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PrimeConf talk videos feature to #RaspberryPi celebs

by Michael Horne • 30 June 2014 • 1 Comment

The PrimeConf conference aimed to celebrate the best of British digital technology talent and was held at the Royal Institution on 13th June 2014. Two of the talks at the conference were by some famous people from the Raspberry Pi world. First up was Gordon Hollingworth of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He talked about various things including the challenge and benefits of bringing production of the Pi from China to Britain.

The second video is of Manchester based Amy Mather (@MiniGirlGeek) talking about her experience with the Pi.

You can find out more about PrimeConf and view the other talks from the day here.

GPIO boards, Software, Tutorials

Virtual keyboard for the #RaspberryPi

by Michael Horne • 30 June 2014 • 1 Comment

There are a lot of different small touchscreens out there at the moment, the PiTFT being the most popular. Mark Williams has worked out how to get an onscreen touch keyboard working on his screen and has written a short tutorial about getting it working. Read all about it here

Accessories, Making, Tutorials

Using an ADXL345 Accelerometer on your #RaspberryPi with Python

by Michael Horne • 30 June 2014 • 1 Comment

Martin O’Hanlon has written up a brief tutorial on using this excellent accelerometer from Adafruit. Read it here.

Home automation, Making

GardenPi: Garden care with your #RaspberryPi

by Michael Horne • 29 June 2014 • 5 Comments

Shawn Anderson wanted to be lazy and automate the watering of his garden based on the likelihood of rain. So, he programmed his Pi to get a forecast from the Forecast.io API and then put together a system whereby a solenoid would trigger a hose to water the garden. Read more here

Software, Tutorials

Finding a #RaspberryPi on your network from Linux

by Michael Horne • 29 June 2014 • 2 Comments

Pete Taylor has done a quick tutorial on using nmap to scan your network to find your Pi. Read it here. If your Android phone is on the same network as your Pi, you can also use an app called ‘Fing’ which does a similar job. Take a look at Fing on Google Play.

Programming, Software, Tutorials

Write C# programs on a #RaspberryPi

by Michael Horne • 28 June 2014 • 1 Comment

Gary Sims over at MakeTechEasier has written a brief tutorial about installing ‘mono’ and programming in C# on the Pi and compiling programs so that they can be used on both the Pi and on Windows. He also covers installing the MonoDevelop IDE. Read it here