Gert Van Loo, designer of the original Raspberry Pi Alpha board, has come up with a new board for the B+. It plugs into the GPIO pins and gives you a VGA port! The quality of the video output is…
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Cambridge Raspberry Jam write-ups
The CamJam on Saturday was a great success and there was a real buzz about the place. We’re not sure how many people attended, but I’d guess around 140 were there (including some ‘celebs’ – you can see a lot…
Sonic Pi v2 competition launched
The Foundation announced on Friday the launch of a competition for schools where they use Sonic Pi v2 to create original pieces of space-themed music. The deadline for entries is 13th October and the finalists will take part in the final…
Cambridge Raspberry Jam – Live streaming & tickets on the door
Here’s some info about live streaming from the Cambridge Raspberry Jam which is happening today. You can also still get tickets on the door, more details below. Live streaming We hope to be live streaming the talks in the Lecture…
Nato leaders receive a Raspberry Pi in their goodie bags
At the Nato summit in Newport, Wales, world leaders have been presented with a goody basket of all things Welsh. One of those things is, of course, a Raspberry Pi which is made at Sony’s Pencoed factory. The BBC has the full…
The Average Man vs Raspberry Pi interviewed by RasPi.Today
As you’ll know if you’re a regular reader, I’m a big fan of the Average Man – he writes great content and is just an all-round nice bloke. Russell from RasPi.Today has interviewed him for the latest podcast and you can…
Light a Single Neopixel from the Raspberry Pi’s UART pin
It must be Neopixel day or something. In this tutorial, Josh teaches us how to light up a single Neopixel using the Raspberry Pi’s UART TX pin and a piece of software called “neouart”. Read the tutorial here if you’d…
Running Neopixels from the Raspberry Pi without an Arduino
Here’s what could be a game-changer in the land of blinkies. Tony from North-West USA has taken the work of an Adafruit forum user, adapted it slightly and is now driving Neopixels natively from the Pi. It uses the Raspberry Pi’s…
Tiny wall-mounted Raspberry Pi home server
Colin Riley (aka Domipheus) has taken a Pi and a PiTFT screen and created a wall-mounted home server with touchscreen. He’s done a lot of cutting and modification of the Pi and the screen and it’s really impressive how small…
Sonic Pi v2 for the Raspberry Pi is now out!
Dr Sam Aaron yesterday announced the official launch of version 2 of his brilliant music software Sonic Pi. I’ve played around with the beta version of the software before, and it’s a great update – you can now “live code”…