Kategorie: Linux
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Learn R with Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 3 minutesDataCamp Price: FREE (or $568 per year) Created by: datacamp.com R is a language intrinsically linked to data and statistical analysis. Popular with scientists and number crunchers, it has fans around the globe. If you’ve spent a lot of time in Python and other programming languages, some of the features of R…
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Can algorithms be unethical?
Reading Time: 5 minutesAt Raspberry Pi, we’re interested in all things to do with technology, from building new tools and helping people teach computing, to researching how young people learn to create with technology and thinking about the role tech plays in our lives and society. One of the aspects of technology I myself have…
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Smart classroom assistant machine learning tutorial
Reading Time: 7 minutesFirst, you’ll create an assistant that uses a list of rules for understanding commands, and you’ll learn why that approach isn’t very good. Next, you will teach the assistant to recognise commands for different devices by training it using examples of each command. 1. Get started Head to machinelearningforkids.co.uk in a web…
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Pick colors from real things with this portable tool
Reading Time: < 1 minutePick colors from real things with this portable tool Arduino Team — January 14th, 2020 If you want a red piece of paper, or a blue pen, what does that really mean? If you’d like to get more specific, Michael Klements’ Arduino-based scanner lets you quantify colors in numerical RGB values…
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How to control multiple servo motors with Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the latest Explaining Computers video, Christopher Barnatt explains how to use servo motors with Raspberry Pi. Using servos is a great introduction to the digital making side of computing; servos allow you to control the movement of all manner of project components with your Raspberry Pi and a motor controller attached…
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Aquatic Mini Observation System
Reading Time: 3 minutes“My project is named AMOS (Aquatic Mini Observation System),” Murray tells us. “It is a solar-powered, autonomous airboat for measuring water quality over large, distributed areas.” Murray has worked on a couple of prototypes for the boat. The first one was made out of a kayak beer cooler (a small kayak that…
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Playing The Doors with a door (and a Raspberry Pi)
Reading Time: 2 minutesFloyd Steinberg is back with more synthy Raspberry Pi musical magic, this time turning a door into a MIDI controller. I played The Doors on a door – using a Raspberry PI DIY midi controller and a Yamaha EX5 You see that door? You secretly want that to be a MIDI controller?…
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CutiePi project showcase
Reading Time: 4 minutesHaving long dreamt of owning a usable Linux-based portable device, a group of enthusiasts set out to create one and the CutiePi tablet was born. Based around a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+ Lite and custom carrier board, it features an 8in touchscreen, typical tablet features, and everything you need to make…
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Aarnio adds force feedback and sensing to chairs
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAarnio adds force feedback and sensing to chairs Arduino Team — January 9th, 2020 Desk chairs are essential tools for the office environment, so why not turn them into a computer input and feedback device? Aarnio, by researchers from several universities, adds this functionality via an Arduino board. It’s able to…
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Upgrading a ride-on car to a joystick-controlled assistive device
Reading Time: 2 minutesUpgrading a ride-on car to a joystick-controlled assistive device Arduino Team — January 9th, 2020 Child-sized wheelchairs can be difficult to come by, and unfortunately aren’t as much fun as something like a ride-on car. The South Eugene Robotics Team, or FRC2521, decided to address both challenges by building a mini Jeep…
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Come to our free educator sessions next to Bett 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutesAre you attending Bett Show this year? Then come to our free educator sessions on Friday 24 January right next to Bett to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the show floor and learn something new! Our team will be in a private room below the [email protected] pub, next…
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Scale model Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 wagon handles like the real thing
Reading Time: 2 minutesScale model Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 wagon handles like the real thing Arduino Team — January 8th, 2020 Model cars can be fun to use and look at, but when driving one it’s difficult to get the same sort of movement in the suspension as a full-sized vehicle. To enhance his 65cm long…
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Design 3D prints with a Raspberry Pi and BlocksCAD
Reading Time: 6 minutesBlocksCAD is a 3D model editor that you use in a web browser, and it runs on Raspberry Pi. You drag and drop code blocks to design 3D models that can be exported for 3D printing. In this project, you will use BlocksCAD to design a 3D pendant. The pendant uses a…
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Top 10 advanced Raspberry Pi projects
Reading Time: 3 minutesA robotic beast A serious robot, the DiddyBorg (£220 / $299) is diddy in name only and a true Raspberry Pi automated monster. Program it, remote-control it, or just have it sitting pretty in your workshop. Your choice. PiGrrl 2 DIY handheld gaming We’ve covered this project in a previous issue of…
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How to set up OctoPrint on your Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 8 minutesIf you own a 3D printer, you’ll likely have at least heard of OctoPrint from the ever benevolent 3D printing online community. It has the potential to transform your 3D printing workflow for the better, and it’s very easy to set up. This guide will take you through the setup process step…
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Add internet access to a vintage computer using Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe bulletin boards of the 1980s haven’t died out quite yet, but they have gone online. There’s only a handful of BBSes (bulletin board systems) that you can dial up with your old-time modem. If you like the idea of accessing an internet-based BBS from your Atari ST, Amiga, or BBC Micro,…
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Add internet access to a vintage computer using Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe bulletin boards of the 1980s haven’t died out quite yet, but they have gone online. There’s only a handful of BBSes (bulletin board systems) that you can dial up with your old-time modem. If you like the idea of accessing an internet-based BBS from your Atari ST, Amiga, or BBC Micro,…
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Arduino goes PRO at CES 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino goes PRO at CES 2020 Arduino Team — January 7th, 2020 We’re kicking off this year’s CES with some big news. Millions of users and thousands of companies across the world already use Arduino as an innovation platform, which is why we have drawn on this experience to enable enterprises to…
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Adaptive Field Robot changes wheel shape to overcome various terrain
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdaptive Field Robot changes wheel shape to overcome various terrain Arduino Team — January 6th, 2020 If your robotic vehicle will only work on smooth surfaces, the choice of a wheel is obvious. For more rugged bots, the same applies with knobby wheels. For those that need to operate in both environments,…
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Hundreds of LED triangles combine for brilliant interactive display
Reading Time: 2 minutesHundreds of LED triangles combine for brilliant interactive display Arduino Team — January 6th, 2020 If you need another idea for how to creatively diffuse LED lighting, then look no further than the “Light Me Up!” project by Hyewon Shin, Eunjeong Ko, and Junsung Yi. Their setup uses 312 3D-printed and laser-cut…
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What makes a mechanical keyboard ‘clicky’?
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn our latest video for the newly rebranded Raspberry Pi Press YouTube channel, Custom PC’s Edward Chester explains what mechanical keyboards are, and why they’re so clicky. How do mechanical keyboards work? So, what makes a mechanical keyboard ‘mechanical’? And why are some mechanical keyboards more ‘clicky’ than others? Custom PC’s Edward…
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Andrew Suttle interview
Reading Time: 3 minutes“My first Raspberry Jam was CamJam in autumn 2013, when I showed some programs I had written,” Andrew tells us. “I also enjoy developing robots and doing electronics. I first went to the Colchester club run by John Woods in 2016, when I built a robot car using a Raspberry Pi. The…