The MagPi has posted their review of the 4tronix Zero Motor Shim board from issue 47. The largely positive review shows just how flexible the board is, especially considering it only takes up 6 GPIO pins. You can read the…
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The Pi Podcast – latest (and last! :-( ) episode published for Raspberry Pi fans
The Pi Podcast has just published their latest episode. This one features an interview with teacher (and all round lovely person) Hannah Mills as well as all the important news from the Pi world. You can listen to the Podcast…
London Summer Raspberry Jam – Friday 5th August
Frank and his team are organising a London Raspberry Jam to be held this Friday between 1pm and 4pm at 7 Dials in Covent Garden. Not too many details available at the moment as this will be a slightly ad-hoc type…
Pi Wars 2017 – applications now accepted for Raspberry Pi robotic challenge competition – #PiWars
Myself and Tim are excited to announce that applications for Pi Wars 2017 are now being accepted. We had 140 teams (!) register their interest, which quite blew us away, and so we are expecting that competition for places at the event will…
Miniaturised gaming console with a Raspberry Pi inside is a thing of beauty
DaftMike has created a miniaturised version of the classic NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) and used a Raspberry Pi to play retro games. At 40% of the original size, this is a lovely small build accomplished using a 3D printer. He…
Moto Z modular Android phone gets a Raspberry Pi HAT adapter
Motorola and Element 14 have launched a development kit for creating add-ons for the new Moto Z mobile phone. As well as this kit, they’ve also announced that there will be a Raspberry Pi HAT adapter board (pictured above). It…
Enviro pHAT reviewed and used with the Raspberry Pi and the Initial State dashboard
Jamie Bailey has written a great review of Pimoroni’s Enviro pHAT. He’s evaluated the sensors on-board and has then integrated them, using Python, with the Initial State dashboard. He’s used the temperature sensor and accelerometer to provide data and has…
Cross curriculum whole-school activity day featuring the Raspberry PI
Eastlea Community School, located in the London Borough of Newham, recently ran a whole-school activity day which featured a variety of computers and micro-controllers, including the Raspberry Pi. Clive Beale from the Raspberry Pi Foundation was invited along and you…
Raspberry Pi home automation stops fumbling in the dark (more’s the pity!)
The bloggers over at WhiskeyTangoHotel have been investigating home automation solutions. They’ve come up with a Raspberry Pi-based solution which detects, via Bluetooth, the presence of a device (in this case an iPad) and switches on some LEDs to save…
Affordable ROV solution uses Raspberry Pi in advanced electronics package
California-based Blue Robotics has developed an affordable ROV solution using a Raspberry Pi. The Pi is used in their advanced electronics package for extra computing power and to stream 1080p video up the tether. You can read a lot more…