Paul Brown has done an excellent, comprehensive review of a beta of Liam Kennedy’s ISS-Above device. This device, which is being funded by Kickstarter, has an LCD display that alerts you whenever the ISS is overhead and gives other information along those lines.
Looks like an interesting one, this, and really shows a practical purpose for the Pi.
Hamish Cunningham has recently launched a Kickstarter project for a new mobile power expansion board for the Pi. The board, which fits over the GPIO pins (and has holes for another header so you don’t lose the GPIO functionality) is available from £19 via Kickstarter.
If you’re coming to the Cambridge Raspberry Jam on Saturday (and you’re booked on the session), you’ll be able to see a presentation. Hamish is also appearing in our show-and-tell area so you’ll be able to see it ‘in the flesh’ as it were.
This month’s Linux Format magazine (available in the UK and online) has lots of features on the Pi. There’s an introduction to Python, tutorials on using GPIO, a guide to non-Raspbian distros and an interview with Pi designed Pete Lomas. I’ve not got the issue yet, so there’s probably more than that, but the central part is a 20-page Pi special. I still wish magazines wouldn’t proclaim that you can “master” the Pi just by reading their articles, but it makes for a good front page splash. Nice graphic of a Pi being built too!
The Foundation have just blogged about an excellent virtual machine that runs on the Raspberry Pi. It was written by Adrian Cable and is at an early stage at the moment. The end result he’s hoping for is that the Pi can replace legacy DOS systems in industrial environments.
Long-running free magazine The MagPi have just published their 20th issue. Check it out now.
Ted Hale has taken a cheap wireless movement detector, put the detector at the end of his drive and then hacked the receiver to connect up to a Raspberry Pi. It’s a nice little project that required building a small circuit and soldering it together. You can read more about the project here.
