David Given has been working on porting the Fuzix operating system to various microcontrollers and he wondered if he could get it working on the Raspberry Pi Pico. He’s described Fuzix in the following terms: Fuzix is a proper Unix,…
Category: Operating systems
New Raspberry Pi 4 8GB version released today! Plus new 64-bit operating system
Exciting news from Raspberry Pi this morning. There is now an 8GB Raspberry Pi 4. This is a doubling of the max memory from 4GB and should prove to be a boon for those who use their Pis as general…
Raspberry Pi 4 boot-from-mass-storage functionality enters beta phase
The techies from Raspberry Pi have just announced that the ability to boot from a mass storage device with Raspbian installed without an SD card is one step closer today. There is now a public beta programme for the facility…
Raspbian update for the Raspberry Pi features new first-boot wizard
Simon Long, over at Raspberry Pi, has just announced an update to the Raspbian Operating System. The biggest improvement is the addition of a desktop set-up wizard which runs when you first boot up. This lets you set-up Localisation settings (pictured…
This Raspberry Pi-powered robot can change the shape of its wheels to overcome obstacles
Al Bencomo has created this wonderful 3D-printed robot that can overcome obstacles by changing the shape of its wheels. FRILLER (FRILL Explorer Robot) uses a Raspberry Pi 3 with Android Things OS to control motors connected via an Adafruit Motor HAT.…
pi-topOS gets an update to the latest Raspbian – upgrade your Raspberry Pi
The folks over at pi-top have just released a new version of their OS, Polaris. The new version uses Raspbian Stretch as a base and is now compatible out-of-the-box with the recently launched Raspberry Pi 3B+. Other improvements include an…
Inspire kids to code with this new DIY Raspberry Pi tablet – MakePad
A new Kickstarter has just launched for a tablet, powered by a Raspberry Pi. With it’s eye firmly on the children’s market, the MakePad features a 10.1″ touchscreen and is battery powered (8000mAh). It has a built-in 3W speaker for…
Raspberry Pi Zero used to help a cat get even more attention with facial recognition
Amsterdam-based software engineer Arkaitz Garro has taken a Raspberry Pi Zero and a camera module and fixed it, using what looks like a Pi Hut Zero View, to a window. The window is located near to his back door. When the…
Change the speed of the I2C bus on a Raspberry Pi with this config change
Matt, over at Raspberry Pi Spy, has blogged about a way to improve the performance of the I2C bus on a Raspberry Pi. The bus, which is used for, among other things, sensor readings and outputting to OLED displays defaults…
Create a lightweight OS installation on your Raspberry Pi with Raspbian Lite
Dave Johnson has written up a great walk-through of a streamlined, lightweight installation of Raspbian Lite. He takes you through installing the image, setting up things like wifi and keyboard settings and then installs Samba so you can talk to…