I don’t normally promote non-Pi crowdfunding, but given how many people were interested in the Arduino at the Jam on Saturday, I wanted to show you this. It’s a project to build a non-profit Arduino Leonardo compatible board. Normally, you’d…
Category: Arduino
BrickPi for LEGO MINDSTORMS and #RaspberryPi now available for pre-order
Dexter Industries had a successful Kickstarter recently for “BrickPi”… Well, that’s underplaying it – they reached a whopping 6,751% of their funding, which is the biggest over-fund I think I’ve ever seen. Simply put, BrickPi turns the Raspberry Pi…
One hobbyist looks back on a year rediscovering a love of electronics with the #RaspberryPi
Conor O’Neill has blogged about his experiences both this year and in the past with electronics, the Pi, Arduinos, and all kinds of other things. Worth a read for an affectionate look back. Read it here
A guide to all the variants of Arduino
For those of you who are interested in using an Arduino, whether in conjunction with the Pi or not, here’s a guide to the most common boards.
#RaspberryPi and RFID together create a toy/game for toddlers
Indonesian programmer Yohanes Nugroho has taken his cue from LeapFrog and created an educational toy for his son. He’s used a Raspberry Pi and a pack of RFID cards to teach the alphabet. Read more about this great project here
#RaspberryPi enabled robot claw game
Stevenage-based Ryan Walmsley (he of rastrack.co.uk fame!) is developing a Raspberry Pi-based version of the classic arcade claw game. The game uses physical controls to manipulate a claw in a cabinet to grab prizes in the hopper below. An Arduino…
Connecting an Arduino to #RaspberryPi
On his blog, Conor O’Neill discusses the options available to you if you want to connect an Arduino to a Raspberry Pi. He also gives a detailed tutorial on how to do the most complicated option. Read the blog here
#RaspberryPi and Rainbowduino make for psychedelic helmet
Ryan Longo and Michael Vogt have teamed up to create a Daft Punk-inspired helmet powered by a Raspberry Pi and using several I2C-capable Rainbowduinos. Read more about the project here and watch the demonstration video.
Emulate Arduinos on the #RaspberryPi for real-time readings
This is a bit complicated to understand, so I’ll just quote the relevant bits from the Space Apps Challenge page. Proof of concept that threads in a Real Time Operating System for the Raspberry Pi can emulate various Arduinos with…
Arduino-controlled #RaspberryPi speech synthesizer
Phillipines-based Kuya Marc has teamed up an Arduino with a Raspberry Pi to make an Arduino-controlled speak synthesiser. Read more here