Afkham Azeez has built a Raspberry Pi Cluster with more than a dozen Pis. The really clever part is that he constructed a custom power board with switches and USB ports to control power to each Pi separately. There is also a…
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OCR releases more #RaspberryPi resources for education / @Raspberry_Pi
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged that OCR had released a batch of rich, educational material for teachers to use in their ICT lessons. I’ve checked back this morning and they’ve doubled the number of documents available. The new…
Short tutorial on getting #PiFace working on the #RaspberryPi
This is a short walk-through on getting a switch/output working together on the PiFace expansion board for the Raspberry Pi. Useful if you (like the author) have just got your board. Raspberry Pi and PiFace | Jonathan’s Blog.
Article on the Raspberry Jamboree
Interesting article and interview snippets about the partnership between Jamboree organiser Alan O’Donohoe and CPC/Farnell. CPC partners with ICT teacher Alan O’Donohoe to feed Raspberry Pi to teachers hungry for skills to avoid ICT education crisis | The Drum.
Openelec vs Raspbmc vs Xbian [reblog]
Interesting post from Vincenzo Ampolo about the three XBMC distributions currently available for the Pi. Openelec vs Raspbmc vs Xbian « goshawk’s digital nest. In short, he rates them in the following order: Xbian OpenElec RaspBmc (he really doesn’t like…
RGB-LED Teaching Kit for the #RaspberryPi
Raspberry Pi enthusiast Meltwater has developed his second board kit for the Raspberry Pi. The first was the PSU Kit which was a voltage regulator board. The new one, called the RGB-LED Teaching Kit (snappy name…) gives you a collection…
Airtime – run a radio station from a #RaspberryPi
In this second article, Martin Konecny explores the performance issues of Sourcefabric’s open source Airtime sofware which provides management facilities for radio stations. Read the article: Airtime and Raspberry Pi part 2: planning for peak performance. This sounds a very promising project,…
Quick intro to BerryBoot on the #Raspberry Pi – boot multiple OSs – and opinion piece
I found a quick intro guide to using BerryBoot on the Pi. BerryBoot lets you choose which of the available images to install and boot from. You can choose at boot time which OS you want to run! Here’s a…
TheocBase Runs On The #RaspberryPi
For those interested in exploring the Raspberry Pi as a platform for Church activities, you might want to take a look at TheocBase. TheocBase is a piece of software for scheduling: Congregational Bible Study Ministry school Service meetings Public meetings…
#RaspberryPi using Scratch to control RC car over GPIO
Winkle Ink’s been tinkering with an old remote control car and a bunch of transistor based driver circuits. What he’s come out with is a remote control car that you can program from Scratch. It’s not the most precision control…