The FUZE has been out for a while now. It is an all-in-one workstation based around the Raspberry Pi and comes with an array of electronic components, a breadboard and a proprietary breakout board. The case is extremely solid and…
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Self-balancing 3D-printed Raspberry Pi robot
Paolo Negrini wanted to build himself a self-balancing robot. So, he’s used an Arduino Mega to read all the sensors and then added a Pi as the communications and data-transfer hub. He then printed out the chassis parts on his…
Adafruit Raspberry Pi libraries for temperature sensors
Adafruit has now written guides for using three different types of temperature sensor: TMP006, MAX31855 and MCP9808. You can see the guides here.
Snakes and Ladders game for the Raspberry Pi
Linux guru Les Pounder has created this fantastic version of Snakes and Ladders called Pythons and Resistors, hooked up to a Raspberry Pi. You press a button to perform a dice roll and magnets and reed switches embedded in the…
Build a Goblin Detector with the Raspberry Pi
Andrew Oakley’s daughter’s bedroom is plagued by goblins. So, they decided to use a Raspberry Pi to scare the little so-and-sos off! They’ve used a PIR sensor for detection and the Pibrella for a buzzer and general connectivity. Lovely little…
Program a Kickstarter tracker in Python on the Raspberry Pi
Alex Eames wanted an easy way to track multiple Kickstarter campaigns. So, he decided to write one himself… As you do. He’s started a series on his blog, RasPi.TV. Read the first part here.
Use Firmata to communicate with an Arduino from a Raspberry Pi
Here’s a great tutorial, and accompanying video (see below), from “Android Eric” in which he describes how to use the Firmata sketch on an Arduino and a python library on the Raspberry Pi.
Interview with Raspberry Pi PiCamera library author
Les Pounder went to the Raspberry Jamboree in Manchester earlier this year and interviewed Dave Jones. Dave is the author of the PiCamera Python library for the Pi. You can read the interview here.
Pygame basics on the Raspberry Pi
Jeremy Blythe has written a great tutorial on how to get started with Pygame, particularly with reference to the PiTFT mini touchscreen. Lots of code examples here, including how to display the output from a potentiometer in a graphical format. Take…
New visual programming environment for the Raspberry Pi – Wyliodrin
For those of you who don’t like to write actual text-based code, and instead prefer a visual programming environment, there are only a few options out there, most notably Scratch and NodeRED. There is a new player in the arena…