Following their successful Kickstarter campaign, Team Laika has licenced Pimoroni to sell their excellent robotics board, the Laika Explorer. This board has the following: 2x analogue and 4x digital inputs – to connect sensors, switches and other input devices. 7x…
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#RaspberryPi Fuze heads to Maplin
PCR, a UK PC and tech community site, are reporting that the Fuze is going to be sold in Maplin. I see this as a good fit as Maplin is often the public’s first exposure to the Pi. It’s just…
Review of the Fuze #RaspberryPi kit
Tony Smith has reviewed the all-in-one Raspberry Pi kit The Fuze. This is the one that comes with an embedded keyboard, GPIO breakout and breadboard. It was not well-received by Linux User and Developer when they recently looked over it…
Affordable HDMI high definition screen for the #RaspberryPi
Alex Eames of RasPi.TV and Dave Mellor of Cyntech have teamed up to create a new Kickstarter for a cheap HDMI-capable screen, primarily for the Raspberry Pi. This is one of the best campaigns for Pi hardware I’ve seen –…
New product found: @4tronix_uk PiRoCon robot controller for #RaspberryPi
eBay vendor 4tronix, (@4tronix_uk) who have proved themselves to be very good at customer service (just ask @gadgetoid or myself!) and super-fast on delivery have just released the PiRoCon – a GPIO robot controller plugin board. It has the following features:…
Coming soon – Adventures in #RaspberryPi by Carrie Anne Philbin
Teacher, creator of Geek Gurl Diaries and all-round nice person Carrie Anne Philbin has written a new book – “Adventures in Raspberry Pi”. This 256 page book, published by Wiley, will be released on 22nd November and is available to…
Great deals on #RaspberryPi Model A and Camera Module
As announced on the Foundation blog, there are some terrific Pi deals out at the moment. Their post lists the prices in dollars (though confusingly doesn’t include links for US/Overseas customers), but here are the details if you’re in the UK.…
A look inside Pimoroni, #RaspberryPi accessory manufacturers
Matt Cowan visited the Pimoroni offices and the Raspberry Pi Foundation HQ and videoed some footage of Paul Beech, founder of Pimoroni, and a bunch of people from the Foundation. An interesting look behind the scenes at this great little…
Special offer on #RaspberryPi and camera at CPC – £31 delivered!
Just saw this come up on the Foundation forum. CPC/Farnell are currently selling a model A Pi and a camera module for £31 delivered. Buy it here
New kit launched – RasWIK, the #RaspberryPi Wireless Inventors Kit
I have no affiliation, connection or arrangement with Ciseco, apart from meeting them at a recent Jam and talking to them about this product since then. Ciseco, who attended July’s Cambridge Raspberry Jam and will be making an appearance…