It’s always great to see another programming language being used on the Raspberry Pi. Phil Yeeles has worked out a way to develop using the Lisp language on the Pi. Read his blog for more information
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Year 5s get to play with a #RaspberryPi in the classroom
Alex Eames from RasPi.tv teaches some ICT classes at his local school and decided to take in his Raspberry Pi to show the kids and get them involved. Using a light sensor, a lamp, a temperature sensor and a fan,…
Adding an audio amplifier to your #RaspberryPi
Conor O’Neill needed to increase the volume level from the Raspberry Pi so that he could hear media being played whilst exercising. So he experimented with various circuits and eventually came up with something that worked. Read more here
USB battery pack experiments with the #RaspberryPi
With my Raspberry Pi camera project, it’s vital that the Pi is portable and untethered to mains electricity. So, I researched various ways of powering the Pi from battery. This ranged from using LiPo batteries, through AA batteries and finally…
SqueezeBerry gives the Logitech Squeezebox a new lease of life with the #RaspberryPi
Although Logitech have now terminated the Squeezebox product, a blogger called Emmaanuel has created a Raspberry Pi-based music player out of one. Read how he did it here.
Home automation software Freedomotic now available for the #RaspberryPi
From the Freedomotic website: Freedomotic is an open, flexible, scalable and mashups oriented software that can interact with well known standard building automation protocols as long as with “do it yourself” solutions. It treats the web, social networks and frontends…
Tim Moore speaks about Robots in Schools and the #RaspberryPi
Tim Moore, at a Raspberry Jam on 8th April 2013, speaks about robots and Raspberry Pi in schools.
Fuze case has a retro appeal and practicality for #RaspberryPi hobbyists
Aylesbury-based manufacturer Binary Distribution has created a case reminiscent of the 1980s. It has a built in keyboard (which is apparently not comfortable to use… a bit of a downer) but the aesthetics are very attractive. The best thing for…
BrickPi – mash a #RaspberryPi with LEGO Mindstorms
Here’s a new project to easily turn a Raspberry Pi into a controller for motors and sensors using the LEGO Mindstorms platform. You have to browse around their site a bit, and you do have to source your own circuit…
Fifth #RaspberryPi balloon launch with Dave Akerman this Saturday
On Saturday morning, Dave Akerman will be launching PIE5 – a model A Raspberry Pi hanging from a weather balloon. These are great events as you can follow them online. This balloon is planned to travel across Europe and take…