Although the Raspberry Pi 3 has a 64-bit processor, it is well-known among the higher-level techies that the currently released version of Raspbian is, in fact, a 32-bit version. That means it’s not using some of the higher-level functionality of…
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New Zero-sized power supply solution for the Raspberry Pi supporting a range of input voltages
UUGear, who previously gave us a selection of hubs and UPS solutions for the Pi, have just released a Zero-sized power supply board that accepts voltages from 5-26V. It’s called the Zero2Go and has the following features: No soldering required…
Dude, Where’s My… Bus? A 3D-printed bus tracker housing a Raspberry Pi
Over at DesignSpark, Dr Lucy Rogers has written a great tutorial which fuses the Raspberry Pi, 3D printing, an ESP8266 module and some Neopixels into a bus warning system. The system has the following features: A visual alert to tell…
Raspberry Pi and Hour of Code event – 7th December, Cambridge
Ben Nuttall over at the Raspberry Pi Foundation is running an Hour of Code event on Wednesday, 7th December as part of the Hour of Code initiative. The event, which runs from 4pm-7pm, will feature a series of 20-minute coding activities.…
New volume of the Official Raspberry Pi Projects Book released by The MagPi
The MagPi have just made a surprise announcement that volume 2 of the Official Raspberry Pi Projects Book is now available to download, buy via their app or buy in print (for £12.99) from good newsagents and The Pi Hut.…
Mexican bacteriological experiment produces biology-driven music via a Raspberry Pi
A Mexican team of Paloma López, Leslie García, and Emmanuel Anguiano (together, they are known as Interspecifics) have created a nature-driven musical instrument. Micro-ritmos is an art installation in which ‘music’ is generated by patterns formed by bacterial cells. The material…
Creating a piece of Raspberry Pi powered Neopixel light furniture
James Poole has taken a string of Neopixels (UK/USA) and hooked it up to an Arduino. He’s then taken a Raspberry Pi and used it to control the Arduino via a web interface. James then mounted the whole lot on…
Cotswold Raspberry Jam – Saturday, 26th November
Andy Baker and Andrew Oakley are running the next installment of the Cotswold Raspberry Jam on Saturday, 26th November. The event runs from 1-4pm at University of Gloucester Park Campus in Cheltenham and will feature talks, show and tell and…
Christmas buyers’ guide for Raspberry Pi enthusiasts and newcomers
Andrew Oakley, from the Cotswold Raspberry Jam has written an excellent buyers’ guide for the coming season. He’s covered buying the Raspberry Pi initially as well as other accessories that you need to get going with your programming and hacking. Well…
PoisonTap is a Raspberry Pi Zero security threat worth taking note of
I wasn’t going to blog this as it’s a pretty horrid use of the Pi, but I wanted to highlight the security concern! PoisonTap is a Raspberry Pi Zero/Node.js hacking machine. According to the maker’s website, it: siphons cookies, exposes…