Following a question on the Raspberry Pi Foundation forum, Alex Eames has decided to stress test the brand new PiHub by powering 4 Pis at once from the little raspberry-shaped device. Read his post and watch the video here It is,…
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New Raspberry-shaped USB hub for the #RaspberryPi launched
Hot off the presses. 5 minutes ago, the new Raspberry Pi USB hub was launched by the Foundation. The new hub, which is manufactured by Pimoroni with assistance from Cyntech, has 4 USB ports and, most importantly, is shaped like…
Video comparison of the #BeagleBoneBlack vs #RaspberryPi
Matthew Timmons-Brown, aka The Raspberry Pi Guy, has done an excellent video comparison between the Raspberry Pi and the Beaglebone Black. I thoroughly recommend subscribing to his channel.
Book review: Practical #RaspberryPi
Harry Fairhead over at I Programmer has read and reviewed the book Practical Raspberry Pi by Brendan Horan. Not a very positive review, really! Practical Raspberry Pi.
RasPi.TV reviews the GPIO reference card / keyring for the #RaspberryPi
Alex has reviewed this cute little reference card over at RasPi.TV. Read the review here.
This month’s Linux User & Developer is a #RaspberryPi extravaganza
Issue 129 of Linux User and Developer magazine is a great buy for Raspberry Pi owners. It features the following articles: A 22-page special covering 10 Raspberry Pi projects “made easy” including: Media centre Portable internet radio Torrent client Time-lapse…
Book reviews cover Scratch and Minecraft for the #RaspberryPi
Shea Silverman has written two summary book reports for “Super Scratch Programming Adventure” and “Minecraft: Pi Edition Coding How-to”. Read the reviews
Linux Format this month covers #RaspberryJam phenomenon
This month’s Linux Format UK magazine has the following articles for the Raspberry Pi: Short news piece on Eben Upton winning the silver medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering. Short report from Manchester Raspberry Jam’s 1st anniversary meet-up. Review…
#RaspberryPi Camera module review and tutorial at TweakTown
Good, well-balanced review of the pros and cons of the camera over at TweakTown. There’s also a giveaway for those of you with camera modules already – just take a picture with it and enter the draw for a free…
#RaspberryPi Camera Module review from Linux User & Developer magazine
UK-based magazine Linux User and Developer have reviewed the camera module (rating it 4/5). It’s a fair review, and is quite critical in places. Nevertheless, it’s good to see the camera getting coverage. Read the review here