Following a 7-month transition period, Premier Farnell last week announced that all it’s Raspberry Pi units are now officially Made in the UK. This was great news for most Pi enthusiasts who always believed that a UK-invented product should be…
Category: Opinion
BBC article talks about the #RaspberryPi and the rise of small computers
In this article, the BBC covers the world of miniature computing and the explosion, in recent months, of devices into the market. It’s a good article but they would have been better advised not to sidebar some uncharitable comments from an…
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…
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…
#RaspberryPi Model A dimensions/layout different?
Over on the MK Raspberry Jam Forum, there’s been a report that there are subtle millimetre-sized differences between the basic layout of the Model B and Model A. Apparently the USB port on the Model A sticks out about 1mm…
OCR to publish Tutorials with Google’s free #RaspberryPi initiative
Edited from this article on the OCR website. OCR has joined with Google in their initiative to hand out thousands of free Raspberry Pi computers to schools across the country. To help teachers and students get started with the Pi and…
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…
Frustration with the MCP3008 ADC
I don’t often vent my spleen on my blog. This time, however, my frustration has boiled over. I’ve been trying to get an analog to digital converter working with my Pi. Now, I should say going into this I’m not…
Opinion Piece: Raspberry Pi, Model A
The first engineering samples of the Raspberry Pi, Model A have been produced. Read about it here first: First Model A samples off the line! | Raspberry Pi. As you can tell from the picture above and from the Foundation’s announcement,…