raspberry Pi
Mark Williams is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund the BerryIMU. One of the three sensors on the board is a magnetometer, with which you can create a digital compass. Here’s how to do it in C.
FUZE with Raspberry Pi goes retro with new-look special edition
The makers of FUZE, the hard-wearing, all-in-one Raspberry Pi computer, have just launched a special edition. Called the T2-SE, this has everything their normal T2 has, including a breakout board that gives you not only normal, digital input/output but analogue input…
Footage from the Covent Garden Raspberry Jam
Spencer, Mr UK Tech Reviews, has put together a video of the Covent Garden Raspberry Jam which was held on 29th November at Dragon Hall. It looks like a great venue and really well organised, so congratulations to Frank Thomas-Hockey who…
Spooky, interactive Raspberry Pi radio play at Bodiam Castle
The National Trust’s Bodiam Castle and creative agency Splash and Ripple have collaborated on a new interactive experience. The experience, which takes the form of an interactive murder mystery, uses devices called ‘Echo Horns’ carried by the visitors to tell…
Lothian schools in Raspberry Pi giveaway
Scottish pupils in Lothian aged between 12 and 15 may be able to get hold of a free Raspberry Pi on the 1st December thanks to Young Scot. All they need to do is go onto the Young Scot website from 12…
Run ASP.NET on the Raspberry Pi with Mono and OWIN
Jan Tielens has written up his procedure for installing and using Mono on the Raspberry Pi, giving you a low-power ASP.NET platform. He uses Arch Linux as the operating system, so you may want to decide if it’s right for…
Christmas Tree kit for the Raspberry Pi
Tom Stratford backed Andrew Gale’s recent Kickstarter for a GPIO Christmas Tree. He’s now got it and he’s posted up a short build review over on his blog. Read it here. If you’d like to get hold of your own…
FLIRC – a new case for the Raspberry Pi
The Pi Hut and FLIRC have just launched a new case for the Raspberry Pi Model B+. I was lucky enough to be given one to review, so here’s my take on this latest entry to the market. The FLIRC…
Pushing the Raspberry Pi A+ to the limits
Over at Philtopia, Phil has been seeing what the Model A+ can do. He’s installed MAME and tried out various games and also tried (successfully) to watch full HD videos from YouTube. It’s really reassuring how far 256MB of RAM can…