Daniel Chote (a New Zealander now living in the USA) has built a walkie talkie for his kids out of a Raspberry Pi, some small electronic parts and a 3D case. When you press the button, you can use the…
Category: Cases
Raspberry Pi Zero used to bring new life to GameBoy Advance
Over on Imgur, user Ryzee119 has documented the process of turning a GameBoy Advance into a Pi-powered retro gaming console. Chosen primarily because of the shoulder buttons, the GBA has had its guts ripped out and replaced by a couple of custom…
11-year old makes Raspberry Pi in a tin gaming machine
11-year old Elijah wanted to create a retro gaming machine that was tough enough to survive trips and being shoved into a bag, and cheap enough that he could give them away as gifts. To do this, he turned to…
Bare bones Raspberry Pi operating system for NatureBytes camera system
Recently, NatureBytes have managed to fulfil their Kickstarter rewards. This means a lot of units (like the one pictured below) in the hands of users. The system comes with a Raspberry Pi A+ and, because of the lower-spec nature of…
Official Raspberry Pi touchscreen case reviews by the Average Man
A little while back, in March, I did a round-up of the various case options available for the official Raspberry Pi touchscreen. It wasn’t quite a comprehensive list, but now along has come Richard (Average Man) Saville with his round-up of the options.…
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…
Official Raspberry Pi Touchscreen – case options
By now, everyone knows about the Official Raspberry Pi 7″ touchscreen. Not everyone, however, knows about the various case options that are available. So, I thought (seeing as I bought a new one the other day) that I would take you through…
Raspberry Pi releases 3D printing files for the Astro Pi flight case
Apologies for getting to this late – Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend jobs have been stacking up, so priorities… Raspberry Pi has released the STL files and a tutorial that will allow you to 3D-print your own version of the…
New home theatre box with surround sound using the Raspberry Pi
This crowdfunding campaign failed. This post is left here for historical reasons. Pi2Design has come up with a very neat package for their latest crowdfunding campaign (campaign failed). The Pi2Media Home Theatre One combines a Raspberry Pi 2 with two add-on boards…
New LEGO-compatible case for the Raspberry Pi touch screen launched on Kickstarter
Tom Murray, who launched the LEGO-compatible SmartiPi case in October 2014, has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a case for the official touch screen for the Raspberry Pi. The new case, which will be injection moulded, includes…