Those of us lucky enough to be at the Raspberry Jamboree caught sight of this on the CPC stand. It’s a brand new Raspberry Pi kit that is based around Carrie Anne Philbin’s book “Adventures in Raspberry Pi”. The book,…
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#RaspberryPi Face recognition treasure box
Tony DiCola has written a tutorial for the Adafruit Learning System in which he uses a Pi and a camera module, together with a nice wooden box and servo, to create a box which only opens if it recognises the…
Set up a private Git server on your #RaspberryPi
Scott Kildall has written a full-length Instructable tutorial on setting up a Git version control server on your Raspberry Pi. Read it here.
Thoughts on #RaspberryPi PiWars from Darren Christie
CamJammer Darren Christie has written an excellent blog post on why people should get involved with the PiWars robotics competition in Cambridge in December. Read it here.
New camera mode announced for the #RaspberryPi camera module
James Hughes, the author of the camera module software (raspistill and raspivid) has just announced, via the Foundation’s blog, that there are several new modes available for the camera: 2592×1944 1-15fps, video or stills mode, Full sensor full FOV, default…
Free Professional Development course for teachers at the #RaspberryPi Foundation in Cambridge
This has just been announced on the Foundation blog, so I thought I’d promote it here as well as it’s a brilliant idea. The Raspberry Picademy will be a free professional development experience for UK-based primary and secondary teachers. Over the course of two…
#RaspberryPi Projects by Robinson & Cook – Review
Another book from Wiley, this time it’s Raspberry Pi Projects by Dr Andrew Robinson and Mike “Grumpy Mike” Cook, with chapters contributed by Jonathan Evans and Sean McManus. To start the book off, there is a short introductory chapter including…
ZX-Pi – a Pi inside a Sinclair ZX-81
Tony Smith previously worked out how to use an Arduino Leonardo to connect a ZX81 keyboard to the Pi. He’s now gone a step further and actually managed to get the Pi inside the ZX-81. Brilliant stuff. Read more here
Add an #Arduino to your #RaspberryPi using the Pi Co-Op
Dawn Robotics have created a new board for the Pi. It’s actually been out since January but they’ve just started to market the product, and what a product it is. In fact, if you’ve ever wanted to explore the world…
Peterborough Raspberry Jam today for #RaspberryPi owners #rjam
I’ll be at the Peterborough Raspberry Jam today talking about the creation of the Picorder. Come and say hello! Register for the Jam here or just turn up!