Ismail Uddin has published a nice little tutorial on Science Exposure. In it, he uses a 16×2 HD44780 LCD screen and some Python to produce a next-bus tracking system. He’s uploaded the Python script to GitHub for easy download. Nice…
Category: Programming
New version of Raspberry Pi Scratch brings native GPIO support
When Raspbian Jessie was launched a week-and-a-bit ago, included in it was a new version of Scratch. In addition to an overall improvement in speed/performance, native GPIO support was introduced as well as the ability to control the Camera Module. This…
Make your Raspberry Pi speak with NodeRED
Pete Scargill has been experimenting with NodeRED for quite some time, mostly in relation to using it as an Internet of Things platform. At the moment, he is using NodeRED as a translator and to trigger speech synthesis. Check out his…
FUZE BASIC upgraded to support the Raspberry Pi SenseHAT
Some great news for owners of the FUZE platform. An update has been released that means you can now interface with the Raspberry Pi SenseHAT using the FUZE BASIC language. The following commands have been added: senseRGBcolour – sets the active colour…
Track aircraft near you with PiAware on the Raspberry Pi
Martin O’Hanlon wanted to track aircraft near him. So, he installed PiAware on his Raspberry Pi and then wrote some simple Python to detect when an aircraft was nearby and then light up an LED. It’s a simple project, but it’s a…
New GPIO wrapper library for the Raspberry Pi
Ben Nuttall has been working hard to create a library which will provide a simpler interface to the GPIO pins. The library is called GPIO Zero. At the moment, on the RPi.GPIO library, there are a couple of commands to…
Using a hall-effect sensor with the Raspberry Pi
Matt Hawkins wanted to detect a magnet on his 3D printer. To do this, he has used a hall-effect sensor module and some simple Python script on the Raspberry Pi. If you want to experiment with this nice little, cheap…
Cannybots Kickstarter launched today – includes Raspberry Pi support
Cannybots, who are a regular at the Cambridge Raspberry Jam, have been working on their product for 18 months now. During that time, they’ve gone through several iterations of the product and introduced it to several schools in prototype form. The Cannybot…
Read flight information via Python on a Raspberry Pi
Martin O’Hanlon has created a Python class that interrogates the JSON feed data from Piaware (the Pi implementation of FlightAware), exposing that data to any Python script that you might care to write. The class, FlightData, is available to download…
Learn how to use the Raspberry Pi and the Internet of Things on this free course
Initial State, who I’ve blogged about before, host an Internet of Things service that allows you to send data to it and then visualise that data using their dashboard tools. They have now written a course based around their service…