Raspberry Pi Forum user Microbyte has taken an old Gameboy and squeezed a Raspberry Pi and a composite screen in to create a handheld retro gaming machine. I know this has been done before, but this is a neat build and an excellent write-up should you wish to replicate his work – lots of photos, diagrams and details. Take a read here.
Alex Eames at RasPi.tv found a potential problem with the B+ the other day. It would start after a halt when his hand approached two of the GPIO pins. Thanks to the Raspberry Pi community, and some of the brains at the Foundation, the problem has now been solved. It’s worth reading less because of the technical problem itself but more to hear how the community rallied around and helped each other solve that problem. Read all about it here.
Setting up the PiTFT can be a royal pain in the backside. Fortunately, the Average Man has come to the rescue by writing a comprehensive tutorial on getting the little screen working. If you’ve got one, or you’re just curious how to set it up, head on over to his blog.
R D Milligan has been looking at ways to use his Raspberry Pi and webcam to detect playing cards and build a ‘Poker bot’ and he’s now got it recognising some cards. It’s an interesting project and he’s provided all the code he’s developed along the way on his blog. So head on over there to take a look.
Ben Nuttall, a member of the Raspberry Pi Foundation Education team and creator of their website is due to tour the US in August. He’s on the look-out for people and places to visit and is very flexible about where he goes. So, if you’re in the States and would like Ben to visit your school, hackspace or local group, please get in touch with him! More details of the tour can be found here.
Luke Maxwell from QueryClick has written an interesting piece about how his company used a Raspberry Pi, MySQL, SQLAlchemy and some Python scripts to automate client reporting. Read it here.
