The Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched a new educational resource to to commemorate the declaration of World War I. With it, you’ll be able to build your own morse code machine and have a Raspberry Pi play the morse and interpret…
Category: Programming
Controlling a model train with JS on the Raspberry Pi
Jonathan Porta has written a client/server application using Node.js and Angular.js on the Pi to control a model train set. He strapped a GoPro to the roof of the train and has got some great footage (below). You can view the…
Setting up the Adafruit PiTFT on the #RaspberryPi
Setting up the PiTFT can be a royal pain in the backside. Fortunately, the Average Man has come to the rescue by writing a comprehensive tutorial on getting the little screen working. If you’ve got one, or you’re just curious how…
Playing card detection using a #RaspberryPi and OpenCV
R D Milligan has been looking at ways to use his Raspberry Pi and webcam to detect playing cards and build a ‘Poker bot’ and he’s now got it recognising some cards. It’s an interesting project and he’s provided all the…
Automated reporting with a #RaspberryPi
Luke Maxwell from QueryClick has written an interesting piece about how his company used a Raspberry Pi, MySQL, SQLAlchemy and some Python scripts to automate client reporting. Read it here.
Create fractal trees in Minecraft on the #RaspberryPi
Martin O’Hanlon has been busy using the 3D Turtle graphics module he wrote to create fractal trees in Minecraft. I won’t say any more as there’s plenty of detail and code listings over on his website, but suffice to say…
Handy #RaspberryPi pinout has been updated for the B+
I guess if you’re not interested in the B+, this is a pretty slow news day! Phil Howard (@gadgetoid) created a brilliant interactive pinout for the Raspberry Pi some time ago. He has now updated it to take into account…
Install Ruby on Rails on the #RaspberryPi
Ruby on Rails is very popular as a web development language. Sam Berson has written a comprehensive tutorial to get you started on installing it. Then it’s just a case of finding examples online to get you informed as to…
New Minecraft game for the #RaspberryPi – hunt the TNT!
Matt Hawkins over at Raspberry Pi Spy has taken the ‘hunt the diamond’ concept and improved upon it. The game, called Operation Counterstrike, randomly places blocks of TNT around the map and then challenges you to find, and destroy, the…
Measure I2C temperature sensor using Java on the #RaspberryPi
Alexander Belokrylov from Oracle has written a programming tutorial to read the DS1621 temperature sensor using Java. Read it here.