The Adafruit PiTFT is a nifty bit of kit that fits on top of the Pi and gives you a small touch screen display. William Phelps has created a touchscreen keyboard for the PiTFT and has shared the code on…
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Interpret AirPi readings on your #RaspberryPi
Fred Sonnenwald has been experimenting with Tom Hartley’s AirPi and has written an excellent article on how to interpret the readings you get from the various different sensors. It’s quite a mathematical article, but he goes very in-depth on it.…
Control a BerryClip add-on board on your #RaspberryPi using Node.js
This one’s a quickie. Carl Hughes has taken Matt Hawkin’s BerryClip board and worked out how to control it from Node.js. Read how here
#RaspberryPi device alerts you when International Space Station is above!
Paul Brown has done an excellent, comprehensive review of a beta of Liam Kennedy’s ISS-Above device. This device, which is being funded by Kickstarter, has an LCD display that alerts you whenever the ISS is overhead and gives other information…
Mobile power board for the #RaspberryPi – MoPi
Hamish Cunningham has recently launched a Kickstarter project for a new mobile power expansion board for the Pi. The board, which fits over the GPIO pins (and has holes for another header so you don’t lose the GPIO functionality) is…
#RaspberryPi powered Joke Machine
Tim Massaro has written an Instructable to create a Pi Joke Machine. He’s used a PiFace Control and Display (which is an LCD screen with added buttons) and wrapped it all up in a project box. Read how to do…
Control a LEGO motor with a #RaspberryPi and a Gertboard
Karl Herrick has taken a Gertboard and a 4.5v LEGO motor and linked them up to the Pi. He’s then looked at Alex Eames’ Python Gertboard suite and written some test scripts as a proof-of-concept. Read about how he did…
Fish Dish Pi from PiSupply for the #RaspberryPi
Paul Brown’s done a nice write-up and exploration of the Fish Dish expansion board over on smstext. Nice use of Daniel Bull’s BerryIO, too. Read it here
Laika investor tells what it’s like to test out a #RaspberryPi expansion board
Andy Bakin has written a guest post over at the Foundation’s blog in which he describes the practicalities of testing out a full production run of 500 (and now 1000) Laika Explorer boards. Read it here
New add-on board brings #Arduino to #Raspberry Pi in a simple way
Dawn Robotics, mostly known (as the name implies) for their robotics kits and parts, have released a new board called the Pi Co-op. Here’s what they say about it: The Pi Co-op is an Arduino compatible microcontroller expansion board for…