Issue 129 of Linux User and Developer magazine is a great buy for Raspberry Pi owners. It features the following articles: A 22-page special covering 10 Raspberry Pi projects “made easy” including: Media centre Portable internet radio Torrent client Time-lapse…
Category: GPIO boards
Using the MCP23017 port expander with WiringPi2 on the #RaspberryPi (continued)
Alex is continuing his series on using the MCP23017 port expander to give you lots of lovely extra GPIO ports. Read the third part here or read the first two parts here.
#RaspberryPi Wireless Inventors Kit (RasWIK) from Ciseco
Disclaimer: I have no affiliation to Ciseco apart from having met representatives from the company at a Jam. I had the great pleasure of meeting Miles Hodkinson and Rebecca Smith from Ciseco at the Cambridge Raspberry Jam on 20th July.…
Preview of the PiGlow board for the #RaspberryPi
A few days ago, I featured Pimoroni’s PiGlow as a product to watch out for. This little £9 board gives you 18 independently-controlled LEDs and can fit inside a Pibow case. Pre-launch boards have now been sent out and Gordon Henderson (of…
Cambridge Raspberry Jam – 20th July 2013 – My write-up! #raspberrypi #raspberryjam
Note: This is very long… Grab a coffee. It took a while to write! Around 50 Raspberry Pi enthusiasts descended on the Milton Road Science Park headquarters of Cambridge Consultants on Saturday for the 2nd 2013 Cambridge Raspberry Jam. I’d…
#RaspberryPi extension board Embedded Pi – review
Gareth Halfacree has done a review of the Embedded Pi board for Linux User & Developer magazine. Read it here. It’s a bit mixed!
New products from Pimoroni and ModMyPi for the #RaspberryPi
Just a quick round-up of some new products for the Pi. I have no affiliation to either supplier and haven’t received any review products – just doing a quick summary for those who like buying bits! Gooseneck Camera Mount First…
#RaspberryPi powered Hexapod comes together
Dan Durusky has been building a hexapod robot called B.E.T.H. He’s just finished crowding the parts into the chassis and has provided a lot of detail as to the components used. Take a look at the project update here and see how…
PiBorg launches #RaspberryPi GPIO triple replication board
Here’s a great idea from the guys over at PiBorg. This board plugs onto the GPIO pins and then replicates those same pins three times. This means you can, for instance, plug in three of their other small GPIO boards…
The #RaspberryPi Microwave
Nathan Broadbent has built a Raspberry Pi into his microwave. It scans the normal barcode of a product, looks it up on an online database and this dictates the cooking instructions. It also allows voice commands and tweets when it’s…