Note: This is very long… Grab a coffee. It took a while to write! Around 50 Raspberry Pi enthusiasts descended on the Milton Road Science Park headquarters of Cambridge Consultants on Saturday for the 2nd 2013 Cambridge Raspberry Jam. I’d…
Just found a new blog: Guy Carpenter writes about creating custom gauges and gadgets using the Pi and the Arduino. I’ve added it to my regular feed and so look out for new posts from Guy in the future. Go to…
Lloyd Seaton of PiCocktails has blogged about a new expansion board for the Pi, the MegaBoard Pi. The broad features are as follows: Smaller than GertBoard and bigger than Alamode (3.8″ x 2.5″) Is more Arduino compatible than GertBoard (5V…
Conor O’Neill has blogged about his experiences both this year and in the past with electronics, the Pi, Arduinos, and all kinds of other things. Worth a read for an affectionate look back. Read it here
Lots of projects news this morning! Steven Hickson has been working with a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino to create a voice-controlled talking robot bartender. He himself admits that it’s a bit slow, but it is very polite! The voice command…
Stevenage-based Ryan Walmsley (he of rastrack.co.uk fame!) is developing a Raspberry Pi-based version of the classic arcade claw game. The game uses physical controls to manipulate a claw in a cabinet to grab prizes in the hopper below. An Arduino…
I was browsing through eBay and I thought I’d share with you some of the expansion boards I’ve found for the Raspberry Pi. First up is a 16×16 LED matrix board from Pridopia. For £29.99 you get a board that…
Here’s an interesting bit of advance news. Freetronics has just announced a new product, available soon, that will enable you to charge a 3.7.v lipo cell from a USB port via a micro USB port. Interesting… perhaps this could be…
M2M Application Platform Carriots has written a tutorial about a water consumption meter involving their software, a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino. Read the tutorial here
As part of my “SpacePi” Raspberry Pi astronomy project, I want to be able to control the orientation of the camera module remotely. I want to be able to sit away from the camera rig and control where it is…
