Albert had a problem. He quite often corrupted or messed up his Pi’s SD card. Unfortunately, also on the SD card was lots of Minecraft work carried out by his kids. This meant that lots of work was being lost.…
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Controlling the Raspberry Pi using Bluetooth on the micro:bit
Barry Byford is a bit of a Bluetooth nut and he has turned his attention to the micro:bit and its Bluetooth interface. In this example (in the video above) he shows us how a micro:bit button press can be detected…
Nine year-old wins Tech4Good prizes with a Raspberry Pi asthma monitor
Nine year old Arnav Sharma is the 2016 Tech4Good Winner of Winners and the holder of the People’s Award following a ceremony at the BT Centre. He won the prizes for his AsthmaPi Kit, a device to help parents of asthma…
Build a spectrum analyzer with two Pimoroni pHATs and a Raspberry Pi Zero
Sandy Macdonald, one of the Pimoroni crew, has written an excellent tutorial in which he takes a pHAT DAC audio board, a Scroll pHAT and a Raspberry Pi Zero, solders them together and creates a visual spectrum analyzer. Python is used…
Adventures in Coding – book review
Another interesting release from Wiley. I’ve been sent this and another book to review, but I’m free to give an honest opinion. Introduction Adventures in Coding by Eva Holland and Chris Minnick is another in the series of “Adventures” books…
New Foundation resource helps you render selfies in Minecraft on a Raspberry Pi
There are some great resources over at the Foundation and a new one has just been added. This one uses the Pi camera to take a ‘selfie’ and then converts the RGB data into Minecraft blocks. If any of them…
Raspberry Pi Foundation launches new Learn to Code with Scratch book
The Foundation & The MagPi announced today that they have produced a new book. This one has 13 chapters focused on programming with Scratch. Although a print date has yet to be announced, you can download the PDF for free or…
Adding an OBD-II readout to your car with a Raspberry Pi
Ben Walters had a wish to add a dashboard read-out of his car’s OBD-II data. He took a Raspberry Pi and various other components, including a UPS HAT to provide backup power, and wired it into his car. The readout…
What’s inside the fridge? Using a Raspberry Pi to take stock
Mike Moyer was tired of seeing Samsung commercials for the Family Hub refrigerator with the built-in camera and decided to make his own using a Raspberry Pi, a webcam and a light sensor. Every time the fridge is opened, the Pi…
Control and maintain your pool via a web browser using a Raspberry Pi
Here’s a massive project for you. Normally, pool automation systems cost somewhere in the region of $10k. So, an Instructables user decided to create his own using a Raspberry Pi. He hooked up all the inputs for the main swimming…