Carl Monk’s really done a great job on this. Here’s an ISS tracker using a Raspberry Pi and the 8×8 Neopixel matrix of a Unicorn HAT. The Pi reads in the current co-ordinates and then plots the position on the Unicorn which has…
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Interactive graphing on the Raspberry Pi using Plot.ly
Alex Eames has been experimenting with the API of an online service called Plot.ly which allows you to send it a packet full of data which it then plots into a graph. He’s written some sample code and instructions for you to…
Fixing GPIO pins on a Raspberry Pi
Richard Hayler has done a great guide on how to fix bent pins on the Pi. A lot of it is common sense, but sometimes it’s nice to have some advice on a common problem. Have a read here if…
Reaction game with ScratchGPIO on the Raspberry Pi
Richard Hayler is currently running a Code Club at his school. This week he created a worksheet which helped his class make a reaction game using ScratchGPIO, a breadboard, a couple of switches and an LED. Take a look at…
Guide to High Altitude Ballooning
This isn’t strictly confined to the realm of Raspberry Pi, but I thought I’d share it anyway. Dave Akerman, who has launched loads of balloons (including the famous Babbage Jump and the T.A.R.D.I.S. launch) and has now written a guide…
Get Ubuntu desktop on the Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi forums user wintrmute has created a downloadable SD card image of Ubuntu with the LXDE desktop pre-installed. It has been compiled for use on the ARMv7 Raspberry Pi 2 and you can find instructions on how to install it on…
Seven segment Raspberry Pi Ping-Pong
JCR Matos has created a circuit layout in Fritzing for a ping-pong game that you can reproduce for a bit of fun with your Pi. You need several components, including driver chips for the seven-segment displays. He’s included all the…
WhatsApp on the Raspberry Pi
Max over at EmmeShop has posted a great tutorial on communicating with the mobile messenger app WhatsApp through the Raspberry Pi. He takes you through installing the software required (called yowsup) and then using it to send messages. It’s actually a Python…
Remote control your Raspberry Pi using your phone
Robin Newman, who is normally to be found hacking with Sonic Pi, has turned his attention to an online service called Telegram. Using your mobile phone, you can send messages to Telegram which will send them to your Pi which…
Running a Minecraft server on a Raspberry Pi 2
Martin O’Hanlon, Minecraft hacker extraordinaire, wanted to see if the Pi 2’s better CPU and upgraded memory ran a Minecraft server any better than the B+. He’s documented the procedure on his blog including how to download a vanilla server (or…