Photo credit: Alex Eames
Alex Eames, over at RasPi.TV has had a chance to play with the Papirus Zero from Pi Supply. It is a small e-ink display with two sizes of screen and very low power consumption. He gives a broadly positive review, going through the mechanics of the board and covering the example scripts provided through GitHub (not all of which work). Once again, it’s a very comprehensive look at a product, so kudos to Alex for doing a good job. Read the review here.
Rich Plakas has written a great tutorial on using the simple DHT22 temperature/humidity sensor with the Raspberry Pi in which he sends the readings to online IoT dashboard provider Initial State. He borrows a lot from other code (which he acknowledges) but the results are excellent and the sensor is relatively cheap (that’s just an Adafruit one; cheaper alternatives are available). Take a look at the tutorial here.
Photo from Average Man
Gordon Hollingworth has just announced, over on the Raspberry Pi blog, that the Raspberry Pi 3 can be booted from USB mass storage devices. Information on how to do it, and which devices have been found (so far) to be compatible can be found on this page. Further boot modes, such as over Ethernet, will be explored in future blog posts.
This Saturday at Taunton Library, the first Raspberry Jam for the area will take place. Running from 10am-4pm, there will be Show and Tell and the following workshops:
You can get free tickets here and if you have any questions, please contact raspberrypijamtaunton@gmail.com.
Claire Garside is organising another Raspberry Jam for people in the Leeds area on Wednesday 7th September. The event, which runs from 6-8pm, features a workshop, some Show and Tell and time for a chat. The Jam is being held at Swallow Hill Community College and everyone is welcome, regardless of experience. Get your free tickets here.
You wait ages for an ROV powered by a Raspberry Pi and then two come along at once. Following on from Blue Robotics ROV the other day, the Foundation has blogged about OpenROV and their new Trident platform which has a Raspberry Pi 3 on board. Take a look here.
