Pardon me while I get a little excited! 🙂 Ben Nuttall ran a GPIO Zero workshop at the Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend. In the workshop, he used components from CamJam EduKit 1 (a cheap electronics components kit) to teach the basics…
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Analysing football statistics with R, Python, MongoDB and a Raspberry Pi
Paul Weeks has set up his Raspberry Pi to do data analysis on football results and other statistics. His first post dealt with setting up his Raspberry Pi for the job, including installing various software packages. His second post is all…
Controlling Spotify with Slack and a Raspberry Pi
Oklahoma-based Aaron Krauss works at Staplegun where they have just moved floors to an open-plan office. They had a sound system installed but no easy way to control it as the hub was in their server room (which was nowhere near where…
Create an open wifi network sniffer with a Raspberry Pi
Here’s a nice little tutorial from Dexter Industries. In it, they use a Raspberry Pi, their GrovePi add-on board, an LCD screen and a buzzer to create a system that will alert you when an open wifi network is found. Please…
Create a binary clock with your Raspberry Pi and add-on board
Simon Monk has written a nice tutorial on creating a binary clock using the Pi and a Unicorn HAT or SenseHAT. It’s been published by the MagPi online and you can read it here.
Beginner’s guide to installing Node.js on a Raspberry Pi
Dave Johnson from San Diego contacted me to share a guide he’s written on installing Node.js on the Pi. It takes you through first principles like writing the SD card and configuring the Pi before moving onto the Node.js installation…
Star Trek LCARS interface on the Raspberry Pi using Pygame
Toby Kurien has released a video (see above) and accompanying code for a Pygame-driven implementation of the famous Star Trek LCARS interface. It’s really top-notch work, with sound effects and everything. One of my personal holy grails, so I’ll be dipping into…
Girl Scout cookies protected by a Raspberry Pi
Jamie over at Initial State has posted a great new tutorial which uses an ultrasonic sensor with a GrovePi board to keep an eye on a stash of Girl Scout cookies. When an intruder is detected, the IS service is…
Swarming robot boats powered by Raspberry Pis
Dr Anders Lyhne Christensen, from BioMachines Lab of the Institute of Telecommunications in Portugal has developed a swarm of aquatic robots and they are all powered by Raspberry Pis. They communicate with each other over an adhoc wireless network. The boats…
Program a CodeBug from a Raspberry Pi with Python
The MagPi has just published one of it’s articles online. This one covers programming the CodeBug micro-controller from a Raspberry Pi using a Python 3 library. Read it here.