A little while ago, The Pi Hut announced the launch of the ZeroSeg add-on board for the Raspberry Pi. I ordered one but it’s not until now that I managed to actually solder it up and have a play. So,…
Category: GPIO boards
Plot SenseHAT pressure data onto a graph using a Raspberry Pi
There’s an air pressure sensor on the SenseHAT which you can access via Python. A coder over at BlogMyWiki has used taken these readings and then used the matplotlib library to create a graph of the results. It’s a nice, clear example…
New crowdfunding campaign for a Raspberry Pi add-on – the RabbitMax Flex
Leon Anavi has just launched his first crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo. He wants to fund the RabbitMax Flex which is an add-on board for the Raspberry Pi. The main board is HAT-sized and hosts the following: a relay a buzzer a button…
New Kickstarter – RGB LED Christmas decoration for the Raspberry Pi, micro:bit and CodeBug
Andrew Gale previously ran a Kickstarter for a Christmas decoration powered by the Raspberry Pi. He has now re-spun his idea and has created a decoration using RGB LEDs. It plugs directly into the GPIO pins of the Pi. He has…
GrovePi Zero – a Raspberry Pi sensor playground – review and sample project
Jamie Bailey’s been in touch. Over at Initial State, they’ve been playing around with the GrovePi Zero by Dexter Industries. It’s an add-on board that plugs into the Zero’s GPIO pins and gives you the ability to use Grove sensors, as…
ModMyPi PiOT relay board for the Raspberry Pi reviewed by Average Man and Raspberry Pi Spy
A while back, Jacob over at ModMyPi sent me a new board – a relay board designed to be used for IoT projects. I haven’t had a chance to use it myself yet, but I would like to feature it…
Using the WordPress API to display stats on a 7-segment display with a Raspberry Pi
Richard Saville (Average Man) has been hard at work looking at the WordPress API. He’s managed to find the necessary guides to dig into the API and extract data for his blog. He’s then run this data through his own…
Pimoroni’s Micro Dot pHAT reviewed by Raspberry Pi’s The MagPi
In this month’s issue of The MagPi (the 50th), Phil King reviews Pimoroni’s Micro Dot pHAT. This little board features 6 micro-LED matrices that can be programmed independently. Read the review here. The pHAT is available from Pimoroni, The Pi Hut and…
Raspberry Pi’s Astro Pi goes into Europe with French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and launches new competition
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced that children from all over Europe now have the chance to have their code projects run on the International Space Station. Astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be in charge of the new mission which will see him fly…
Average Man reviews the PiOT relay board for the Raspberry Pi
Richard Saville, aka Average Man, has been testing out the ModMyPi PiOT relay board. He goes through the various functions of the board and even tries them out using a cheap Dremel-like hand drill… He does, however, point out that…