Martin O’Hanlon is, basically, a Jedi when it comes to Minecraft Pi. He has now combined his work on the Astro Pi with a model of that same board within the Minecraft world. You can do everything with the model, from…
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Raspberry Pi security camera using a RasPiO Duino
Alex Eames has been busy experimenting with a way to replace an old low-res security camera at his house in Poland. He’s come up with a Pi-controlled, servo-positioned camera that will accept commands over Twitter. The core of the project is…
Motion detection with a web interface on the Raspberry Pi
Karl Herrick has taken a PIR sensor and hooked it up to his Pi. He’s then used a variety of different software including the Cylon.js framework and Node.js to do the detection and provide a web interface for the sensor. It’s an interesting…
Selfie camera with a Raspberry Pi and a Pipsta printer
Spencer Organ has blogged about his new project: a selfie camera with automatic printing facility. He’s used a Raspberry Pi camera module and a Pipsta printer to do it. He’s published the 14-line piece of code over on his blog, so…
Java, sensors and the I2C bus on the Raspberry Pi
Jose Cruz has continued his series on using sensors on a Raspberry Pi with Java. (You can see part 1 here) This time he tackles initialising the I2C bus on the Pi and then using Java to read sensor data…
Fridge with a Raspberry Pi automatically orders fruit for you
American Steve Hickson has done an excellent home automation proof-of-concept. He’s placed a Raspberry Pi and camera module inside his fridge (and made sure that the light stayed on). The Pi takes a picture, analyses it and identifies whether there…
Getting started with the Astro Pi
For those groups who are lucky enough to get hold of an Astro Pi board, it can be a little bewildering when it comes to getting started. Fortunately, Martin O’Hanlon has done a quick start guide that will help you download…
Train disruption indicator with lots of blinkies and a Raspberry Pi
James Singleton took a Raspberry Pi and a BlinkyTape and created a train disruption indicator. He used the London Underground API and an interface he wrote to look at Main Line delays to program the BlinkyTape to show different colours and to…
RyanTeck TrafficHAT for the Raspberry Pi is now available
A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed the RyanTeck TrafficHAT and gave it a solid 9/10. I’m pleased to say that it is now available to purchase. You can get hold of the HAT for under £10 delivered direct from RyanTeck…
Monitor your broadband speed with Loggly and a Raspberry Pi
Stephen Phillips has written an excellent, comprehensive tutorial in which he measures his broadband speed (ping, upload and download) and then sends the data to a free service called Loggly. Really interesting stuff and a great use for an always-connected-via-ethernet-cable…