For those of us who have one of those car rear-view monitors with composite inputs, this is a very promising forum topic over at the Foundation. Raspberry Pi • View topic – Modifying a 3.5″ car display for USB power..
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PiWorks #RaspberryPi case – review
Supplier: PiWorks (via eBay. Other batches are released at this price from their eBay merchant page) Price: £3 Purchased on: 8th January 2012 Rating: 4/10 This case was part of a batch of 1000 sold at a low price by PiWorks.…
Cyntech Case for #RaspberryPi – Review
Manufacturer: Cyntech.co.uk Supplier: NewIT.co.uk Price: £7 (approx) + 99p for SD card slot cover Rating: 7.5/10 UPDATE: There is now a cover for the SD card slot available. As this was the key impractical aspect of the case, I revise…
ModMyPi Case for #RaspberryPi – Review
Supplier: ModMyPi Price: £2.99 – £5.99 (plus delivery) Rating: 6/10 Another case review. This is for the widely-available ModMyPi case. I purchased two of these cases for £2.99 each. They were ‘GAMBLE Mix N Match‘ cases which means I did…
Robot Arm with the #RaspberryPi
Not a particularly new idea, but still interesting nonetheless. Matt Dyson has got the Raspberry Pi and a robotic arm bring controlled by an XBox 360 controller. I believe this is the same robot arm that Maplin are selling in…
SB Components #RaspberryPi case review
Supplier: SB Components (via eBay) Date of purchase: 4th January 2013 Price: £4.79 (inc VAT & postage) Delivery: 9th January 2013 Rating: 9/10 I spotted this post on the Raspberry Pi Foundation forum and thought I’d take a look at this…
Adafruit – Using a Servo Motor on the #raspberrypi [reblog]
Lady Ada and Dr Simon Monk (Evil Genius) team up to bring all Pi owners what they’ve always wanted – a tutorial to control a servo motor from the Pi! Adafruit’s Raspberry Pi Lesson 8. Using a Servo Motor
Great Sites for the Pi #5 – BerryIO
Daniel Bull, who attends the Milton Keynes Raspberry Jam, has created a stunning web interface for the Pi’s GPIO pins called BerryIO. It’s a great tool for beginners and experts alike to explore what the Pi can do with the…
Pi and Arduino [reblog]
Great summary article from Romilly Cocking of Quick2Wire of the community relationship between the Pi and Arduino as evidenced at the Milton Keynes Raspberry Jam. I’m still a bit unsure about level shifters, SPI and I2C, but I’m…
Milton Keynes Raspberry Jam #5 (6th January 2013)
A sold-out Milton Keynes Raspberry Jam at Bletchley Park! A great meeting with loads of people with stuff to show. So, a quick round-up of some of the things I saw! A BigTrak tank robot with Star Wars webcam controlled…