The BBC are reporting that Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall visited Pencoed yesterday and went inside the Sony factory where the Raspberry Pi is made. Read more here. Apologies for scary picture of HRH.
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Apollo mission capsule uses #RaspberryPi for creative play
Jeff Highsmith, who created a Mission Control Desk for his kids earlier this year, has now unveiled his latest creation. It’s a command capsule that mimics the Apollo moon missions! Made out of wood, it has 38 switches of various…
Edimax EW-7811Un wifi dongle – review
EBuyer sent me one of these for free to review. There were no conditions attached, leaving me free to give (as always) an honest opinion of the product. This Edimax wifi dongle is tiny. In fact, the packaging maintains that it’s…
New telemetry board for high altitude ballooning with the #RaspberryPi
Launching today for pre-orders is Pi in the Sky, a new GPIO plugin board specifically designed for high-altitude ballooning. With Dave Akerman behind the board and the software, this is something to get excited about. Retailing for £100+VAT, the board…
Southend Raspberry Jam – June 2014 – Write-up for #RaspberryPi enthusiasts
Here’s a nice write-up of what sounds like a very successful Raspberry Jam in Southend. Read it here. For information on the next Jam (on 16th August), visit this page.
PrimeConf talk videos feature to #RaspberryPi celebs
The PrimeConf conference aimed to celebrate the best of British digital technology talent and was held at the Royal Institution on 13th June 2014. Two of the talks at the conference were by some famous people from the Raspberry Pi…
Virtual keyboard for the #RaspberryPi
There are a lot of different small touchscreens out there at the moment, the PiTFT being the most popular. Mark Williams has worked out how to get an onscreen touch keyboard working on his screen and has written a short tutorial about…
Using an ADXL345 Accelerometer on your #RaspberryPi with Python
Martin O’Hanlon has written up a brief tutorial on using this excellent accelerometer from Adafruit. Read it here.
GardenPi: Garden care with your #RaspberryPi
Shawn Anderson wanted to be lazy and automate the watering of his garden based on the likelihood of rain. So, he programmed his Pi to get a forecast from the Forecast.io API and then put together a system whereby a solenoid…
Finding a #RaspberryPi on your network from Linux
Pete Taylor has done a quick tutorial on using nmap to scan your network to find your Pi. Read it here. If your Android phone is on the same network as your Pi, you can also use an app called…