Last in my mailbag of Cytron Technologies goodies, this is the Maker Pi RP2040. It has clearly been designed to get you going with your robotics journey and to give you the ability to add all sorts of inputs and…
Also in my review box from Cytron (along with yesterday’s Edu:Bit) was a Maker Pi Pico. This is a board that houses a Raspberry Pi Pico and measures approximately 95mm x 70mm. The version I’ve got is the ordinary Maker…
SC Lim of Cytron Technologies was kind enough to send me a review sample of their Edu:Bit, which is based around the micro:bit. Originally a successfully-funded Kickstarter, the Edu:Bit is, primarily, a large, red circuit board which houses a micro:bit…
In 2016, Edinburgh-based Robotical introduced their robotic platform, Marty the Robot. Successfully funded through a Crowdfunding campaign, the robot has now been updated to version 2, via another successful campaign, and is now available to buy from their online shop.…
Emmet, over at Pi My Life Up, has received a review unit of the Elecrow CrowPi 2, the STEM educational laptop featuring the Raspberry Pi. I previously covered the launch of their Kickstarter in this blog post. He has taken…
I was sent a review unit of Seeed Studio’s Grove Beginner Kit for Arduino to try out and give my honest opinion. So, here it is! (You can also buy from Amazon UK here). What’s included? As you can see…
A guest post from my close friend, Tim Richardson, on his efforts to get his very own PCB designed and manufactured with Chinese company PCBWay. Recently, I decided to design a couple of PCBs for the Raspberry Pi, something that…
From Lorraine Underwood, care of McGraw Hill Publishing, comes this project book which promises to “engage kids with coding and making”. It includes 20 projects using a Raspberry Pi, micro:bit and/or the Circuit Playground Express – making it the first…
Tony Goodhew has done an extensive, exhaustive and detailed review of the Inventor’s Kit for micro:bit from Kitronik over on the Element 14 website. The kit contains everything you need to get going with the micro:bit including a base board…
Hi everybody. I bought this case the other day for my media centre Raspberry Pi running downstairs in the lounge. The previous case (one of those all-metal all-heatsink jobbies) looked a bit out-of-place, so I decided to go for the…
