Another one from Richard Hayler. This time, he’s using Python on the Raspberry Pi to detect changes in the Astro Pi’s accelerometer and then translate that into commands he sends over bluetooth to a Sphero. The Sphero is a cute little…
Category: Programming
Arduino programming for the Raspberry Pi – RasPiO Duino launched for general sale
Alex Eames from RasPi.TV recently ran a very successful Kickstarter campaign for the RasPiO Duino – an add-on board for the Raspberry Pi. The Duino contains the same ATMEGA 328 chip that is on an Arduino and plugs directly onto the first 26 pins…
Minecraft ISS on the Raspberry Pi rotated using the AstroPi
Martin O’Hanlon has constructed a model of the International Space Station in Minecraft. He has then used the AstroPi HAT to send accelerometer data to the Pi. When the AstroPi is rotated, the space station within Minecraft mimics this movement. It’s…
Barcode scanner and online shopping API fused together on the Raspberry Pi
Denis Papathanasiou has taken an off-the-shelf USB barcode scanner and plugged it into his Raspberry Pi. He’s then written some code to use barcode data stored at the Open Product Data (POD) project to tell the Pi what the product is and then…
LifeBox – an ecosystem of LEDs with a Raspberry Pi
Ferran Fabregas flew over from Barcelona last weekend to attend the Southend Raspberry Jam. I was lucky enough to catch his talk on his project: the LifeBox. This is a cube approximately 35x35x35cm featuring an LED matrix panel on the front.…
3D mapping on the Raspberry Pi
Back in February, the Foundation published a blog post about Tangram ES which an open source map-rendering engine from Mapzen. Mapzen has now gone one further and developed an example app which displays a three-dimensional map and ties it into…
FUZE BASIC v3 released for free for the Raspberry Pi
UK-based FUZE have released their version of BASIC as a free download. This version has numerous improvements to previous versions and includes support for images and sprites. BASIC may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it is still a valid first…
Robot gardening workshop sponsored by Raspberry Pi Foundation
FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) is the UK’s leading media arts centre, based in Liverpool. On Sunday 28th June and Saturday 11th July, they’re running a robotic gardening workshop for adult-child teams. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has donated 100…
Converting Twitter emotions into art with a Raspberry Pi
A few of the Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists attended the Art Hackathon in Greenwich on 16th-17th May and got together with some others to create a lovely art project. The project takes a Twitter feed, analyses the tweets for keywords…
Control LEDs with the Explorer HAT and an 8-bit shift register on the Raspberry Pi
Sandy Macdonald has written an excellent explanation and tutorial for using a shift register with the Pimoroni Explorer HAT on top of the Raspberry Pi. It allows you to control 8 LEDs using just 3 output pins on the HAT,…