Camera module, Geeky Techiness, Making, Photography

Create a #RaspberryPi touchscreen camera with Adafruit

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Adafruit’s posted a fantastic tutorial on using the Pi and a PiTFT touchscreen to create a full touchscreen camera. As they admit, it’s unlikely to replace your ‘proper’ camera or even your smartphone, but it’s a great project to do with your PiCam. Read the tutorial here and/or watch the video of the project below. You can also see the coverage the Foundation gave the project here.

Crowdfunding, GPIO boards

Unite Arduino shields and the #RaspberryPi with the Arduberry

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Dexter Industries, creators of the excellent BrickPi and GrovePi have started a Kickstarter to raise funds for the “Arduberry”.

Here is some blurb from the KS campaign page:

The Arduberry is a simple and inexpensive way to bring Arduino shields to the Raspberry Pi. The device is a shield that slides over the Raspberry Pi and allows you to stack and use Arduino shields. The Arduberry requires no physical configuration to work with most shields. You can write Arduino sketches (programs) right on your Raspberry Pi. The Arduberry will bring the Raspberry Pi and Arduino together, uniting the two greatest hacking systems ever.

Sounds like an interesting one, although not unique, and should be a high-quality product going by their previous projects.

Read more on the Kickstarter page