Alex was kind enough to send me one of these kits but I’m free to say what I like. This kit is all about learning how to display data onto an LCD screen from analog temperature sensors. The basic kit…
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Weather forecasting with the Raspberry Pi and the SenseHAT
Giles Booth continues his series using the SenseHAT with this rather nifty weather forecasting script. It reads a forecast from the BBC news API and then performs some text-replacement jiggery-pokery before outputting the information to the SenseHAT’s matrix display. Really glad he’s…
Raspberry Pi AstroPi coder Crazy Squeak featured in local newspaper
Just a quick shout-out to the Royston Crow who have featured Amaideo Page-John (aka Crazy Squeak) and his programming work that has been launched into space with Tim Peake. The 10-year old, from Royston, was one of the lucky entrants in the Astro…
Tim Peake is on the International Space Station!
British astronaut Tim Peake launched from Baikonur at 11.03am (GMT). As part of his mission to the International Space Station, Tim will conduct experiments on two Raspberry Pi flight units that were sent up on 6th December. Here’s Tim with the world’s…
Raspberry Pis in space aboard Atlas V rocket!
An unmanned Cygnus cargo freighter, powered by an Atlas V rocket, has just taken off from Florida. On board are two Raspberry Pi Astro Pi units destined for the International Space Station. So exciting! Lump in my throat and tears in my eyes.…
Interested in the Raspberry Pi Astro Pi launch? Get thee to NASA’s stream
If you want to see the launch of the rocket with the Astro Pi units onboard, get over to UStream now to watch NASA TV!
Watch the AstroPi launch live – TONIGHT!
TONIGHT (3rd December) at 17:55 EST/22:55 GMT, two Astro Pi units containing Raspberry Pi computers and SenseHATs launch from Cape Canaveral, on their way to the International Space Station. You can watch the launch live via the Astro Pi website. Astronaut Tim Peake will…
Astro Pi on the BBC’s One Show
Friday saw astronaut Tim Peake and Astro Pi competition winner Hannah Belshaw being interviewed on the BBC’s magazine programme The One Show. If you’re in the UK, you can watch the episode online via BBC iPlayer. Tim and Hannah talk…
New AstroPi website launched by Raspberry Pi Foundation
Apologies for the lack of posts this week. Between Pi Wars, EduKit 3, rehearsals for Parade and real-life work, I’ve been pretty slammed! With Astronaut Tim Peake going up to the International Space Station next month to run experiments on two…
Hamsters: Lazy or marathon-runners? Let your Raspberry Pi work that out
Last year, Los Angeles-based software engineer Michelle Leonhart brought two Roborovski hamster puppies into her home. Since then, she read on the internet that the average Roborovski hamster runs four marathons every night. She decided to put that to the test. Enter the Raspberry…