Allen Heard went to the Picademy this past week and has done an excellent write-up on all the activities they got up to. Read it here
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Use an analog joystick with the #RaspberryPi and an MCP3008
Matt Hawkins’ site Raspberry Pi Spy has been a constant source of reference for me when creating the Picorder, my box-with-sensors. Many of those sensors provide analog outputs (which I read using an MCP3008) and Matt has now written a…
Creating a sports ticker with a #RaspberryPi
Mike Metral over at medium.com has taken a large LCD display and hooked it up to his Pi. His Pi reads in sports figures, results and statistics and then feeds them to the LCD. Read more here.
Seven Segments of Pi in the Classroom (Part 6)
Another guest post from Nevil Hunt, creator of the Seven Segments of Pi Part 6 – Soldering is Fun! But respect the 300oC end! Last week I talked about how in the PiDice Workshop pupils learnt how to write Python…
Measure the temperature of cooking meat with the #RaspberryPi
Sébastien Rinsoz has written a tutorial in which he uses a Yocto-Thermocouple to measure and record the temperature of meat in an oven. It’s connected to the Raspberry Pi which triggers the taking of readings and recording them and sending emails etc.…
HDMIPi update brings encouragement for #RaspberryPi users who backed it
Alex Eames has just published an update for HDMIPi, the affordable high-definition screen for the Pi. In it, he reports receipt of the latest version of the screen driver board and explains some of the tests he’s run on it.…
National Museum of Computing features #RaspberryPi / FUZE
Just been contacted by the FUZE team with a press release (it’s the first time I’ve been sent a press release!) so I thought I’d share the news. The National Museum of Computing lights the FUZE at Bletchley ParkThe National…
Picademy – #RaspberryPi Foundation course write-up
Lenny Dutton has just completed the first Picademy course run by the Raspberry Pi Foundation at their Cambridge headquarters. She’s written extensively about the experience on her blog. Very good reading for those who are interested in the steps the…
Using the Pi-LITEr board with the #RaspberryPi
The ‘Average Man’ has got hold of a Pi-LITEr board from Ciseco. These tiny boards feature a row of bright surface-mounted LEDs and plug directly into the GPIO. It’s really good for teaching yourself about GPIO and you could make,…
Home automation with a #RaspberryPi and an #Arduino
Lauren Orsini has done a lovely round-up of all kinds of options for home automation using both the Pi and the Arduino. It’s basically a collection of links to other articles but the piece has been put together really well…