Here’s a nice project. I don’t have his/her name, but it’s a good hack of an old NES games console to put a Pi inside with RetroPie running on it. Take a look at the full details of the build…
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Soldering comes to the Cambridge Raspberry Jam again
This is just a bit of a shout-out to anyone who is thinking of possibly coming to the Cambridge Raspberry Jam on Saturday. Once again we’ll be holding a soldering workshop (weather permitting – well, if it’s not chucking it…
Last few days for Raspberry Pi Picademy applications
If you’re a teacher and you’d like some free Raspberry-flavoured CPD, there’s simply no alternative than to apply for the Picademy. Picademy is a brilliant two-day workshop run by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to kit you out with all the skills…
Temperature display with a Raspberry Pi and Nokia LCD
Bart Bania has taken a Pi, a Nokia 5110 LCD screen and a one-wire temperature sensor, mashed them together and created a nice little temperature sensor. You can see circuit diagrams and get access to the code by visiting his…
Pygame basics on the Raspberry Pi
Jeremy Blythe has written a great tutorial on how to get started with Pygame, particularly with reference to the PiTFT mini touchscreen. Lots of code examples here, including how to display the output from a potentiometer in a graphical format. Take…
New web browser for the Raspberry Pi has been released
Eight months after it was first announced, Epiphany for the Pi has been released. This is a new web browser for the Pi, replacing the venerable but dated Midori, and comes with the following features: Much-improved HTML5 support A JavaScript…
HDMIPi screen for the Raspberry Pi nears shipping
Alex Eames has reported that the much-anticipated HDMIPi screens are now en-route from the manufacturers and will be ready for dispatch soon. If you haven’t updated your address yet, you must do so very soon to ensure there’s no delay sending…
Raspberry Pi for Artists workshop in New York
New York-based digital artist and developer Bruno Kruse is running a workshop in Brooklyn on 20th September from 12pm-7pm for artists who want to use the Raspberry Pi to develop installations. Here’s some info from the event page: This workshop is…
Licence plate recognition on the Raspberry Pi
Luka Gabrić discovered an open source framework for doing licence plate recognition called OpenALPR and decided to test it out on the Pi. He’s written a blog post on the software you’ll need to give it a go yourself and you can see…
Reset a forgotten password on your Raspberry Pi
Matt Hawkins has worked out a way to reset a forgotten password on the Pi by editing a file on the boot partition of the SD card. So, all you need to do is to take the SD card, edit…