CPC have just got in stock of the Pi-Top CEED, the all-in-one Pi and screen platform. For a limited time, they are selling the CEED for £89+VAT, which is £10 cheaper than normal. It’s a great deal, so if you’re in…
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Using a NexDock with the Raspberry Pi
Albert Hickey has been working with the NexDock laptop docking station and the Raspberry Pi. He has now written up his findings, including the best configuration he’s found to use them together. Read it here. Sounds like a really good…
Raspberry Pi’s Astro Pi goes into Europe with French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and launches new competition
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced that children from all over Europe now have the chance to have their code projects run on the International Space Station. Astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be in charge of the new mission which will see him fly…
Do you watch the PiPod Podcast? Have your say!
I’ve been trying to figure out if the video version of the podcast is worth the blood, sweat and tears of the editing process. What do you think? Leave a comment, please help me make a decision!
Manchester Raspberry Jam – 8th October – #rjam
This Saturday the 39th Manchester Raspberry Jam takes place at The Shed on Chester Street. Running from 10.30am-5pm, it features two workshops: one is all about controlling motors, the other one is about using ARM Assembly language and builds on…
A make-it-yourself touch-capacitive kit for the Raspberry Pi from PiCymru
Doug Gore and the PiCymru team have developed a new kit that turns common objects into touch capacitive devices and then feeds the input signals back into the Raspberry Pi. It’s called PiFun and is inspired by MakeyMakey. The kit, which is available…
Turn your Raspberry Pi into a touchscreen advent calendar
Spencer Organ has published the code for a Raspberry Pi-powered touchscreen advent calendar. So, get ready for the festive season, see more details here and download the code here. You can change the photographs to your own pictures if you wish…
Stafford Raspberry Jam – 11th October
Cerys Lock is organising a Jam on the evening of Tuesday, 11th October at The Signpost Centre in Stafford. The event runs from 6-8.30pm and will be a Show & Tell / Lighting talks -type event. You can get hold of…
Build a compact GPS logger with a Raspberry Pi Zero
Here’s a good one from Instructables’ user Postron. He’s taken a Pi Zero, an Adafruit GPS module, an Adafruit LiPo power board and a LiPo then constructed a circuit with buttons and resistors on prototyping board to create a portable…
Average Man reviews the PiOT relay board for the Raspberry Pi
Richard Saville, aka Average Man, has been testing out the ModMyPi PiOT relay board. He goes through the various functions of the board and even tries them out using a cheap Dremel-like hand drill… He does, however, point out that…