James Hughes, who wrote the software for the Raspberry Pi camera module, has now completed his work on the new documentation for the camera. Hopefully, this will provide everyone with a common knowledge base to use the camera to it’s fullest potential.
Ahead of LinuxCon in September, Eben has given an interesting interview to Linux.com in which he discusses, among other things, open source software and collaborating on projects, particularly with respect to the upcoming X11-replacement Wayland.
The well-known and much-used media centre distro Raspbmc has just had an update. Read all about the changes
Here’s a great video from Donald Derek of MenaVersity. It’s a recorded interactive workshop showing how to use a Pi, NodeJS and Socket.io to build a Google TV system.
Rob from the Foundation has worked with IET.tv to create a great short video piece on some of the coolest projects around at the moment which use a Pi at their hearts.
Here’s some links to some new eBay items I’ve found. They’re all cases, so if you’re not interested look away now 😉
These are presented without comment apart from description. And no, I haven’t had any free samples, these were just found as a result of a general search.
Perspex case for the camera module with three positions.
Layered perspex camera mount with protection for the cable.
Perspex case for the camera which can be rolled into different positions.
Fan-cooled BlackBerry case – $35
A modification of the Cyntech case to hold a small case fan powered by GPIO.
This is similar to the PiBow but with slightly less space inside and probably slightly fewer layers.
Stackable perspex mounts for multiple Pis.
Birchwood enclosure for Pi and PiFace – £10.41
