Exciting news on the crowdfunding front today. The creators of Pi Top, the first Raspberry Pi laptop, have launched a new campaign to fund their desktop offering, the Pi-TopCEED. The Pi-TopCEED offers you a Pi-based workstation with a 13.3″ HD…
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Arduino on the Raspberry Pi – RasPiO Duino vs Gertduino
Hans Otten likes to use ATmega chips in conjunction with the Raspberry Pi. To do this, he has purchased two boards: the RasPiO Duino and the Gertduino. He has extensively reviewed the two products over on his blog and has…
Raspberry Pi vendor Dawn Robotics closing down
Alan Broun, director of Dawn Robotics, has announced that the company is to shut its doors. You can read the full story over on the Dawn Robotics blog. I’d like to wish Alan well for his career as a computer programmer…
The Pi Hut and Makersify – 10-75% off Raspberry Pi related items & more
The Pi Hut and Makersify, both run by Jamie Mann, are currently having a stock clearance flash sale. Most items at The Pi Hut are currently between 10% and 75% off and items at Makersify are 10% off. The sale…
RasPiO GPIO Ruler for the Raspberry Pi goes on general sale
Alex Eames recently ran a successful Kickstarter for the RasPiO GPIO Ruler (pictured above). The ruler is a brilliant crib-sheet for people who want to use the GPIO pins of the Raspberry Pi but can never remember how to get started. When I…
Raspberry Pi laptop Pi-Top actually shipping
Last year, a team called Pi-Top announced they were going to be launching a crowdfunding campaign for a new Raspberry Pi laptop. The campaign succeeded with 217% of its target funding and the team got to work to deliver the product. Now,…
CamJam EduKit 3 for the Raspberry Pi launches soon!
Big stuff happened yesterday and I haven’t got around to blogging it until now. Myself, Tim Richardson and Jamie Mann (from The Pi Hut) have been working for months (Months, I tell you! Months!) to create the new CamJam EduKit. This one…
Maplin beginners’ soldering kit only £10 at the moment @maplintweet
Maplin often do clearance items that are of interest to Raspberry Pi owners. I’ve just received their latest email and the good old beginners soldering kit is currently on sale for only £10! This is a great offer and the…
CamJam EduKit 3 – Robotics for the Raspberry Pi announced
At the Cambridge Raspberry Jam on Saturday, myself, Tim Richardson and Jamie Mann from The Pi Hut announced the third CamJam EduKit. This kit is all about robotics. You can catch the launch video below or skip it and read…
Pimoroni focus on Raspberry Pi HATs for their second episode
The recording of Pimoroni’s Bilge Tank episode 001 is now online. This episode covers HATs; what they are, what HATs are available and what you can use them for. Take a look at the video below. As always, it leans…