Photo credit: Alex Eames Gert Van Loo has just open-sourced the files for a new VGA adapter that plugs into the GPIO pins of the Raspberry Pi Model B+. You can find the source files on GitHub. The adapter, which…
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Two Raspberry Jams this weekend – Blackpool & Berlin
Just spreading the Jam again 🙂 This weekend there are two Raspberry Jams happening. One is in Blackpool, UK. The Blackpool Jam is being held at the Palatine Library, on St Annes Rd (FY4 2AP) from 1pm until 4pm. You can get…
LEGO-compatible Raspberry Pi B+ case launched on Kickstarter
Tom Murray has created a great case for the Model B+ and is currently trying to crowd-fund it through Kickstarter. The SmartiPi is a case that has a LEGO-compatible top. It’s got the following features: Permanently embedded 2×6 Lego® compatible plates.…
Turn your Raspberry Pi into a security camera
The Average Man has used a distro image called MotionPie and a Nwazet Pi/camera case to create a security camera set-up for his father. It’s a rather neat solution to a common security problem. Read how he did it here.
Virtual Cambridge Raspberry Jam – videos now up
Andy Batey from the Institute of Astronomy has just finished uploading the recorded live video from Saturday’s CamJam to YouTube. You can view all the videos on the CamRJam channel.
Control servos with the Raspberry Pi
Rob Zwetsloot at Linux User and Developer magazine has written a tutorial on controlling servos. He uses the Adafruit servo controller board to do this and he’s included the Fritzing diagram and code samples to help you replicate his work. Take…
The Making of Raspberry Pi from cnet.com
Luke Westaway of cnet.com has done a nice piece on the development of the Raspberry Pi and it’s mission. It’s a video that features footage from Pi Towers and includes interviews with Eben Upton, Gordon Hollingworth and Carrie Anne Philbin.…
Egham Raspberry Jam – 5th October
Ahead of the Raspberry Pi Foundation website’s “Jam area” (that I worked on last week with Ben Nuttall) going live, I’m still doing my best to spread the Jam as best I can! The latest Raspberry Jam to be announced will…
Run Windows on the Raspberry Pi (sort of)
Greg McCarthy decided to see if it was possible to run Windows on the Pi. He succeeded with versions 1.01, 2.1 and 2.11. He also used someone else’s instructions to get Windows 95 running as well. All the versions use Qemu to…
Interview with Raspberry Pi PiCamera library author
Les Pounder went to the Raspberry Jamboree in Manchester earlier this year and interviewed Dave Jones. Dave is the author of the PiCamera Python library for the Pi. You can read the interview here.