Jason Birch has been tinkering with a PSP joystick and his Raspberry Pi. Very simple to set-up and only requires an MCP3002 analog-to-digital converter chip (and a few other small parts you likely already have). Read the tutorial
Review and comparison of cloud storage solution on the #RaspberryPi
Steve Hickson has blogged about his attempts to get cloud storage working on the Raspberry Pi. He has reviewed and compared two solutions: OwnCloud and Seafile. Read the reviews here
Adafruit launches new video series for kids – Circuit Playground
Presented by Ladyada herself (Limor Fried), the programme aims to teach kids about electronics from the ground up!
#RaspberryPi sells out in U.S.
Allied Electronics, the US distributor of the Raspberry Pi has sold out of Model As within hours of them going on sale. There is now a message on their site which reads:
Due to limited supply of the Raspberry Pi Model A, we are not offering preorders or backorders on the product at this time. The Raspberry Pi Model A will only be available for purchase when we have inventory on hand to fill the order. We regret this inconvenience and sincerely thank you for your patience.
For those of us in the UK, this doesn’t come as much of a surprise after previous experiences with stock shortages. What is surprising is that Allied are not allowing people to order the Model A in advance, leaving consumers with the unenviable task of checking the site daily for news of further stock.
I’m sure (and I hope!) it’ll settle down eventually and that Allied will come up with a better solution.
Install MediaWiki on the #RaspberryPi
Trevor Appleton needed to set-up MediaWiki for work, so decided to try it out on the Raspberry Pi first. He’s written a tutorial on how to do this. Remember, this is the software that Wikipedia runs on so is tried-and-tested and is virtually an industry standard. Read more here
Manhattan Island on Minecraft #RaspberryPi edition / @Raspberry_Pi
Martin O’Hanlon has adapted his 3D-model-to-Minecraft conversion script to generate a Minecraft version of Manhattan on his Raspberry Pi. This is truly impressive work and shows just how complicated models on the Pi can get! Read more here and explore Manhattan Island!