Jeremy Blythe has been busy building a parking sensor/camera with distance warning out of a Raspberry Pi, Sharp distance sensor, 2.2″ LCD screen and a Microsoft Lifecam Cinema camera. He has blogged about it and included all the code necessary…
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Dave Akerman creates new lightweight #RaspberryPi balloon payload
Dave, who also has a pre-release camera module, has been busy building the next payload for his Raspberry Pi balloon flights. His previous Pi was given as a gift to Eben Upton of the Foundation just recently and Dave is…
First encoded video from my #RaspberryPi camera module / @Raspberry_Pi
After much messing around with both ffmpeg and avconv, I’ve finally found a combination that works to convert a raw H264 recording from the camera module to something usable. I converted it to an Ogg-format video. That means that it should…
Airborne! #RaspberryPi quadrocopter
Bart has reported on a successful flight of a Raspberry Pi powered quadrocopter piloted by friend Matthew. Read more here or view the video below.
Timelapse photography with the #RaspberryPi camera module / @Raspberry_Pi
I am now saving a picture from the camera every minute. I’ve written some PHP and JQuery to create a timelapse of the images. They will update throughout the night and, with any luck, by the morning I’ll have a…
Video from the Raspberry Jamboree – Deploying #RaspberryPi in a classroom
Presentation by Alex Bradbury of Cambridge University about the issues schools face in deploying a set of Raspberry Pis in a classroom.
BerryClip #RaspberryPi add-on board review
Raspberry Pi For Beginners has done a review of the BerryClip add-on board from Matt Hawkins at Raspberry Pi Spy. It’s a positive review and goes through the Python examples using the Adafruit web IDE.
#RaspberryPi Foundation blogs about creating the camera board
David Plowman has written a guest post over at the Foundation about how the camera module was put together and how the software was worked out. Really interesting stuff. Read the article
Raspberry Pi RGB LED Clock – YouTube
Chris Fane has created a rather nifty little clock out of a Raspberry Pi model A and some leftover RGB LEDs. Read more here or view the video below.
BBC cracks the code with a #RaspberryPi
The Foundation has done a post on the BBC programme Cracking the Code which featured the launching of one of Dave Akerman‘s weather balloons with a Raspberry Pi attached. If you’re in the UK, you can watch the programme via…