“Strider19” had an old novelty radio shaped like a computer. He dug out a ruler, measured it and worked out that he could fit a Raspberry Pi into the case. He grabbed a small composite monitor off Amazon to use as a screen and, having satisfactorily butchered the display adapter board, came up with what you can see in the picture above. Read how he did it here.
Instructables user Adum24 loves the sound of rain. So, he decided to build himself a box to play rain sounds. As you do. He thought a Raspberry Pi would be perfect for this so he got together some cheap powered speakers, used a project box as a case and set to work. Read how to do it yourself here.
Alex Eames at Raspi.tv has done a fascinating comparison of power usage between the Model B and the Model B+. He’s carried out several tests and has presented the results in plain text and also on a video. Really interesting stuff and good evidence for those wanting to know if the B+ will be better with batteries (short answer: Yes, it will). Read Alex’s blog post here.
Gordon Henderson (@drogon) has got his B+ and has done a nice look at it on his blog, including the first ‘in the wild’ photo I’ve seen of the new B+ Pibow Coupe (see above). Also on his blog he’s looked at the B+’s new ability to provide more amperage through the USB ports.
I guess if you’re not interested in the B+, this is a pretty slow news day!
Phil Howard (@gadgetoid) created a brilliant interactive pinout for the Raspberry Pi some time ago. He has now updated it to take into account the extra pins made available on the B+. Take a look at it here.
Apart from the previously mentioned cases, some more B+ centric products are starting to appear.
Over on the Cyntech shop, they’ve got the following:
