Richard Wilson at Electronics Weekly has done a nice interview with the Foundation’s Eben Upton about the new Compute Module and how they expect it to be used. Read the interview here.
Learn to code with Sonic Pi and the #RaspberryPi
Over at Linux User & Developer, Rob Zwetsloot has written a mini-tutorial for Sonic Pi. It deals with making sure you have the software installed and then helps you to write a “mini concert” in the language. Read it here.
Automatic mouse launcher with a #RaspberryPi
Over on the Raspberry Pi Foundation blog, they are featuring the work of John Shovic who has automated a way to keep his cat entertained. Using a pair of motors and some detection sensors, he has set up his Pi to control the launching, in the air, of toy mice. Sounds insane, sounds a bit silly, it’s probably a bit of both, but read more here.
UNICEF to use #RaspberryPi and HDMIPi for refugee camps
UNICEF have teamed up with Alex Eames, Cyntech and Pimoroni to take the Raspberry Pi into refugee camps in Lebanon. I won’t say more as I believe that everyone should read the full piece over on the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s blog. This is brilliant stuff and just goes to show what our low-cost platform can do for those in situations far graver than our own.
Using the Wolfson audio card with the #RaspberryPi
Over on Element14, Tim (aka packetgeek) has been road-testing a Wolfson audio card. He’s been working towards creating a Softsqueeze client with the card and he’s fully documented the procedure. Read it here. Although the review score (54/60) is high, once again the lack of documentation has been mentioned.
Getting started with the #RaspberryPi Pi Co-Op
Matt Hawkins over at Raspberry Pi Spy has done a nice beginners intro for the Pi Co-Op board in which he makes an LED blink. It’s a simple example of what can be done with the board but worthwhile as it gets you started. Read about it here or read my account of the same board.