You can never have too much Minecraft hacking on a Pi. This is a universal constant 🙂 Seriously, though, one of the main things we’ve learnt from the recent Cambridge Raspberry Jam is that Minecraft is incredibly popular. We sold out…
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Boot the #RaspberryPi from a 16MB SD card and a pen drive
Mike Redrobe has written a very brief tutorial on using a very small SD card as a boot device with a USB pen drive containing the main operating system. He’s using a 2GB pen drive, but of course you’ll need…
BBC Radio on the #RaspberryPi
Stephen Phillips has written a comprehensive tutorial on using mpc and mpd to play BBC radio streams. Read his blog here.
Assembling the RasPiO duino for the #RaspberryPi
Alex Eames has been very busy of late. Not only has he been running the HDMIPi project but he’s also been working on a series of GPIO boards. One of the latest, the RasPiO duino, which brings the power of…
Control LEGO motors with the RyanTeck #RaspberryPi Motor Controller Board
Pete Taylor has got hold of a RyanTeck MCB, put it together, and then hooked it up to a 9V LEGO motor. Read his blog/review here.
Write-up of #CamJam by Darren Christie
Darren’s always quick-off-the-mark with writing up his experiences at Jams. This time is no exception as he started blogging at the Jam itself. Lots of pics here as well as opinion on the various presentations during Focus on Education. Read…
Monitor #RaspberryPi system temperature with seven segment displays
The Average Man has begun a series of posts in which he will build a seven-segment temperature display for the Pi. To start with he’s building it on a breadboard but eventually it will be a removal package based on…
Cambridge Raspberry Jam today – live streaming – #camjam #rjam #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi
We will be live streaming from the Cambridge Raspberry Jam at the Institute of Astronomy today. A timetable and details of how to view the live stream can be found on the CamJam website at: http://camjam.me The sessions will be…
#RaspberryPi GPIO pinout business card
Eric over at Low Voltage Labs has created a business card which features a handy cut-out version of their GPIO reference keyring. You can download the PDFÂ and print it out on card (or even paper). Very handy! Read more here.
Control NeoPixels from a #RaspberryPi via a Gertduino
Matt Manning has published another one of his excellent Pi-related videos. This time he covers setting up the Gertduino add-on board and getting it to control the tricky, but trusty, NeoPixel. Watch the video here.