Alex Eames, over at RasPi.TV has been experimenting with a rain sensor. He’s figured out how to use the digital-out of a breakout board to trigger a buzzing alert when water is detected. By tuning the breakout with a potentiometer, it…
This is the 2017 post. For 2018’s post, go here. Without much ado at all, here’s a list of the companies in the Raspberry Pi world and what they’re doing for Black Friday. I’ll update this post as I hear…
Just recently launched on Kickstarter, Pip is a portable “digital creation” device based around the Raspberry Pi Compute Module. Let’s take a look at the product, and I’ll give you my opinion at the end. Hardware The Pip is based…
Alex Eames of RasPi.TV fame has run several excellent crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter, normally delivering ahead of time and providing lots of communication along the way. His latest is for the RasPiO FullpHAT and he’s running it as a 7-day campaign from his…
The PiSupply PiJuice is finally here! What is the PiJuice? It’s a battery power pack HAT for your Raspberry Pi. The Review Tim Richardson (@Geeky_Tim) has joined me on this review to give his insight, so we’ll be moving back…
Jacob from ModMyPi (behind) and Tim from PiBorg (in front) along with Dexter (the dog) have just announced that they are moving forward in partnership. PiBorg will design new add-on boards while ModMyPi will handle manufacture and distribution. This is…
The GoPiGo 3 is the newest iteration of Dexter Industries‘ robotics kit. The US-based company was kind enough to send me one over for review a few weeks ago and I’m pleased to say I’ve now put it together and…
West Sussex-based Lincoln Binns has announced the launch of their new industrial-strength Raspberry Pi enclosure. They have developed other industrial cases previously but this is the first time they have brought all the ports round to the same side of the case.…
pi-top, the creators of the World’s first commercial Raspberry Pi laptop and the desktop version, the pi-topCEED, have just announced that they have re-designed their most famous product – itself called the pi-top. This laptop, which is powered by a…
I’ve just noticed that The Pi Hut has just put on sale the Google AIY Voice Kit. This kit, which is the offspring of the famous MagPi issue 57, costs £25 and contains everything you need to put together your…
