The bods over at The MagPi have just published a comprehensive review of media centre OS LibreElec. They compare it to other OSs like OpenElec and OSMC and find that it comes up trumps in terms of speed and ease-of-use.…
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The Pi Hut launches a new Raspberry Pi bundle by popular demand – ideal for Retro Gaming enthusiasts
The Pi Hut has just announced the launch of a Retro Gaming bundle that is ideal for those looking to get into the world of playing retro games on the Raspberry Pi. The bundle, which retails for £60, includes: Raspberry…
Build your own fixed-wing drone with a Raspberry Pi Zero
Iker Zubi has written up instructions for building a fixed-wing drone using a Zero and the PXFmini add-on board. There’s a bill-of-materials and pictures of the build at each stage. He reckons the whole thing comes to about $150 (although…
3D printed smart alarm clock based around a Raspberry Pi Zero
Here’s a nice 3D printable project for you. fgebhart has used a Raspberry Pi Zero, some prototyping board, an alphanumeric display, an amplifier and a 3D-printed enclosure to build a smart alarm clock. It has the following features: text to…
Pimoroni releases solderless headers for the Raspberry Pi Zero and add-on boards
If you are scared to solder, or don’t want to go to the expense of buying one, there are a few things that you just can’t do with the Raspberry Pi. It’s true that many add-on boards come with their…
East London Raspberry Jam – 11th February
Nic Hughes is organising another East London Raspberry Jam. The Jam will take place in Barking Library from 12-4pm on Saturday, 11th February. There are workshops planned and an opportunity for Show and Tell. Nic’s a great guy and it would…
Adventure Time BMO replica uses a Raspberry Pi and RetroPie for a unique retro gaming experience
NinjaBunny9000 has created a life-sized replica of BMO from Adventure Time. The case is 3D printed and the buttons on the front are routed via the innards of a generic SNES controller. The battery can last for around 24 hours…
Gun art installation plays music from a Raspberry Pi based on US arms exports
Constantine Zlatev, Kostadin Ilov and Velina Ruseva have taken a disabled shotgun and some salvaged industrial components and created a musical instrument. Called The Last Gun, is controlled by a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino and uses compressed air to…
Tea bag dunker uses a Raspberry Pi and an old CD drive
This made me giggle. 🙂 Andrey Chilikin has come up with a way of automating the tea brewing process by pressing into action an old CD/DVD drive and a Raspberry Pi. They use GPIO to trigger the motor on the drive…
Great woodwork makes this Raspberry Pi / Spotify jukebox
justthatoneotherdude, building on work from auntie-matter, has created a lovely, wooden jukebox with a Raspberry Pi at the centre. There are 5 knobs controlling playlists and volume and the Pi itself is running the Volumio operating system. There are ‘runner’…