Great news! Tickets for the Birthday CamJam, which takes place on 2nd March at the Computer Laboratory in West Cambridge, are now available. There will be Talks, Show and Tell, Workshops and a Marketplace in the biggest event CamJam has…
Category: Raspberry Jams
The Return of Cambridge Raspberry Jam – 22nd April 2023 at Makespace! – A review
After several years, populated by coughs and wheezes and dreadful diseases, CamJam is back, and what a wonderful event it was! Myself and Tim Richardson have happily handed over the reigns to Brian Corteil, someone we’ve known for many years,…
Potton Pi & Pints Raspberry Jam – Saturday, 23rd November, 2019 from 1pm-5pm
Fancy doing some Raspberry Pi, Arduino or micro:bit stuff in a relaxed, social atmosphere? Fancy a chat with fellow geeky-type people? Fancy finding out about the Raspberry Pi and other boards from first principles? Then, the “Potton Pi & Pints”…
Thorpe Raspberry Jam (near Norwich) – 9th November
Norwich gets a Raspberry Jam on the 9th November at Thorpe St Andrew School from 10am-1pm. It’s packed with workshops and admission is free. You can find out more and get tickets here.
Potton Pi & Pints – free Raspberry Jam – Saturday, 6th July
Myself and Tim are holding a Raspberry Jam in Potton, Bedfordshire, on Saturday, 6th July. The Jam, which runs from 1pm-5pm is a family-friendly event that just happens to be held upstairs in a pub! It is an informal Jam in…
Cotswold Raspberry Jam – Saturday 18 May – Get your free tickets to one of the best Raspberry Jams in the country!
Cotswold Jam is running again on Saturday 18 May 1-4pm in Cheltenham. There’s two floors of hands-on robots, retro gaming, show & tell projects and tutorials, including Minecraft coding. One of their more unusual workshops this time is a session…
Milton Keynes Raspberry Jam – 19th January – So, you got a Pi for Christmas… what next?
Did Santa bring you something small, square-ish and green? Are you not sure what to do next? Need some inspiration? Want to see what others get up to with their Raspberry Pis? Come along to the Milton Keynes Raspberry Jam…
Cotswold Raspberry Jam – THIS Saturday afternoon
This Saturday 24 November sees Cotswold Raspberry Jam in Cheltenham, 1-4pm. Free tickets are available from: http://cotswoldjam.org The event includes the Astro Pi Mission Zero tutorial where you can get your code running on the International Space Station! If you’re under 14,…
Fireworks display using the Pimoroni Mote on the Raspberry Pi
This is a nice little project that I wrote the code for a couple of Sundays ago. It uses the Pimoroni Mote (full kit) to appear as fireworks and then uses Pygame to play the sound of fireworks as each Mote…
Cotswold Raspberry Jam – Saturday, 15th September – get your free tickets
Cotswold Raspberry Jam is back, after the summer break, on Saturday 15 September from 1-4pm in Cheltenham. Visit their website to get free tickets. All equipment is provided, you don’t need to bring anything. The Jam is suitable for ages…