Chris Swan has been working with Node-RED and has worked out how to simply integrate it with the Ciseco Pi-Lite through the serial port. Read more here.
Category: GPIO boards
Pairing the #RaspberryPi with a Parallella board
Shodruky Rhyammer has taken a Parallella board and linked it via ethernet cable to a Raspberry Pi. He’s then used the Parallella’s processor to do the number crunching and the Pi to do graphics processing to create a much more…
PiLite displays time, weather and messages using a #RaspberryPi
Martin has blogged about using the Ciseco PiLite and getting it to display useful information such as the current time and weather as well as some Christmas messages. He’s made the code available online. Read more here or watch his video below:
#RaspberryPi add-on board Gertduino review from Linux User & Developer magazine
Linux User & Developer magazine writer Gareth Halfacree has written a review for the new Gertduino board which has now been published on the magazine’s website. Although praising the board for features and the pure fact that it sits nicely on…
Your #RaspberryPi can read e-books to you with BrickPi
The folks over at Dexter Industries, creators of the BrickPi, have been busy at work creating a way for your Pi to read books to you. BrickPi is an add-on board which allows your Pi to communicate with LEGO Mindstorms…
Internet-controlled #RaspberryPi Christmas decoration using PiRingo @4tronix_uk
Introduction The PiRingo is a lovely little board from 4tronix. It has a ring of 12 LEDs and two switches and is plugged directly into the GPIO socket of the Pi. It comes in 5 different flavours (which are basically…
Pimoroni now stocks the Laika robotics board for #RaspberryPi
Following their successful Kickstarter campaign, Team Laika has licenced Pimoroni to sell their excellent robotics board, the Laika Explorer. This board has the following: 2x analogue and 4x digital inputs – to connect sensors, switches and other input devices. 7x…
RyanTeck Motor Controller Board gets Scratch support on the #RaspberryPi
Ryan Walmsley’s Motor Controller Board has been given support in ScratchGPIO making it a very simple way for youngsters to get into robotics. Although not available yet, the brilliant Simon Walters was sent a prototype board for the work and…
HDMIPi now available for pre-orders – affordable HD screen for the #RaspberryPi
Following their successful Kickstarter campaign, the HDMIPi guys have created a website to allow you to pre-order the screen. There are various prices which start from £75 for the screen and (very nice) plastic Pibow-alike surround. Head to their website…
Build Your Own #RaspberryPi Gertboard Experimenter Kit
Joe Alderson at Element 14 has written a tutorial for creating an experimenter board with the Gertboard. He’s included all the resources to get you going (including a laser cutter file, but I daresay one can knock one up with…