Martin O’Hanlon has been busy using the 3D Turtle graphics module he wrote to create fractal trees in Minecraft. I won’t say any more as there’s plenty of detail and code listings over on his website, but suffice to say it’s all very pretty. Give it a go by visiting Martin’s site and typing in the code!
Christopher Barnatt from ExplainingComputers.com has created a video in which he puts together a robot based on the Pololu Zumo chassis and a L298N H-bridge motor controller. Watch the video below:
Joonas Pihlajamaa has got hold of the two Pi camera modules – the normal one and the NoIR. He’s been experimenting with taking photos of close-up objects and has found the best way is to use reading glasses, as hinted at by someone on the Pi Forums. Read about his experience with the camera here.
Matt Hawkins has started the job of determining whether specific GPIO boards work with the new model B+ or not. He’s created a table listing some of the add-on boards and whether they work with the B+ (and how well). Great work Matt – he’s said he’ll keep it up to date so you can check before buying. See it here.
Ben over at Phenoptix has slaved away over a pinout diagram for the B+ that you can print out and push onto the GPIO pins, giving you an instant reference. Download from this page.
This hasn’t got anything to do with the sponsorship at the top of the page – just something I thought was cool and that I wanted to share with you.
There are an awful lot of cases out there now, and with the B+ having just launched there will be many more to come. Jamie over at The Pi Hut noticed this and decided to create a product comparison/search filter page for all the cases they have in stock. Take a look at it here.
