Here’s an interesting article over on The MagPi website. According to the article, Raspberry Pi has now sold more than 12.5 million units across the range. This surpasses the 12.5 million sales of the Commodore 64. Compared to the C64’s…
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New audio and midi interface board for the Raspberry Pi – pisound
A group from Lithuania has launched an IndieGoGo campaign for a new sound board for the Raspberry Pi. Called pisound, it has the following features: Hi-fi stereo input and output Classic midi input and output User-customisable button Bundled software tools Two dials…
Raspberry Pi celebrates Birthday Weekend event with a special video – can you spot yourself?
The Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend was a fantastic event, full of fun, laughter and, of course, great content. Myself and Tim were delighted to volunteer for it and had a great weekend. To celebrate the Weekend, Raspberry Pi have…
Make an internet clock with RasPiO Inspiring and a Raspberry Pi Zero W
Alex Eames is currently running a Kickstarter to fund his latest project – RasPiO Inspiring. As part of the campaign (which is already funded!), he has shot a video of a project you can do with the driver board and an Inspiring LED…
How to set-up your Raspberry Pi headlessly with Raspbian Jessie
Frederick Vandenbosch, who I had the pleasure of meeting at the Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend last weekend, has just written up a great guide to working headless with a Raspberry Pi (i.e. without a screen, keyboard or mouse plugged into…
Major win for pi-top as it’s Raspberry Pi-based operating system and hardware is endorsed by OCR
London-based company pi-top has scored a major success this week as its pi-topOS has been endorsed by leading examination-awarding body OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA). pi-top has successfully adapted the standard Raspbian operating system by adding a simplified desktop and additional…
Fun and a hidden game with the ScrollBot from Pimoroni and a Raspberry Pi Zero W
Carl Monk has produced plenty of cool hacks in the past, and this time he’s had fun with a Pimoroni Scroll Bot kit. The new kit from the pirates includes the new Scroll pHAT HD (which has more LEDs than the…
Help a special school get some Raspberry Pi-powered pi-topCEEDs
Teacher Hannah Mills from Peterborough-based Marshfields School is running a Just Giving campaign to raise £1000. The £1000 will be used to purchase pi-topCEEDs to be used in class and after school to increase accessibility to physical computing. Marshfields is a…
Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend #PiParty – videos of talks
David Ferguson attended the Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend (Pi Party) this year and recorded many of the talks taking place in the auditorium. He’s uploaded all the videos to YouTube, and listed a couple of others by Alan O’Donohue,…
Wimbledon Raspberry Jam – Sunday, 23rd April
Albert Hickey and Cat Lamin are running another Wimbledon Raspberry Jam on Sunday, 23rd April. Featuring talks, workshops and show-and-tell, this has turned into one of the best Jams in the South-East and is well worth attending. It runs from…