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Travis Reynolds has taken a 1980s briefcase he found in a goodwill shop and converted it into an arcade machine. The Raspberry Pi is at the heart of it and he added arcade joysticks and an HDMI converter board for an old flat screen.
This month’s Linux Format (February 2014) has got a great article this month in which Les Pounder reviews some add-on boards for the Pi. Covered are:
They’ve also got articles about using the PiFace to control relays and also using Scratch for the first time.
Next month, we’re promised a larger feature on “Mastering Raspberry Pi” (whatever that means, lol)
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After a short delay, the Foundation has just announced that they’re now selling 8GB SD cards with NOOBS installed on their Swag store. And the best news is they only cost £4 + postage (which is £1 if you’re not buying anything else). Great news and great value. It is a class 4 SD card but is one of the better makes (Samsung) which means it’s better than many budget class 6 or class 10 cards. As evidenced by the picture, it’s actually a microSD card inside an adapter.
Here’s a recording of Nick Raymond, at Maker Faire NYC, speaking about how to get started with breadboarding and the benefits thereof.
Matt Gaunt, a Chrome developer at Google, has just got his Raspberry Pi and he’s decided to blog about his experiences. His first tasks? Setting up wi-fi and updating the firmware.
The guys at Cardiff-based Absolute Raspberries have announced a great three-day bootcamp at the end of February/beginning of March. Here’s some details:
This sounds like a truly amazing event. A full timetable of the days is available on their site.
