Just a quick round-up of some new products for the Pi. I have no affiliation to either supplier and haven’t received any review products – just doing a quick summary for those who like buying bits! Gooseneck Camera Mount First…
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#RaspberryPi Camera Module review from Linux User & Developer magazine
UK-based magazine Linux User and Developer have reviewed the camera module (rating it 4/5). It’s a fair review, and is quite critical in places. Nevertheless, it’s good to see the camera getting coverage. Read the review here
#RaspberryPi or BeagleBone Black
Michael Leonard has blogged a comparison of the Pi and the Beaglebone Black. Once again the spectre of ‘open-ness’ appears again, which is just starting to get tiresome. Apart from that aspect though, it’s a good article. Some of the…
Opinion piece from Ostatic on lack of #RaspberryPi roadmap
Sam Dean from ostatic.com has written an article about his wish that the Raspberry Pi Foundation would develop a technology roadmap for future developments of the Pi platform. There are also some interesting comments below the article. Well worth reading…
#RaspberryPi GPIO cheat sheet
Alex over at RasPi.TV has been doing a series on the GPIO. His latest post is a quick-reference cheat sheet for using the GPIO from the popular Pi language Python. Take a look at the cheat sheet here
#RaspberryPi powered Hexapod comes together
Dan Durusky has been building a hexapod robot called B.E.T.H. He’s just finished crowding the parts into the chassis and has provided a lot of detail as to the components used. Take a look at the project update here and see how…
Digital vintage radio using a #RaspberryPi
Florian Amrhein has been messing around with a decades-old Philips tube radio. He’s put a Raspberry Pi and a bunch of other stuff inside the ultra-retro casing and created an IP radio. He’s blogged in-depth about it. Read about the project…
Pidora and Python on the #RaspberryPi – a quick look
Francois Dion has been looking at the Pidora distro and seeing if Python will work on it. In short, it doesn’t totally work yet, but have a read of his blog post to hear more about it.
Using a professional VPN service to evade geographical restrictions with a #RaspberryPi
Arc Software has blogged an enormous post about using the VPN service “Hide My Ass” to protect and encrypt your internet activity when using your Pi. The service isn’t free, but there are a lot of benefits including getting around any…
Build your first game using Scratch on the #RaspberryPi
TechRadar have just published an in-depth tutorial on creating your first game using Scratch on the Raspberry Pi. Read the tutorial here