I love spotting these new Kickstarters that are Raspberry Pi-related. It just goes to show that there are commercial applications for the Pi that can still expand on the educational values of the Foundation. Recently, I featured the MotorPiTX, which…
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EmbeddedPi for the #RaspberryPi review and guide
Ryan Walmsley has written a three-part series about the new EmbeddedPi expansion board from element14. Read it here
#RaspberryPi powered pollution monitor – the AirPi
Two kids from Westminster School in London have created a pollution monitoring system with a Raspberry Pi. It records temperature, humidity, air pressure, light levels and monitors for various pollutants like carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide. They have said that…
Computeractive magazine does a #RaspberryPi issue
Seems like lots of press coverage this month for the Pi. The latest magazine I’ve found is Computeractive issue 401. On the front cover, it lists the following projects: Watch BBC iPlayer Turn the Pi into a web radio Print…
4-legged semi-transforming robot with the #RaspberryPi
Here’s a great robot made using a Raspberry Pi as it’s brain. No details on how it was done, but I’m hoping to find out some more. In the meantime, take a look at the video:
Watterott Display on #RaspberryPi
Lallafa has found a way to use a relatively cheap TFT display on his Raspberry Pi. He’s even found a way to compile his driver into the kernel so you can use it as a boot screen. He claims…
EEWeb Pulse, volume 106, the #RaspberryPi issue
Hosted by ISSUU, this week’s EEWeb Pulse from the Electrical Engineering Community has got masses of Raspberry Pi-related interviews and coverage. Read it here
Build a radio astronomy platform with a #RaspberryPi
Robert Arrowsmith is using a DVB-T dongle to create a radio astronomy platform. He’s currently got the dongle picking up FM radio traffic. Follow his project blog here
Reading Car Diagnostics with a #RaspberryPi and an OBD-II adapter
Martin O’Hanlon read about someone reading diagnostics from a motorbike and decided to adapt the work to read OBD-II information from his car. He found an adapter that converted the car port to USB and then created a Python script…
Voice recognition with the #RaspberryPi
I suppose you could call this SiriPi or RaspberrySiri. Oscar Liang has done an in-depth tutorial for getting voice recognition working on your Pi. Read the tutorial here