http://i.imgur.com/BkUYrvT.webm Chris Robinson from NODE has taken a Raspberry Pi 2 and adapted it to fit into a hard drive enclosure. He added a screen, a battery and a mini keyboard, together with some other parts, and created this Nintendo DS-style…
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FUZEBOX: a new peripheral for teaching coding from the makers of the FUZE
The makers of the Raspberry Pi-based FUZE computer have just launched a new Kickstarter campaign to fund the FUZEBOX. The FUZEBOX is a peripheral designed to plug into any device via USB, whether this be a PC, Mac, or Linux box,…
Control your terrarium with a Raspberry Pi and Energenie
A terrarium really is a beautiful thing. Tom Bennet has placed a temperature sensor inside his terrarium box and then hooked up a Raspberry Pi to it. The Pi controls an Energenie home automation switch to maintain the environment inside. Take…
Track your weight with this set of scales that uses a Raspberry Pi and a Wii Balance Board
Jamie Bailey from Initial State (a brilliant IoT API website) has been in touch again. This time, he’s published a really fun tutorial in which you create a set of scales from a Wii Balance Board and hook it up to…
Take the Minecraft Bedrock Challenge with the Raspberry Pi and The MagPi
The MagPi has just published a fun little tutorial which gives you the code for “The Bedrock Challenge”. In Minecraft Pi Edition, the Python code generates a random, invisible arena with holes in the floor that you must avoid to prevent…
3D-printed flight case for the Raspberry Pi and SenseHAT / AstroPi
Les Pounder has been rummaging around in the CPC warehouse for components to populate a 3D-printed AstroPi flight case. So, far he’s found some cost effective buttons to poke out the top. The 3D-printed case came from RyanTeck. Ryan offers…
Using the Flotilla Python library on the Raspberry Pi
Spencer Organ backed the Flotilla Kickstarter by Pimoroni and finally received his Mega Treasure Chest in March. He’s now begun to get to grips with the Python library that comes with it and has made a clever light meter and display using three…
Use the Raspberry Pi and the BBC micro:bit together with MicroPython and mu
Over at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, they say that they’re “platform agnostic”. In other words, whatever people can use to learn coding and electronics is all for the good. That’s why it’s encouraging to see them publish a new set of…
Wombat prototyping board for the Raspberry Pi – review
Francesco Vannini has got hold of a Wombat prototyping board which is a huge (by Pi standards) breakout and breadboard prototyping board made by Australian company Gooligum. He’s given it the once-over and has done a nice round-up of all its…
Review of CamJam EduKit 3 Robotics by Cat Lamin
Cat Lamin is a primary school teacher (and Raspberry Pi Certified Educator) and has recently got hold of CamJam EduKit 3 Robotics. The kit is a collection of electronic components that will help you get started with robotics using the Raspberry Pi and…