Internet of things, Programming, Sensors, Software

Performance testing the Raspberry Pi 2 as an Internet of Things device

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Henryk Konsek and Arek Jurasz wanted to see how fast the Raspberry Pi 2 was when it acted as part of the toolchain of an Internet of Things set-up using Camel and MQTT messages. I’ll let them explain:

We decided to create a simple proof of concept demonstrating how fast Raspberry Pi 2 can be in the typical field device or the gateway scenario. The field device scenario is the Raspberry Pi acting as the edge node collecting the information from the sensors

If this is your kind of area, you can check out their impressive results over on Henryk’s blog.

Compute Module, Crowdfunding, Media centre, Shopping

Slice media player powered by Raspberry Pi Compute Module starts shipping

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Following months of development, the Slice media player has started to ship to Kickstarter backers. It was announced on the Raspberry Pi blog that 1500 Slice kits were being assembled for delivery to backers and that a further 1500 were available for purchase from the FiveNinjas store. You can read more on the blog. This is the first Compute Module Kickstarter product to start shipping.

Events, Raspberry Jamborees

Raspberry Jamboree 2015 – NEXT WEEK!

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This year’s Raspberry Jamboree is next week at Our Lady’s Catholic High School, Preston, PR2 3SQ.

It is a three-day event in which people of all ages and all levels of experience come together and celebrate all things Pi.

Friday (during the day) – 9am-4pm – Free Teacher CPD

The aim of this one day CPD event is to provide teachers with opportunities and resources to help them exploit the educational potential of the Raspberry Pi computer as well as considering pedagogical approaches to teaching Computing. Book here. (Very few tickets left – hurry!)

Friday (evening) – 6-9pm – Family Hack Jam

The aim of this Family Hack Jam event is to bring friends and families together to discover the fun, excitement and power of computer science, through an enjoyable, team-based problem-solving evening. Join up to 150 other children and adults from a range of ages and experience levels for an evening of family fun, competition and games. Please note that under 16s must be supervised by an adult. Book here.

Saturday (day) – 10am-5pm – The Jamboree

The aim of the Raspberry Jamboree is to bring people together from across a wide area to discover the educational potential of the Raspberry Pi computer. Join up to 300 other children and adults from a range of ages, backgrounds and experience levels for lots of computing fun, talks, demonstrations and hands-on workshops. Book here.

Saturday (evening) – 7.30pm-late – The Social

This is a social event taking place at the Phantom Whinger in Broughton. Book here.

Sunday (day) – 11am-4pm – The Jamboree

Join us for more fun and learning on the last day of the Jamboree. Book here.