Russell Barnes has done a great interview with James Adams, the Foundation’s head of hardware, over on RasPi.Today. It’s well worth a read if you’re interested in how the Compute Module and the B+ came about and some of the reasons behind the design decisions. Read the interview here.
The Foundation have just announced a forthcoming competition in which young people are invited to present their best compositions created on Sonic Pi v2. The competition, which will be opened in September, will allow winners to present their compositions to the Sonic Pi: Live & Coding Summit in November. More details about the competition, and how to get hold of Sonic Pi v2 are available on the Foundation’s blog.
Andrew Gale has developed a new, simple add-on board for the Raspberry Pi Model B+ that plugs into the GPIO pins. I think this is the first home-grown board I’ve seen for the B+.
It’s got a number of configurations (see below) and takes a variety of LEDs and switches to give you the board that you want.
He’s written some soldering and programming guides as well as a history of the board and how it evolved. It’s very similar to the MyPiFi but has more options in terms of customisation.
He’s currently selling the kits on eBay for £5 each (including VAT and delivery). I’m getting a review sample sent to me so expect to see that in the next few days (possibly this weekend once it’s arrived).
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has put together an Education Fund: a £1 million pot of money to be distributed to projects that “encourage young people to learn about computing or illustrate how computing can be used to enhance education in STEM or the creative arts.” It is now possible to apply for funding, so head on over to the Foundation’s website to find out about the eligibility criteria and how to apply. This was originally announced back in April so it’s great to hear that it’s now getting off the ground!
This isn’t an advert, just thought I’d pass this on just in case anyone’s interested.
The Pi Hut have just put up for sale a new, tiny HDMI-to-VGA converter and it’s only £10 (inc VAT). It’s got an audio output jack so you can connect up speakers or headphones as well. It really is very very small! See more details here
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched a new educational resource to to commemorate the declaration of World War I. With it, you’ll be able to build your own morse code machine and have a Raspberry Pi play the morse and interpret what you’ve sent signals for. It’s a great project to build, especially for kids over the summer holiday. Use their new resource here.
