Great news! Tickets for the Birthday CamJam, which takes place on 2nd March at the Computer Laboratory in West Cambridge, are now available. There will be Talks, Show and Tell, Workshops and a Marketplace in the biggest event CamJam has…
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Star Trek Voyager sound box for a scale model using a Raspberry Pi Zero and Pimoroni magic!
A friend of mine volunteers for a non-profit organization called Models for Heroes which aims to give Armed Forces veterans a focus for their free time by helping them get into scale modelling. He also builds his own scale models…
Raspberry Pi 5 launched… for pre-orders
I was up at an ungodly hour this morning when I noticed a tweet from Unexpected Maker showing a screengrab of a mailing received from Element 14/Avnet which showed some details of the brand new Raspberry Pi 5. Despite promising…
Extremely Mini Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck – #raspberrypi #cyberdeck
Introduction Hi everyone. I recently took part in an episode of The Pi Cast from Tom’s Hardware during which I presented my latest project: a Mini (or Tiny!) Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck. You can see the full episode below. Of particular…
Portable temperature, humidity and pressure sensor using a Raspberry Pi Pico W
Hi everyone. It’s been a little while! I’ve been horribly busy with various things, including work, so it’s been difficult to keep up with blogging. I have been posting Pi stuff over on Twitter/X (how I hate that new name!)…
Pi Wars 2024 launches – apply by 1st October!
Pi Wars is an international, challenge-based robotics competition in which teams build Raspberry Pi-controlled robots and then compete in various non-destructive challenges to earn points. The competition takes place over a single weekend and at the end of each day, prizes, medals…
The Return of Cambridge Raspberry Jam – 22nd April 2023 at Makespace! – A review
After several years, populated by coughs and wheezes and dreadful diseases, CamJam is back, and what a wonderful event it was! Myself and Tim Richardson have happily handed over the reigns to Brian Corteil, someone we’ve known for many years,…
Review of the Makeblock Ultimate 2.0 robotics kit
Today, we have on the review workbench (well… kitchen table) the Makeblock Ultimate 2.0 robotics kit. I was sent this kit for free from the manufacturers, but they have not vetted or approved this review, so it will be an…
Review of the Elecrow CrowBot BOLT – a fun autonomous and remote control robot kit
Nicole over at Elecrow got in touch with me about a new robotics kit they’ve been developing called the CrowBot BOLT. I agreed to review the product and give my honest opinion. TL;DR A really well thought-out, and well-produced, kit…
Maker Advent Calendar – 12 days of Codemas – from The Pi Hut
All about the calendar Arriving just in time for Christmas, The Pi Hut’s Maker Advent Calendar contains all sorts of maker-y goodness to enhance the Festive season. The Calendar comes as a large box with a cardboard wrapper and will…