A few weeks ago, the Foundation launched a SenseHAT emulator that worked over your web browser. Given that many Pis are used offline, and also that there are still many older Pis out there that aren’t powerful enough to use…
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Special offers spring up to celebrate sale of 10 million Raspberry Pis!
As I’ve just reported, there are now 10 million Raspberry Pis in the wild. To celebrate, two of my favourite stores are running sales, so take advantage of them now before you lose out! The Pi Hut is selling the Raspberry…
Raspberry Pi hits 10 million sales landmark & releases a new kit
Great news from Raspberry Pi today. They’ve now sold 10 million Raspberry Pis! In four and a half years! Not bad going, really! 😉 So, congratulations to everyone who is now, or has ever been, involved. To celebrate this, they have…
Raspberry Pi workshops at Chelmsford Ideas Festival – 12-13 November
Chelmsford Ideas Festival will be hosting Raspberry Pi workshops this November on the Chelmsford Campus of Anglia Ruskin University. This one hour workshop shows how electronics and computer programming can be used together to create a real working product. From that…
Raspberry Pi magazine The MagPi arrives in German
Great news for my German readers today. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has just announced that The MagPi is now available in German. In collaboration with CHIP, the magazine will be published bi-monthly and will be available in outlets that stock technology magazines. The…
Enviro pHAT for the Raspberry Pi reviewed by The MagPi
The MagPi have published their review of Pimoroni’s Enviro pHAT. The add-on board, which features a barometer/temperature sensor, a light/colour sensor and an accelerometer as well as several analog inputs, is given a very positive review. Read it here. The…
Which lavatory is free? Find out with the Raspberry Pi
Things you thought you’d never type! Chris Hoey and Daniel Benamy’s office has restroom (toilet) facilities spread out across the premises. As a result, it seems to be possible to spend much of the day hunting for a free cubicle.…
Playing chiptunes with an old chip and a Raspberry Pi
The General Instrument AY-3-8910 is a sound chip that appeared in old home computers and game consoles. Vince Weaver has taken the chip and hooked it up to a Raspberry Pi and then added bar graphs and a matrix display for…
Easy-to-use music player for elderly relative uses Raspberry Pi and RFID cards
DusteD had a relative who became unable to use their CD player due to old age. So, he came up with a Raspberry Pi solution. He set the Pi up to be ‘always on’ and then ripped music to it.…
Huddersfield Raspberry Jam – 17th September
It looks like Saturday 17th September is going to be very busy, with multiple events happening on the same day! After their summer break, Huddersfield Raspberry Jam is back. They are running a Jam on the 17th from 12pm-3pm at the…