Introduction In my opinion, the weakest part of the Raspberry Pi is the use of an SD card on the board, and more specifically the way it sticks out by approx 1.5cm. Most of the cases (apart from the Cyntech…
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BoardForge: #RaspberryPi powered Pick and Place Machine
Amazing piece of hack-and-make from Drew Fustini and the Pumping Station One team presented at the SXSW Create show. It picks up components and assembles them onto a circuit board according to what the user has chosen to build. The…
Duncan Hull sums up the Raspberry Jamboree #rjamboree #raspberrypi
Speaking on his blog O’Really, Duncan Hull has summarised the main themes and highlights from the Manchester Raspberry Jamboree. Read the article
FishPi : one year on – autonomous Atlantic crossing with a #RaspberryPi
Great update from the FishPi team about their current progress on developing an autonomous vehicle to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Read the article
#RaspberryPi thermometer with digital display
David Nash has put together a series of components purchased from Adafruit to produce this rather nice thermometer with a matrix used as a digital display.
Replacing Google Reader with a #RaspberryPi and Tiny Tiny RSS
Conor O’Neill, like many of us, has used Google Reader in the past to aggregate RSS feeds into a manageable format. However, since Google decided to “retire” Google Reader, we’ve all been looking for a good replacement. Not one to…
Pan & Tilt Face Tracker with a #RaspberryPi
Michael at MitchTech has been busy. He’s written a tutorial, including wiring diagrams, on creating a pan-and-tilt face tracking system with a Microsoft LifeCam, a special bracket and a couple of servo motors. Read the tutorial here I’ll look more…
Internet radio on your #RaspberryPi
This is just a quick tutorial that shows you how to install the necessary packages on your Raspberry Pi to enable internet radio playing. Read the tutorial
Controlling a Slice of Pi/O with Python on the #RaspberryPi
Frank at Raspberry Alpha Omega has been experimenting with his Slice of Pi/O board. Read about his experiments here
Using Raspberry Pi and LEGO Mindstorms together for robotics #RaspberryPi @Raspberry_Pi
This is a good tutorial from Dexter Industries on using the Raspberry Pi in conjunction with the LEGO Mindstorms system to build a simple “robot” car. Read the tutorial