Cymplecy has released a new version of his Scratch GPIO software for the Raspberry Pi. It allows you to run Scratch in parallel with a back-end script that interfaces between the visual environment and the GPIO. Read more here and…
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Basic Electronics – Ohm’s Law
SF Innovations have done an interesting slide presentation on the basics of voltage, current, resistance and Ohm’s Law. See the presentation here
STEM Raspberry Jam in Manchester
Once again, Manchester proves it has a thriving Raspberry Pi community. Ben Nuttall organised a pilot event with the STEMNET team at the Museum of Science and Industry. He hopes that this will become a new activity that STEM ambassadors…
Building a real-time transit information kiosk with #RaspberryPi
Brendan Nee has built a wall-mounted information kiosk with the Raspberry Pi and Chromium browser. He’s documented the whole process here.
Adafruit WebIDE for the #RaspberryPi gets a big update
Adafruit have been busy updating their WebIDE development environment for the Raspberry Pi. There’s a huge amount of new stuff and improvements; these have been covered brilliantly by the Foundation over on their blog. You can find out more about the…
Change the colour of Will’s #RaspberryPi desk
Great Internet of Things project from William Wnekowicz – you control the colour of his desk area at some date in the future by choosing from a colour wheel. It’s all powered on a Raspberry Pi running PHP and Python scripts…
Deimos: #RaspberryPi remote-controlled rover
Doug Roberts has built a remote controlled rover with a Raspberry Pi at its heart. It’s powered by a LiPo battery and uses an Adafruit PWM servo board to control movement. It’s featured over on the adafruit industries blog.
PiPurr – Remote Cat Interaction Server with a #RaspberryPi
Here’s a cute post from Tris on the Can’t Hack Won’t Hack blog. He’s developing a cat tending machine with a Raspberry Pi to include a webcam and treat dispenser (and more) to monitor his cats when he’s on holiday.…
Freetronics teases USB LiPo charger
Here’s an interesting bit of advance news. Freetronics has just announced a new product, available soon, that will enable you to charge a 3.7.v lipo cell from a USB port via a micro USB port. Interesting… perhaps this could be…
Winkleink plays with some stepper motors and a #RaspberryPi
Over on the Winkleink blog, they’re playing around with stepper motors, a USB gamepad and some Python (including Pygame) to move some cardboard powered by jar lids. Sounds silly, but it shows some great concepts. Read more here. See also my…