Alex Eames has written a great blog post in which he wires up and uses a 7-segment display using the Raspberry Pi. The display, which is of the common cathode type, has 4 digits and Alex shows you how to…
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CamJam EduKit 3 – Robotics – Launches today for the Raspberry Pi
Tim Richardson, Jamie Mann (of The Pi Hut) and myself are very proud to announce the official launch of CamJam EduKit number 3. This one is all about Robotics and provides (almost) everything you need to build your own Raspberry…
Exterminate all long grass with a Raspberry Pi
Canadian Ron Ostafichuk took a lot of old pieces of wood and created a full-sized version of the most terrifying creature known to man: a Dalek! Powered by a 12 volt battery, he used a Raspberry Pi to control relay controllers…
Gravity Pong – a Raspberry Pi controlled game with over 1700 LEDs
The guys at Norwegian Creations have created a game called Gravity Pong. It is a 4.5 metre high ball-bouncing game which uses 1792 individually controllable RGB LEDs and it is controlled by a Raspberry Pi 2. For more details, read…
Reading analog signals with the RasPiO Duino and the Raspberry Pi
Alex Eames has now finished his series of videos about the RasPiO Duino, the great little add-on board for the Pi that gives you an ATMega chip, breakouts and a prototyping area. The last video is all about reading analog…
Emailing, tweeting, SMSing garage door with a Raspberry Pi
Bit of an old post, but it’s still a great project to do! Richard Lynch is a Boston, MA-based software engineer who loves the Raspberry Pi. He decided to use the Pi to monitor whether his garage door had opened.…
Hamsters: Lazy or marathon-runners? Let your Raspberry Pi work that out
Last year, Los Angeles-based software engineer Michelle Leonhart brought two Roborovski hamster puppies into her home. Since then, she read on the internet that the average Roborovski hamster runs four marathons every night. She decided to put that to the test. Enter the Raspberry…
Element 14 launches new Raspberry Pi customization service for industry
Element 14 have just announced that they are to offer a customization service for the Raspberry Pi. A consultancy service is available for companies to tailor the Raspberry Pi to their needs including the ability to remove connectors, add components…
Grippy grabby robotic arms with the Raspberry Pi
Dr. Prateek Tandon from Carnegie Mellon University has a PhD in Robotics and he is not afraid to use it. He has built two robotics projects that feature extra hands. The first (pictured above) has two large robotic arms that project from…
Delorean Time Circuit and Flux Capacitor with the Raspberry Pi
Happy Back to the Future Day! In honour of this momentous occasion, when we can expect Marty McFly to travel from the past and appear somewhere above Hill Valley, California, I’ve decided to re-post this excellent project from Carl Monk. In his extensive…