Internet-based market research firm YouGov has conducted a poll of 126 Raspberry Pi users and used their responses to generate a ‘profile’ of the typical user. At 126, it’s not very scientific… although admittedly it is quite accurate if you’re a certain type of person! See for yourself if you match the typical profile.
Linux Voice have scored a great interview with Eben Upton about the recently launched A+. The new board, which is unbearably cute and almost square, is ideal for robotics and embedded projects. One of the interesting points in the interview is that the A+ was thought about while the B+ was being designed. James Adams apparently said to Eben that they could simply ‘cut off’ the end of the B+ and, thus, the A+ form factor was born! Read the interview here.
Jose Cruz from Oracle has written a wiring and programming tutorial to read a flame sensor, movement sensor (PIR) and an ultrasonic distance sensor using Java ME 8. Read the tutorial here.
Over at NestBoxTech, they’re doing a series on building your own ‘trail camera’ with a Raspberry Pi. The trail cam is triggered by movement, which then results in a captured image. The whole thing uses the piCamera Python library. It’s a lovely build and well worth looking at if you want to do something similar. Read about it here (part 1) and here (part 2).
Martin O’Hanlon has generously shared the Minecraft: Pi Edition worksheet that he uses during Jams, at schools and at other events. You can download the worksheet from his blog. His book (co-written with David Whale) which goes further into Minecaft, is available on Amazon.
Pete Taylor has extended his Holga camera project by using a script by Steven Kay to convert images into ASCII art. You can see Pete’s modified version of the script here.
