The Foundation have just announced a forthcoming competition in which young people are invited to present their best compositions created on Sonic Pi v2. The competition, which will be opened in September, will allow winners to present their compositions to…
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Customisable GPIO plugin board for the Raspberry Pi
Andrew Gale has developed a new, simple add-on board for the Raspberry Pi Model B+ that plugs into the GPIO pins. I think this is the first home-grown board I’ve seen for the B+. It’s got a number of configurations…
Raspberry Pi Education Fund now accepting applications
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has put together an Education Fund: a £1 million pot of money to be distributed to projects that “encourage young people to learn about computing or illustrate how computing can be used to enhance education in STEM or the creative arts.”…
New HDMI-to-VGA converter option for the Raspberry Pi
This isn’t an advert, just thought I’d pass this on just in case anyone’s interested. The Pi Hut have just put up for sale a new, tiny HDMI-to-VGA converter and it’s only £10 (inc VAT). It’s got an audio output…
Virtual morse code with the Raspberry Pi Foundation
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched a new educational resource to to commemorate the declaration of World War I. With it, you’ll be able to build your own morse code machine and have a Raspberry Pi play the morse and interpret…
Raspberry Pi powered quadcopter
Tobias Simon has posted some information onto DIY Drones about a quadcopter he’s developing which is controlled by a Raspberry Pi. Here’s a list of components he’s used: Flytron Navigatron I2C GPS 4channel I2Csafe Bidirectional Logic Level Converter ADS1015 ADC…
Handheld NES and Gameboy with Raspberry Pi
Nicholas Moore has done a conversion of a Gameboy shell he purchased from Kitsch-Bent by adding a Raspberry Pi and some other components, together with a handy retro gaming image from Adafruit. You can read how he did it here or watch…
Controlling a model train with JS on the Raspberry Pi
Jonathan Porta has written a client/server application using Node.js and Angular.js on the Pi to control a model train set. He strapped a GoPro to the roof of the train and has got some great footage (below). You can view the…
Caller ID using a Raspberry Pi
Andy & Chris at AndyPi have worked out a way to use an old modem and an LCD screen to display caller ID. Have a read how they did it by downloading the PDF on their blog page.
Bitcoin mining on the Raspberry Pi
Here’s a nice, basic tutorial article from Rob Zwetsloot over at Linux User magazine. It shows you how to get started mining Bitcoins natively on the Pi. Read it here.