Rob Zwetsloot at Linux User and Developer magazine has written a tutorial on controlling servos. He uses the Adafruit servo controller board to do this and he’s included the Fritzing diagram and code samples to help you replicate his work. Take…
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GPIO VGA adapter for the Raspberry Pi
Gert Van Loo, designer of the original Raspberry Pi Alpha board, has come up with a new board for the B+. It plugs into the GPIO pins and gives you a VGA port! The quality of the video output is…
Temperature display with a Raspberry Pi and Nokia LCD
Bart Bania has taken a Pi, a Nokia 5110 LCD screen and a one-wire temperature sensor, mashed them together and created a nice little temperature sensor. You can see circuit diagrams and get access to the code by visiting his…
HDMIPi screen for the Raspberry Pi nears shipping
Alex Eames has reported that the much-anticipated HDMIPi screens are now en-route from the manufacturers and will be ready for dispatch soon. If you haven’t updated your address yet, you must do so very soon to ensure there’s no delay sending…
Mini speaker from The Pi Hut – review
The Pi Hut have just launched their mini speaker, which has been modded from a standard model especially for the Pi. It comes in a really nice box (below). It comes with a 3.5mm audio cable to plug in to the…
Speaker from the PiHut for the Raspberry Pi over at RasPi.TV
Alex Eames got hold of a new speaker from The Pi Hut and has done a review video over on his site, RasPi.TV. Read and watch the video here. My review of the speaker will appear on my blog this weekend.…
Comparison of two small screens for the Raspberry Pi
The Average Man has done an extensive review-and-comparison between the venerable Adafruit PiTFT and a 3.5″ screen from new-kid-on-the-block NeoSec. It really does provide some excellent food-for-thought if you’re looking for a small touchscreen. Read it here.
Assembly guide for the Pi Supply on/off switch for the Raspberry Pi
The Average Man has done a great assembly and set-up guide for the Pi Supply power on/off switch. You can read the guide here and you can purchase the on/off switch here.
Car diagnostics on the Raspberry Pi and PiTFT
Paul Bartek has done an extensive tutorial on using the PiTFT to display data from a car’s OBD-11 port and also a video which you can see below.
New HDMI-to-VGA converter option for the Raspberry Pi
This isn’t an advert, just thought I’d pass this on just in case anyone’s interested. The Pi Hut have just put up for sale a new, tiny HDMI-to-VGA converter and it’s only £10 (inc VAT). It’s got an audio output…