Arnaud Boudou has written up his project to create a robot (RaspiDuinoRover) using a Raspberry Pi hooked up to an Arduino and some other bits and pieces. Included in this project is a DIY light source for the camera. Great…
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Build your own SatNav with a #RaspberryPi
I think I missed this when it was first published, so here we are now. Over at the excellent smstextblog, there’s a tutorial on building a SatNav using the Pi and an Adafruit LCD touch screen. Great stuff. Lots of…
Register your interest for an adult #RaspberryPi Camp in Bristol
Cardiff-based Absolute Raspberries are proposing to hold a two-day computing camp in Bristol. The event, which is proposed to run on 22nd and 23rd March will include an introduction to the Pi and then a whole weekend of programming and…
Arcade-in-a-Briefcase project with the #RaspberryPi
With thanks to Pi Weekly for spotting this one! If you haven’t subscribed yet, why the heck not? Travis Reynolds has taken a 1980s briefcase he found in a goodwill shop and converted it into an arcade machine. The Raspberry…
#RaspberryPi-based tablet is a piece of design beauty
Michael Castor has written a great article on MakeZine about making his PiPad – a Raspberry Pi-based tablet. He used a touchscreen from Chalk Elec and then created his own, beautiful, surround for it. It all runs off a battery…
Create a mini Maker Space for the #RaspberryPi and other electronics work
Christian Tsu-Raun has written a lovely piece at scholastic.com about what to put in your work area for your Maker activities. He describes a great work desk and explains all about what you need to fill it with to get…
More on the Cacheberry Pi – Go geocaching with the #RaspberryPi
Paul’s been hard at work turning the Raspberry Pi into a geocaching tool. Geocaching is a hobby which involves tracking down (using GPS and the naked eye) small boxes and packages. They contain a log book to record who found…
Use an OLED display with the #RaspberryPi courtesy of @RaspberryPiGuy1 and @Adafruit
Matthew Timmons-Brown (who presented the brilliant keynote at the last CamJam and runs his own YouTube channel) has written an excellent tutorial on using tiny OLED displays with the Raspberry Pi. Read the tutorial here
ePaper weather station with #RaspberryPi and #Arduino derivative
Jeremy Blum has hacked an open source BADGEr which is an e-paper conference badge into a weather station using a Pi. The BADGEr is an e-paper display mounted on a shield with an ATMEGA328 onboard. He wrote some new firmware…
LED light sunrise clock with a #RaspberryPi
Hacker Ed Dawson has used an addressable strip of LED lights and some circuitry to create a sunrise clock. He’s done a complete write-up on reproducing his project. This is especially impressive because until the creation of some Python drivers…