Andreas Muller and Jason Van Cleave over at CreativeApplications.net have written a tutorial on using openFrameworks on the Pi. openFrameworks is an open source C++ toolkit for ‘creative coding’. It provides an interface to graphics, audio, video, networking and access…
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Create shapes in #RaspberryPi edition of Minecraft
Martin O’Hanlon continues his series on Minecraft by using his MinecraftDrawing object to create 3D geometric shapes in the virtual world. Read more here
Festive fun with the PiRingo LED board for the #RaspberryPi
Just in time for Christmas, ebay and Amazon seller 4tronix have developed a cute little GPIO add-on board for the Pi. It has a ring of LEDs and two switches meaning you can use it in a PiGlow-type way but…
Connect a #RaspberryPi to 3G using a dongle
The guys over at “The Fan Club” have been slogging their way through connecting the Pi up to the 3G mobile network. They’ve documented the procedure for your viewing pleasure. Read it here
New Motor Controller Board Kit for the #RaspberryPi
Ryan Walmsley, the programmer behind rastrack.co.uk, co-editor of Pi Weekly and organiser of the Stevenage Raspberry Jam has moved into the hardware arena with his Motor Controller Board. The budget-priced board is designed to do one thing, and do it…
Quick guide to Nano text editor on the #RaspberryPi
Matt, over at Raspberry Pi Spy, has written a brief guide to using the Nano text editor. This is an essential piece of software for those who work from the command line and is the staple for things like Git.…
Chart ambient vs outside temperature with a #RaspberryPi
Over at WhiskeyTangoHotel.com, they’ve written a tutorial that takes a Pi, a DS18B20 temperature sensor and a sen.se account to record and plot out temperature readings. Read how they did it and see the code
Stereoscopic viewer using a #RaspberryPi and a retro device
Vancouver-based Alec Smecher has taken a vintage View-Master toy and crammed in a Raspberry Pi, the innards of a CD-ROM drive and 2 OLED displays to create a portable stereoscopic video player. It’s a truly astounding mod and it’s well…
3D scanner made up of 40 #RaspberryPi boards and cameras
Richard has developed a 3D scanner using the Pi and the camera module… actually, 39 of them! He’s created an Instructable and also set-up a website specifically for the project. He recently took it to the Maker Faire in Groningen, Netherlands…
#RaspberryPi tutorial video – analog inputs
Fraser May has created his third tutorial video. This time he uses the MCP3004 analog-to-digital converter to show how you can add analog inputs to your Pi.