Tony Chang from Pridopia has been in touch. They are currently running a Kickstarter (which I must admit I missed!) to raise money to fund the development of a series of boards to expand the Pi’s UART capabilities. The boards…
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Premier Farnell takeover drama intensifies as Swiss bid turned down
Raspberry Pi distributor Premier Farnell has dramatically withdrawn its support from the takeover bid of Swiss firm Datwyler. Instead, they have decided to recommend to shareholders a rival bid from Avnet who offered 12% more for the electronics firm. Read…
New issue of The MagPi out now for Raspberry Pi enthusiasts
Raspberry Pi Foundation magazine The MagPi has just published its August 2016 edition. It’s packed with interesting stuff including a huge feature on Windows 10 IoT and a feature on programming Olympics-inspired games with Scratch. There’s also the usual mix…
Young Digital Makers invited to Raspberry Pi for a day of hacking and tinkering
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has just announced that they are holding a Digital Making day for youngsters on the 23rd August (which is my birthday, but let’s ignore that for now… God knows I’m trying to). To apply, you need…
Get closer to science with this Raspberry Pi-controlled microscope
Andre Maia Chagas and his team, comprised of LL Prieto Godino, A Arrenberg and T Baden, have developed a Raspberry Pi-controlled microscope called FlyPi and entered it into the Hackaday Prize competition. Here’s what Andre has to say about the project: Our plan with this…
Directly connect to and program your Raspberry Pi Zero over USB
For a while, it has been possible to communicate and program a Raspberry Pi Zero via it’s USB data port. I’ve covered this useful feature before, beginning with Andrew Mulholland’s original work but I feel it’s worth covering again, particularly when…
Suffolk Libraries Raspberry Jam #rjam – 3rd August
Suffolk Libraries are holding a beginners’ Raspberry Jam over two sessions on Wednesday 3rd August. The sessions, which cost £1.50 per person, are being held in the Ipswich Enterprise + Innovation Hub at Ipswich County Library; the time slots are as…
Drinkro – the Raspberry Pi-controlled bartender
The folks over at Synchro.io have come up with a lovely robotic bartender solution using a Raspberry Pi. Called Drinkro, the system makes drinks out of vodka and several mixers using DC peristaltic liquid pumps connected to the Pi. There’s even…
The MagPi reviews the RasPiO ProHAT for the Raspberry Pi
In the MagPi issue 47, Phil King wrote a review of the RasPiO ProHAT. This clever prototyping HAT breaks out all the GPIO pins in numerical (BCM) order to female headers as well as adding several power and ground ports.…
Mobile data and GPS enabled Raspberry Pi Zero
Rachel Gibbs, over at Initial State, has written a great tutorial which gets a Pi Zero online via a mobile data connection. She’s added a GPS module to the FONA board and then powered the lot using a small LIPO…