Ben over at Phenoptix has slaved away over a pinout diagram for the B+ that you can print out and push onto the GPIO pins, giving you an instant reference. Download from this page.
Category: Accessories
New products for the #RaspberryPi B+ starting to appear
Apart from the previously mentioned cases, some more B+ centric products are starting to appear. Over on the Cyntech shop, they’ve got the following: 40-way ribbon cables of various designs (1 2 3) 40-way paddle connector board 40-way GPIO Cobbler…
Energenie radio controlled sockets and #RaspberryPi transmitter – review
I was sent one of these to review by Energenie. No preconditions for it – I’m free to say what I like. The box contains a Raspberry Pi GPIO plug-in board and two sockets. The board itself is tiny and plugs directly into…
38 In 1 interchangeable precise tool set – review
I bought one of these from The Pi Hut on Friday and thought I’d do a quick review. Here’s how it comes, in a box: It’s identified as a JK-6088 A, but that doesn’t really mean much, so let’s open up…
Measure I2C temperature sensor using Java on the #RaspberryPi
Alexander Belokrylov from Oracle has written a programming tutorial to read the DS1621 temperature sensor using Java. Read it here.
#RaspberryPi and Makey Makey join together for cheese-related madness
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has just posted about a cool little project. Conor O’Neill has taken a Pi and a Makey Makey, used cheese as input devices, and used them to send remote control commands over Bluetooth to an RC…
Review of Adafruit low-profile SD adaptor for the #RaspberryPi
Jarle Teigland got hold of one of these adapters at the July 2014 CamJam and has blogged a review about it. Read it here.
Edimax EW-7811Un wifi dongle – review
EBuyer sent me one of these for free to review. There were no conditions attached, leaving me free to give (as always) an honest opinion of the product. This Edimax wifi dongle is tiny. In fact, the packaging maintains that it’s…
Using an ADXL345 Accelerometer on your #RaspberryPi with Python
Martin O’Hanlon has written up a brief tutorial on using this excellent accelerometer from Adafruit. Read it here.
UNICEF to use #RaspberryPi and HDMIPi for refugee camps
UNICEF have teamed up with Alex Eames, Cyntech and Pimoroni to take the Raspberry Pi into refugee camps in Lebanon. I won’t say more as I believe that everyone should read the full piece over on the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s…