Derby-based online retailer 4tronix have just announced some very special offers for this weekend. You can get the Piringo for £4.50 (down from £6) You can get the new PiDie for £6 (down from £8.30) and you can get the…
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Code Club opens up all it’s educational material
Code Club has previously kept a firm control over all it’s material, which meant you had to run a club before you could see the majority of it. Now, however, they’ve opened it all up to the public so, for…
#RaspberryPi Robotics talk from the Raspberry Jamboree
Here’s Matt Timmons-Brown talking about robotics on the Raspberry Pi from the Manchester Jamboree. It was a good talk and he’s a great speaker – definitely worth 10 minutes of your time to listen 🙂
Seven Segments of Pi – From Jamboree to CamJam (Part 3)
After last week’s… I have returned with more ideas for Raspberry Pi add-ons…but they might have to wait until 2015! I am going to be busy this year getting “The PiTrol” and “PiDapter” ready…but I found some willing pupils who…
Budget robot kit for the #RaspberryPi just launched
Ryan Walmsley, creator of Rastrack and co-editor of Pi Weekly (and constant CamJam attendee!), has had a great success with his RTK motor controller board and has now branched out into a full beginners robot kit. The kit includes almost…
Wolfson audio card now available for the #RaspberryPi
As previewed on this site in November, the Wolfson Audio card for the Raspberry Pi is now available from Element 14. It has the following features: 3.5 mm jack (4-pole) for a headset/boom mic combination for gaming or VoIP applications…
#RaspberryPi for Dummies – book review
Raspberry Pi for Dummies was sent to me by Wiley for review. So here goes! Written by Sean McManus and Mike ‘Grumpy Mike’ Cook, Raspberry Pi for Dummies is a comprehensive look at setting the Pi up, administering it, using…
Linux User Raspberry Jam in Poole for #RaspberryPi owners
The first Jam for the UK’s South Coast will be on 5th April at the RNLI College in Poole, Dorset. It will be run by the guys over at Linux User magazine. This is great news because the South Coast…
Focus on Education @ the Cambridge Raspberry Jam – 10th May
Come along and listen to a variety of talks and presentations centring on the new Computing curriculum and how it affects schools at both Primary and Secondary level. We will explore the challenges of the new curriculum, what resources there…
BerryClip+ for the #RaspberryPi review
Matt Hawkins (aka The Raspberry Pi Spy) sent me one of his new GPIO add-on boards for the Pi called the BerryClip+. The BerryClip+ is a simple, half-sized add-on board for the Raspberry Pi that plugs straight onto the GPIO…