Grace Owolade-Coombes and her son Femi (who recently braved CamJam and did a talk about Festival of Code) are planning to hold a Raspberry Jam in South London on 17th October. This will be a very special Jam – it…
Category: Crowdfunding
New Kickstarter enables LCD displays to stand up and be counted on a Raspberry Pi
David Saul, who previously had success with his PiMuxClock Kickstarter has launched a new crowdfunding campaign. This one enables you to mount a little LCD screen vertically on your Pi’s GPIO pins. It works with HD44780-compatible LCDs, including the newer RGB-backlight…
Monthly robotics learning kit for the Raspberry Pi with GoBox
Dexter Industries, who have really been making their mark on the Raspberry Pi community with their GoPiGo robotics kit, have just launched a new crowdfunding campaign. The GoBox is a 12-month subscription during which you receive a full robotics kit…
Get yourself a Raspberry Pi RPi.GPIO Quick Reference Ruler before time runs out!
I’ve just realised that the campaign I’ve been featuring on the blog for the last few weeks is almost at an end. The RasPiO GPIO Ruler is a great little reference guide to the RPi.GPIO Python library that (almost) everyone uses to interact…
Developer seeks funding for remotely operated underwater vehicle powered by a Raspberry Pi
Sam Groome is an apprentice at an ROV manufacturer and a college student finishing his HND in electrical/electronic engineering. He has a dream: an underwater Raspberry Pi-powered remote controlled vehicle. The ROV is tethered to the surface via a cable and signals are…
RPi.GPIO Python library for the Raspberry Pi undergoes a change
Alex Eames has been looking at recent updates to the Python library everybody uses, RPi.GPIO, and has noticed something. The old variable RPI_REVISION has been deprecated (replaced) by something more useful: RPI_INFO. This new variable outputs a Python dictionary detailing…
RasPiO GPIO ruler for Raspberry Pi announces philanthropic stretch goal
Alex Eames has announced a stretch goal for the Raspberry Pi GPIO ruler he launched on Kickstarter last week. What is the stretch goal? The target for the goal is 1000 backers or £6000 and, if either of these are hit,…
GPIO reference ruler for the Raspberry Pi – new Kickstarter from RasPi.TV
Like the look of that and want one already? Head over to Kickstarter! Do you find yourself constantly forgetting how to set-up the RPi.GPIO Python library? I know I do: trying to remember the correct way of doing things has…
Naturebytes Wildlife Camera kit – watch wildlife with the Raspberry Pi
This is a nicely thought-out Kickstarter which puts the Raspberry Pi Camera Module to good use to capture pictures of wildlife. The unit comes in a weatherproof case with holes in the front for the camera lens and a PIR…
PaPiRus – an e-paper HAT for the Raspberry Pi from @PiSupply
Last month, I covered Neil Matthews’ e-paper HAT for the Raspberry Pi. If you missed out on that Kickstarter, there’s another one that has been running for a little while and now has just 10 days left. This HAT has…