In 2015, the Environment Agency released it’s LIDAR data to the general public. LIDAR (Light Detection & Ranging) uses a laser “to scan and map the landscape from above and is widely considered to be the best method for collecting very…
Every now and then, I review the Raspberry Pi learning resources page to find out what they’ve been working on. Today is one of those days! Getting Started with GUIs One of Laura‘s pet projects is GUI Zero, a wrapper for…
Dan Aldred has posted the code for a SenseHAT-based version of the classic game Battleships. Here’s how he describes it: The program creates a random layout of boats, ammo and water. Use the joystick to select a location and then press Enter…
Albert Hickey, from the popular Wimbledon Raspberry Jam, has just posted the programme/timetable for their next event which is coming up this Sunday, on 23rd April. As you can see, the Jam will feature talks, workshops and show and tell.…
I don’t often link directly to YouTube videos – I prefer it when people build content posts around the videos to flesh them out a bit. However, this one was too good to pass up. The guys over at Tinkernut have posted…
Amsterdam-based Dendroboard forum user Corbosman has finally gotten around to having a Terrarium built and he controls the whole thing with a Raspberry Pi. His environment measures 120x60x110cm (48x24x42″) and it focuses on the growing and cultivation of orchids; eventually, it will…
Gus, over at PiMyLifeUp, has done a great tutorial on setting up a SenseHAT as a weather station. He goes through all the software and the Python code you will need. He’s also connected it up to the Initial State service…
Sean Hegarty has been in touch about a new HAT-format board that he and his company (CNC Design Ltd) have released for the Raspberry Pi. It allows clean, fast and accurate pulses to be created using simple ASCII commands. This is…
Albert Hickey is organising the 14th Egham Raspberry Jam on Sunday, 30th April. Taking place at Gartner HQ in Staines-upon-Thames, the event is primarily for Show-and-Tell and discussion and runs from 2-5pm. You can get free tickets for the event here.
Packt Publishing is always offering free e-books and today is great if you want to learn about image processing. You will use the OpenCV library with Python with today’s book. Here is the book blurb: OpenCV is an open source computer…
