Alex Eames over at RasPi.TV has done his regular post-launch look at the power usage of the newest Raspberry Pi – the Zero W. The headline is that the Zero W doesn’t take much more power than the regular Zero, but…
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Making legal firecrackers with a Raspberry Pi
Dr Lucy Rogers has put together a great tutorial for those who like their projects smokin’! She’s taken a Raspberry Pi, some pieces of plastic tubing, some Neopixels, some speakers for the ‘cracking’ sound and an electronic cigarette and created some totally legal fake…
Raspberry Pi Zero gets a Wifi and Bluetooth update & a new case – say hello to the Raspberry Pi Zero W
Everyone, it seems, loves the Raspberry Pi Zero. With its low price-point and slimline looks, it’s a great choice for embedded projects. Today, it gets even better: Raspberry Pi has launched the Raspberry Pi Zero W. The W stands for…
The Raspberry Pi Guy celebrates the 5th Anniversary of the Raspberry Pi
As is traditional around this time of year, Matt Timmons-Brown has cut together a great video of the ‘best bits’ from the past year in celebration of the Raspberry Pi’s birthday. With the Pi passing the 12-million-sales milestone and showing no…
New cases for the Raspberry Pi Zero are slimline and eye-catching
Over at everythingpi, Mohammed Ikram has launched three Raspberry Pi Zero cases that are ideal if you want something slimline and space-saving. They’re eye catching, too, and at £4.90 they’re not a bad price either. You can see pictures of…
Cambridge 105 interviews Raspberry Pi’s Eben Upton
Rob and Lawrence over at Cambridge 105’s Gadget Guide radio show have scored big with their latest interview: Raspberry Pi’s own Eben Upton. Listen to Eben talk about all things Raspberry Pi ahead of the fifth birthday and catch up on…
This Raspberry Pi Zero piano is one tough musical instrument!
Brian McEvoy wanted to create a musical instrument that could withstand a lot of physical punishment and abuse. So, he designed a piano called the Tough Pi-ano, which could be played using arcade buttons. Each octave of the piano has a Raspberry…
New version of pi-topOS released for the Raspberry Pi – try it out today!
pi-top have just announced a new version of their pi-topOS operating system. The new version, called Polaris, has a fresh new dashboard design and updates to the CODER programming interface. pi-topOS offers a lot of user interface improvements over the…
Enormous art installation in Boston uses a Raspberry Pi to control a block of blinkies
In Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway, twenty-four sentinels have appeared in a 2001-kind of way. They are called Light Blades and overlook the parks of the Wharf District. The lights inside the blades react to text messages sent to a specific…
This Fallout 4 terminal has a Raspberry Pi inside
The folks over at Power Up Props have 3D printed and painted this lovely Fallout 4-style terminal and given it a Raspberry Pi heart. It’s more a 3D printing project than a Raspberry Pi project, but it’s always nice to…