vace117 has taken an old remote controlled truck, ripped the innards out, replaced it with a Raspberry Pi and then strapped an Android phone to the top to provide a video feed. (Yes, he could’ve used the Pi camera, but…
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Adafruit Raspberry Pi libraries for temperature sensors
Adafruit has now written guides for using three different types of temperature sensor: TMP006, MAX31855 and MCP9808. You can see the guides here.
Gert’s VGA GPIO adapter for the Raspberry Pi now on Kickstarter
Pi Supply has not long launched a new Kickstarter campaign that will bring Gert Van Loo’s VGA adapter to market. The adapter, which plugs into the GPIO of the Raspberry Pi Model B+ (B+ only!), will come in kit form, so…
Monitors needed for Raspberry Pi learning at Hertfordshire college
Ryan Walmsley, creator of Rastrack and CEO of Ryanteck Ltd, is desperately trying to get hold of some monitors for North Hertfordshire College’s STEM Centre for use in the Raspberry Pi Club. The Club is open to the public as well…
Make your doorbell ring your smartphone with the Raspberry Pi
Clive Webster has written a tutorial over on expertreviews.co.uk which uses online service Pushover to send you an alert on your smartphone when your doorbell is pressed. He’s created the doorbell switch with a nice Adafruit button, hooked it up to the Pi…
Snakes and Ladders game for the Raspberry Pi
Linux guru Les Pounder has created this fantastic version of Snakes and Ladders called Pythons and Resistors, hooked up to a Raspberry Pi. You press a button to perform a dice roll and magnets and reed switches embedded in the…
Build a Goblin Detector with the Raspberry Pi
Andrew Oakley’s daughter’s bedroom is plagued by goblins. So, they decided to use a Raspberry Pi to scare the little so-and-sos off! They’ve used a PIR sensor for detection and the Pibrella for a buzzer and general connectivity. Lovely little…
Program a Kickstarter tracker in Python on the Raspberry Pi
Alex Eames wanted an easy way to track multiple Kickstarter campaigns. So, he decided to write one himself… As you do. He’s started a series on his blog, RasPi.TV. Read the first part here.
Front-mounted Raspberry Pi camera with prototyping area
Richard, aka The Average Man, is currently running a Kickstarter campaign for a camera mount with a prototyping area called ProtoCam. He has now blogged about an alternative use for the product – as a camera mount for a robot. It’s…
Sheffield telescope uses the Raspberry Pi camera module
A company, Alternative-Photonics, supported by researchers at the University of Sheffield’s Institute of Physics, has built a telescope, primarily out of 3D-printed parts, and used the Raspberry Pi camera module to take pictures through the lens. There’s been a bit of over-enthusiastic news…