Build your own SatNav with a #RaspberryPi

I think I missed this when it was first published, so here we are now.

Over at the excellent smstextblog, there’s a tutorial on building a SatNav using the Pi and an Adafruit LCD touch screen. Great stuff. Lots of software to install, but it’s a fun project if you’re that way inclined. Plus you could take it further and add an Adafruit GPS board and have a fully integrated solution rather than using a dongle.

Read here

1st Peterborough #RaspberryJam for owners of the #RaspberryPi

Mike Mills, who came to our last Cambridge Jam, has decided to run his own in Peterborough!

The Jam is being held at Peterborough Regional College on Saturday 15th March.

He’s running a morning programming workshop, which you can register for here and an afternoon session suitable for all, which you can register for here. Registration is free.

Myself and Tim will be attending – look forward to seeing some of you there!

Register your interest for an adult #RaspberryPi Camp in Bristol

Cardiff-based Absolute Raspberries are proposing to hold a two-day computing camp in Bristol. The event, which is proposed to run on 22nd and 23rd March will include an introduction to the Pi and then a whole weekend of programming and tinkering with the computer ending in a robotics hack session where teams will build their own robots and possibly compete against each other.

The proposed cost is £150 non-residential and £220 residential, which is great value-for-money.

To register your interest (and this is just to register your interest, not to make a firm booking), visit their EventBrite page.