London-based pi-top have just launched the pi-top[4] on Kickstarter. Pitched as a ‘go anywhere’ computer, the [4] has the newly-released Raspberry Pi 4 (4GB version) built in. The key feature is the plastic case that surrounds the Pi and gives…
On Wednesday, 14th March, pi-top is holding a Coding Evening/get-together for educators and community members to celebrate Pi Day. The venue is The Draft House on Old Street, London and the event runs from 6.30-8.30pm. pi-top are providing some food…
About the product The pi-top is the pre-eminent laptop solution for Raspberry Pi users. It started life as a 2014 IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign before being made available for retail. An improved product, the Version 2, was released in October 2017.…
Rene Richarz has written a great guide on installing RetroPie on top of pi-topOS on your pi-top or pi-topCEED. He goes through removing part of the pi-topOS and then installing RetroPie, giving all the necessary command line instructions to set-up…
pi-top, the creators of the World’s first commercial Raspberry Pi laptop and the desktop version, the pi-topCEED, have just announced that they have re-designed their most famous product – itself called the pi-top. This laptop, which is powered by a…
JC Torres over at SlashGear has written an excellent, extremely comprehensive review of the pi-top laptop. They go through assembling the laptop and then using the pi-topOS, including a word about the pi-topCODER and pi-topUNIVERSE. Overall, the pi-top receives an…
pi-top have just announced the launch of the pi-topPULSE. This innovative add-on board (HAT-compatible) for the Raspberry Pi sports the following features: 7×7 RGB LED matrix array 2-watt 4Ω speaker which is powered through an I2S amplifier Microphone (200Hz to…
Cat Lamin is running a two day workshop for teachers at Malvern College in Worcestershire in conjunction with pi-top as part of ATI 2017 (Advanced Teacher Institute). The workshop, which costs £225 ex VAT but including accommodation, runs from 11th-12th April.…
pi-top have just announced a new version of their pi-topOS operating system. The new version, called Polaris, has a fresh new dashboard design and updates to the CODER programming interface. pi-topOS offers a lot of user interface improvements over the…
