If you’re a reader of the MagPi magazine then you may have seen my Halloween Pi project in the October issue… If not, then have a quick wander over to their site: http://www.themagpi.com/ and have a look! Octobers magazine featured … Continue reading
Category Archives: General Update
Since I first wrote about the PiFace back in July there has been a new development! Dr. Andrew Robinson who’s the leader behind the project at Manchester university have had some valuable feedback from their initial prototype release and re-designed … Continue reading
So the big news is that there is going to be (or already is!) a 2nd revision of the Raspberry Pi PCB, and even bigger is that it’s going to be manufactured (well, assembled) in the UK. That’s great, but … Continue reading
Frustrated by the fact there there is only one easily accessible PWM output on your Raspberry Pi? Then this article is for you, because now you can use ANY GPIO pin as a PWM output thanks to the latest addition … Continue reading
As part of my Big Trak refurbishment (not going as well as I wanted it to), I decided to use the Adafruit Prototyping Pi Plate to mount the additional electronics on. If you’re not familiar with it, then this is … Continue reading
Just a quick post and a few photos from last nights RaspberryJam in Bristol – held in the most excellent Bristol and Bath Science Park. Alan (@teknoteacher) the driving force behind the RaspberryJams, was on-form as usual, keeping everything flowing … Continue reading
I’ve decided to start to use the GIT Source Code Management system… So hoe better to learn about it than to jump in at the deep end and actually use it for a project… So to that end, I’ve moved … Continue reading
One of the issues on the Raspberry Pi is that I’m now seeing a lot of people coming to it from a traditional microcontroller background and trying to use the same ides on the Pi as they use on the … Continue reading
I recenty ran a 2-day course for someone who was keen to learn more about Linux, C and the Raspberry Pi. Teaching isn’t new to me, I’ve run courses on my telephone systems, various aspects of Internet operations for people … Continue reading
I’ll put up another article or 2 if I have time about the Cambridge Raspberry Jam event held on the 14th of July 2012… However… One of the things that struck me was a comment from Eben that he had … Continue reading