GPIO Zero, the easy-to-use Python library for the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins has just had an update on the Raspbian repository. It’s been available for a couple of weeks now via a slightly convoluted route, but is now available with…
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Raspberry Pi Zero production update from Eben Upton
Good news from Raspberry Pi Trading – Raspberry Pi Zero production is soon to enter a new phase, bringing with it better availability… and something mysterious. Here’s what Eben Upton had to say on a recent Raspberry Pi Forum thread: Raspberry…
Use the Raspberry Pi and the BBC micro:bit together with MicroPython and mu
Over at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, they say that they’re “platform agnostic”. In other words, whatever people can use to learn coding and electronics is all for the good. That’s why it’s encouraging to see them publish a new set of…
Getting started with Picamera on the Raspberry Pi
Ben Nuttall has just published a new ‘Learn’ resource on the Raspberry Pi website. This new resource takes you through using the Picamera Python library to do the following: How to connect the camera module to the Raspberry Pi How to…
New issue of The MagPi for Raspberry Pi owners is out now!
With its usual brand of projects-based articles, news, views and reviews, issue 44 of The MagPi is out now. You can buy it from reputable retailers or you can download it for free from their website. This month: Power up…
CamJam EduKit 1 joins Raspberry Pi learning resources
Pardon me while I get a little excited! 🙂 Ben Nuttall ran a GPIO Zero workshop at the Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend. In the workshop, he used components from CamJam EduKit 1 (a cheap electronics components kit) to teach the basics…
Raspberry Pi 2 & 3 hosted some of the RPF site on launch day
Pete Stevens from Mythic Beasts has described on the Raspberry Pi blog how a Raspberry Pi 2 and a Raspberry Pi 3 were pressed into action on the Pi 3 launch day to handle some of the traffic. It makes for interesting…
Liz Upton of the Raspberry Pi Foundation in the spotlight on The Pi Podcast
Liz Upton, Director of Communications at Raspberry Pi, gets the Pi Podcast treatment this time. Liz is one of my favourite people – she’s always friendly, always straightforward and fights her corner with the best of them. She’s steadfastly guided…
Q&A with Eben Upton from IT Pro
Adam Shepherd has carried out a rather nice Q&A session with Eben Upton, CEO of Raspberry Pi Trading. Well worth reading, and you can really hear Eben’s voice in it, rather than some other interviews which read very… edited, I think is…
Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists exhibition – apply for tickets
The Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists programme focused on “supporting and inspiring young people who are interested in creative uses of technology.” The initiative, spearheaded by the Foundation’s Rachel Rayns, is a mentoring programme that has taken nine young people under its…