Gus over at pimylifeup.com has had lots of requests for a Windows 10 IoT tutorial, especially about how to set it up and use it. Well, he’s now written a tutorial specifically for that purpose and you can read it here.
Turn the Raspberry Pi SenseHAT into a spirit level
Giles Booth has attached a SenseHAT to his Raspberry Pi and then written some simple Python script to generate a spirit level on the SenseHAT’s matrix display. Some great work here showing the flexibility of this fantastic little Pi accessory. Read how to do it here.
Review of the Raspberry Pi Zero by Mikronauts
Mikronauts have written an extremely detailed, very balanced review of the Raspberry Pi Zero. Well worth a read if you’re dithering about whether to get one or not. Read it here.
Preston Raspberry Jam announces 2016 dates
Preston Raspberry Jam has been going for ages and they have just announced their dates for the whole of next year. The Jams always occur on the first Monday of the month, with the first one on Monday, 4th January (Book here). They will all take place at the Media Innovation Studio on Kirkham Street in Preston and run from 6-9pm. You can see a full list of the Jams here.
Raspberry Pi-controlled oven
Gordon loves baking and he wanted to remotely access and control the temperature. So, he took a Raspberry Pi model A+, an Adafruit HAT-sized prototyping board and some thermocouples and hooked it all up to his oven. You can read the full story over on his blog.
Raspberry Pi Zero and other stuff Christmas giveaway
Hi everyone!
It’s Christmas! Everyone likes to get something for Christmas, so I thought it would be nice to do a blog give-away. I’m doing this in the form of a questionnaire, so it’s easy to get responses through.
What am I giving away? Well, to one lucky winner, I will be giving away the following:
- a Raspberry Pi Zero – the cute little board itself.
- an Essential Raspberry Pi Zero Kit (from The Pi Hut) – everything you need in terms of adapters and headers plus some handy rubber feet. And it comes in a tin. Everyone likes tins 🙂
- a RasPiO GPIO Ruler – an easy guide to using GPIO with the Raspberry Pi… and it’s a ruler. (Here’s a link to my pre-production sample review. Short version: 10/10, I love it)
Now, I can’t guarantee it will reach you by Christmas, especially if you’re non-UK, but I will get the package sent out on Saturday morning.
So, how do you enter? Easy, you fill in this form. The winner will be selected at random, hopefully by a Raspberry Pi (if I get round to it, via some other kind of randomised jiggery pokery if not).
Don’t worry, I won’t use your contact details or pass them on!
The give-away closes on Saturday, 19th December at 8am.
Photo of the Zero & ruler, credit: Alex Eames