Sandy Macdonald has written an excellent explanation and tutorial for using a shift register with the Pimoroni Explorer HAT on top of the Raspberry Pi. It allows you to control 8 LEDs using just 3 output pins on the HAT,…
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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…
Interactive Astro Pi model with Minecraft on the Raspberry Pi
Martin O’Hanlon is, basically, a Jedi when it comes to Minecraft Pi. He has now combined his work on the Astro Pi with a model of that same board within the Minecraft world. You can do everything with the model, from…
Vintage radio brought to life with a Raspberry Pi
Martin O’Hanlon is usually to be seen hacking around with Minecraft Pi. This time, however, he’s taken one of his wife’s collection of broken useless rubbish vintage radios, a Raspberry Pi, an IQaudIO audio board and amplifier and some other small parts and given it…
Raspberry Pi security camera using a RasPiO Duino
Alex Eames has been busy experimenting with a way to replace an old low-res security camera at his house in Poland. He’s come up with a Pi-controlled, servo-positioned camera that will accept commands over Twitter. The core of the project is…
Touch free water dispenser with a Raspberry Pi
Ismail Uddin over at Science Exposure has created a device that detects movement and then dispenses water. He’s taken a Raspberry Pi, a RaspiRobot board, a peristaltic pump and an SR-04 ultrasonic rangefinder module and put them together. His code and write-up is…
Getting started with the Astro Pi
For those groups who are lucky enough to get hold of an Astro Pi board, it can be a little bewildering when it comes to getting started. Fortunately, Martin O’Hanlon has done a quick start guide that will help you download…
New Kickstarter – Small retro screen for the Raspberry Pi
Pi Community member Arthur Amarra of aonsquared.co.uk has recently launched a new Kickstarter for a small add-on board for the Raspberry Pi which uses a Nokia 5110 screen to display data. He’s created various different pledge levels including one with a BMP180…
RyanTeck TrafficHAT for the Raspberry Pi is now available
A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed the RyanTeck TrafficHAT and gave it a solid 9/10. I’m pleased to say that it is now available to purchase. You can get hold of the HAT for under £10 delivered direct from RyanTeck…
Night-time website monitoring with a Raspberry Pi
Matthew Mombrea had a problem. He provides hosting and runs his own servers and needs monitoring tools to let him know when they go down. Of particular concern was being notified at night without his wife being woken up. So,…