A friend of mine volunteers for a non-profit organization called Models for Heroes which aims to give Armed Forces veterans a focus for their free time by helping them get into scale modelling. He also builds his own scale models…
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Review of the Cytron Technologies Edu:Bit STEM and Coding kit
SC Lim of Cytron Technologies was kind enough to send me a review sample of their Edu:Bit, which is based around the micro:bit. Originally a successfully-funded Kickstarter, the Edu:Bit is, primarily, a large, red circuit board which houses a micro:bit…
The PicoPicorder – a work-in-progress prototype using a Raspberry Pi Pico and lots of components from Pimoroni and Adafruit!
During March, and for the past week as well, I’ve been working on the latest iteration of my Picorder project. This project, which has been my “go-to project” for the past 9 years (gulp!) is now running from a Raspberry…
Playing sounds from the Raspberry Pi Pico using CircuitPython – a journey of discovery
As you probably know by now, I’m not a microcontroller expert. However, with the advent of microcontrollers that use MicroPython and CircuitPython, I am a lot more comfortable using them now than I used to be! However, because the Raspberry…
Tune into radio stations from all over the (physical) globe with this Raspberry Pi project
Jude Pullen has taken a World globe and a lot of 3D-printed parts and created himself a brilliant radio player. By positioning the arm of the contraption affixed to the globe, it is possible to tune into to over 2000…
Floppy drive used for storage in this Raspberry Pi walkman music player
Terence Eden has created a device which will allow you to play music in what he calls the most inconvenient way possible. Labelled as “lo-fi awfulness and cyberpunk grungy”, this portable music player is a Raspberry Pi hooked up to…
Vintage radio hacked to produce Raspberry Pi-controlled AIY game
Dane, over at 8bitsAndAByte has taken a West German Telefunken radio and retrofitted it with a Raspberry Pi and a Google AIY Voice HAT and microphone (this is made from the original version, but I’m sure the new version would…
Roberts R757 Radio refurbishment project – Raspberry Pi inside!
For a few years, I have been following the work of Martin Mander, a hobbyist with a passion for refurbishing and repurposing vintage electrical equipment. Recently, Martin repurposed a 1970s transistor radio to create an internet radio. This inspired me to look…
LEGO Apollo Lunar Lander hooked up to a Raspberry Pi is a thing of beauty
Spotted this one in amongst all the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Apollo Moon Landings. Richard Hayler purchased the LEGO Lunar Lander set and built it up. He decided that he wanted a permanent enclosure to display it in and…
Playing multiple sound files on multiple output devices simultaneously with a Raspberry Pi
Devon Bray was working on an art installation project with Sara Dittrich. The requirement was to play 8 different sound files out of 8 different loudspeakers and to synchronise them all. For this, Devon used a Raspberry Pi connected up to…