David Whale sent me a couple of books to look at recently. The first, Getting Started with Raspberry Pi Zero, I reviewed a few weeks ago. I now come onto the second one: Getting Started with Python and Raspberry Pi by Dan Nixon.…
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Packt Publishing running a 50% sale on some Raspberry Pi titles today
Packt is doing a 50% off deal on selected Raspberry Pi books today. The books are as follows: Building a Media Center with Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi Computer Architecture Essentials Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino (2nd edition) Building a…
Raspberry Pi-powered book scanner for Ethiopean education
Following the lead of a Dean from an Ethiopean university, who could see that the high cost of textbooks was holding back developing world countries, a group has got together to build a €500 book scanner that turns the pages…
Getting Started with Raspberry Pi Zero (Richard Grimmett) – Review
David Whale lent me a copy of this book for review. Thanks David! The author Richard Grimmett is an Idaho-based electrical engineer who has worked in the radar and telecommunications industry and now teaches computer science and electrical engineering. One of his…
Raspberry Pi-based Braille e-book reader prototype
Bristol Braille Technology is working on a more affordable replacement for traditional Braille reading machines. Under the hood is a Raspberry Pi running C and Python, controlling off-the-shelf motors and plastic gears to create the Braille text. Traditionally, Braille machines can…
Free Minecraft book for the Raspberry Pi today with Packt
A beginners’ e-book on Minecraft: Pi Edition is available for free today from Packt Publishing. I’ve not read it myself, but Packt books tend to be pretty good, and Minecraft is very popular, so head over to Packt now and…
The MagPi launches mini print versions of Raspberry Pi guides
The MagPi previously announced the launch of several e-books on various subjects: Python, the command line, the SenseHAT and Sonic Pi. Now, these e-books are available in printed format. They are roughly A5 in size and make for excellent reads.…
New Sonic Pi book released by Raspberry Pi magazine The MagPi
Sam Aaron, author of the popular music-creation program Sonic Pi has written a new book for The MagPi. The book has 10 chapters and topics include: Mastering live loops Building drum breaks Composing your own melodies Making random riffs and loops Learning…
SenseHAT gets a new e-book from the Raspberry Pi MagPi
The MagPi has expanded their ‘Essentials’ range today with a new e-book that covers the SenseHAT. The SenseHAT is, of course, the add-on board that is currently on the International Space Station. The book looks great and should be a…
Raspberry Pi with Java – book review
Robert Savage, over on his Home Automation blog, has written an in-depth review of the book “Raspberry Pi with Java: Programming the Internet of Things”. Sounds like a pretty good book and he goes through it chapter-by-chapter. Read the review…