Although I attend the Milton Keynes Raspberry Jam regularly, I like to keep an eye out for reports from other Jams. This one: Oxford Raspberry Jam – Jan 2013 » DesignSpark is particularly interesting as it contains details of several…
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Building a personal microcontent server with #RaspberryPi
DesignSpark member Andrew Back takes a look at how a Raspberry Pi can be used together with TiddlyWeb and TiddlyWiki to create a personal microcontent server for hosting wikis and much more. Building a Personal Microcontent Server with Raspberry Pi »…
Etech Magazine issue 10 focuses on #Raspberry Pi
Etech magazine at Design Spark has a nice article about the Raspberry Pi as well as more Arduino-related stuff. Etech Magazine Issue 10 » DesignSpark.
#RaspberryPi Serial Communication: What, Why, and a Touch of How
Great article by Jeff Skinner on the various communications options on the Pi. Raspberry Pi Serial Communication: What, Why, and a Touch of How « Jeff’s Skinner Box. There is more information (a lot of it of a technical nature)…
Garden Railroad controlled with a #RaspberryPi and Wixels / @Raspberry_Pi
Martin Sant has been developing a way to control the points in a garden railroad such that he can use an Android app to determine the route a train will take. I’ll let him describe the set-up: “The technology behind…
SolarPi – solar-powered #RaspberryPi monitoring house environment / @Raspberry_Pi
Here’s a website running directly off of a Raspberry Pi powered by the sun from a 1.2m x 0.5m solar powered grid. SolarPi. Currently, the site contains a Met Office widget for the weather, Raspberry Pi uptime counter, solar panel…
Need a quick HTTP server? Try Python on the #RaspberryPi
If you need to start up a quick-and-dirty HTTP server on the Pi, try the following at the command prompt: python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 This will start up a server on port 8000. You can only server HTML pages without…
#RaspberryPi measures visibility in Central London / @Raspberry_Pi
The Shard is located in London and, at 310 metres (95 storeys), is the tallest building in the European Union. The price of apartments and condos in the building reflect the views they give across the UK capital and are…
Press Conference video of Google grant #RaspberryPi launch
Eben Upton struggles to keep the grin off his face as he announces Google’s support for UK education by giving away 15,000 Raspberry Pis over the next year. Google Raspberry Pi video – YouTube.
#Arduino vs. #RaspberryPi vs. other boards / @Raspberry_Pi
Benjamin Bellamy at Techwatch Keeward has just published a great table of all the technical and capability differences between the following boards: Arduino Uno Arduino Due Raspberry Pi, Model B CubieBoard Gooseberry APC Rock A13 OlinuXino A10 OlinuXino Hackberry A10…