Robin Newman has recently been experimenting with Python OSC which, among other things, can be used to tie Python and Sonic Pi’s Ruby implementation together. This way, you can control a device driven by Python from inside Sonic Pi. Once such…
The Raspberry Pi Foundation and CoderDojo are holding a special event for young people (under 18s only) – it’s called Coolest Projects. From the website: Coolest Projects is a world-leading annual showcase that empowers and inspires the next generation of digital…
Instructables user ‘dearner’ has taken a Raspberry Pi, four 32×32 RGB LED matrix boards, an Adafruit RGB matrix HAT, a good extra power supply for the matrices and some smaller parts and created a long LED display. He’s then created…
Young Michael Tennant from Potton, Bedfordshire is hoping to take the Raspberry Pi and computing education to Zimbabwe! Born in Zimbabwe, Michael hasn’t been back since he moved to the UK aged 2. He is now 16 and has been…
I’ve just received the CPC Spring Deals catalogue through the post and thought I would share the deals that are of relevance to Raspberry Pi users and makers. These prices are all without VAT, so you’ll need to add the…
On Wednesday, 14th March, pi-top is holding a Coding Evening/get-together for educators and community members to celebrate Pi Day. The venue is The Draft House on Old Street, London and the event runs from 6.30-8.30pm. pi-top are providing some food…
The Ruiz Brothers over at Adafruit have created a really lovely sand simulator using a Raspberry Pi Zero, an accelerometer, an RGB LED matrix display, some small items and 3D-printed parts. Philip Burgess wrote the code which “simulates physics by calculating…
5.30am on 1st March… closest I could get to the non-existent leap-day this year 🙂 It’s been 6 years since the Raspberry Pi first went on sale. Since 2012, many millions of the family of boards have been sold. We’ve…
The MagPi have put out a safety alert following publication of an article called “Make a WiFi Desk Lamp” in the latest issue, number 67. The article featured the hook-up of a desk lamp to a relay but no protection…
Amsterdam-based software engineer Arkaitz Garro has taken a Raspberry Pi Zero and a camera module and fixed it, using what looks like a Pi Hut Zero View, to a window. The window is located near to his back door. When the…
