A while back, Jacob over at ModMyPi sent me a new board – a relay board designed to be used for IoT projects. I haven’t had a chance to use it myself yet, but I would like to feature it…
Category: Reviews
Pimoroni’s Micro Dot pHAT reviewed by Raspberry Pi’s The MagPi
In this month’s issue of The MagPi (the 50th), Phil King reviews Pimoroni’s Micro Dot pHAT. This little board features 6 micro-LED matrices that can be programmed independently. Read the review here. The pHAT is available from Pimoroni, The Pi Hut and…
Using a NexDock with the Raspberry Pi
Albert Hickey has been working with the NexDock laptop docking station and the Raspberry Pi. He has now written up his findings, including the best configuration he’s found to use them together. Read it here. Sounds like a really good…
Average Man reviews the PiOT relay board for the Raspberry Pi
Richard Saville, aka Average Man, has been testing out the ModMyPi PiOT relay board. He goes through the various functions of the board and even tries them out using a cheap Dremel-like hand drill… He does, however, point out that…
Les Pounder reviews the Nexdock as a Raspberry Pi screen & controller
Les Pounder, a freelance writer for various Linux magazines (and all-round nice person!), recently backed Nexdock on IndieGoGo (just like I wish I had!). He received his unit a few days ago and has since been playing around with it getting…
Putting the pi-topCEED together – a short video
Stewart Dunn has done a nice walk-around and install video of the pi-topCEED. You can see it below: The pi-topCEED is the latest product from the pi-top guys and really looks like the way forward in terms of housing a…
Enviro pHAT for the Raspberry Pi reviewed by The MagPi
The MagPi have published their review of Pimoroni’s Enviro pHAT. The add-on board, which features a barometer/temperature sensor, a light/colour sensor and an accelerometer as well as several analog inputs, is given a very positive review. Read it here. The…
ZeroBorg from PiBorg reviewed by the Raspberry Pi’s MagPi magazine
The MagPi have published their review of PiBorg’s ZeroBorg, the motor controller board from the successful Kickstarter campaign from a few months ago. In the extremely positive review, they look at the features and form-factor of the board, which is…
The MagPi reviews the Analog Zero for the Raspberry Pi from RasPiO
The MagPi has published their review of the Analog Zero from issue 48. It’s an extremely positive review and really highlights how usable the board is. I really like it (I covered it in a preview a few months ago) as…
Learn to Program with Minecraft – Book review
This is a somewhat belated review – I’ve had the book since January and have only just retrieved it from my suitcase! Apologies to Craig and No Starch Press; but the wait was worth it! Learn to Program with Minecraft is…