Schlagwort: makers

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is the first time we’ve seen a product that uses a Raspberry Pi for a tracking telescope before – or more accurately, an observation station. See, Stellina (£3,643 / $4,700) isn’t just for getting a better look at the moon or maybe seeing a planet, it’s designed to look into the…

Reading Time: 3 minutes“The convergence of the two ideas was what motivated me to build it,” he explains. “I also liked the ‘Americana’ influence captured by the use of the Weber grill. Weber is an icon of the American backyard BBQ culture; I like that it can continue to serve up food for us humans…

Reading Time: 3 minutesHe eventually chose one celebrating a different game, kicking off his Raspberry Pi-based Lunchbox Arcade Game project. “I used to have a cool metal Pac-Man lunch box for school but trying to get a Pac-Man one is nearly impossible, and ones that do come up go for silly money on eBay,” he…

Reading Time: 8 minutesThis month, we’ll add a disc drive to Raspberry Pi 4, connect a TV to make the most of CRT-era graphics, and overclock Raspberry Pi for an emulation performance boost. We’ll use this hardware to add disc support to the system we made in our DOS emulation tutorial and to emulate early…

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt has considerable heft to withstand the rigours of the classroom. We measured the base unit at 100×130×35mm and weighed it in at 397g.The GPIO sockets (with BCM numbering) break out to the top of the case alongside a small 120×64 OLED display and four control buttons, a built-in battery, and a…

Reading Time: 6 minutesRaspberry Pi 400 packs a measurable speed boost over Raspberry Pi 4, thanks to a clever passive cooling system which offers enough headroom for a processor jump to 1.8GHz. Join us as we dive into the latest, and most impressive, Raspberry Pi ever made. Raspberry PI 400 specifications Price: £65 / $70…

Reading Time: 3 minutes“I’ve always loved pinhole cameras,” he tells us. “As I played with [them], I wondered if I could create a camera with hundreds of holes instead of a single point of light. That little idea virus took hold and eventually I found myself buying out Wal-Mart’s entire inventory of straws to test…

Reading Time: 2 minutesCompute Module 4 Packing the power of Raspberry Pi 4 with an embedded form factor, Compute Module 4 is an incredible update for engineers and professionals. The most powerful Compute Module ever made packs a PCI Express lane, eMMC storage, and a quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 processor. We’ve got in-depth information about this…

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Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Surrey student got the chance to work on a live CubeSat project with Surrey Space Centre, drawing on his undergraduate dissertation research. The AAReST(autonomous assembly of a reconfigurable space telescope) mission he worked on takes a modular approach to setting up a large-scale telescope in space. Its dual-redundant flight…

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn The MagPi magazine issue #99 (on sale 29 October 2020), Gareth Halfacree takes a deep dive into Compute Module 4’s specifications and performs benchmark testing. Subscribe to The MagPi magazine to get all the in-depth information delivered to your door. The original Raspberry Pi Compute Module launched in April 2014 as…

Reading Time: 6 minutesKit you’ll need • Mopidy Music System • Hi-Berry DAC+ Zero • Case (optional) See also: Build a home music system with Raspberry Pi and Make a audio system with Mopidy Tip! Choose your DAC There are a wide range of digital-audio convertors out there catering for every budget from £12 to…

Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter helping out on Sonic Bikes, a sound art project started by Kaffe Matthews, they thought about bringing the bikes to Cornwall, “but it’s a dangerous place for cycling with very few cycle paths and narrow roads,” Amber tells us, “so we started talking about making a version for boats.” With a…

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn this tutorial we’re going to look at a much broader range of legal console ROMs. Some can be purchased legally, while others have been developed and are distributed for free. So let’s set up a RetroPie console and play some classic games. Thriving scene Sega’s Mega Drive Classics collections include ROM…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe streams have evolved greatly since then to be a lot more streamlined and useful, and the Foundation also provides pre-recorded videos for students to follow along with. How did you first learn about Raspberry Pi and related programs? It was way back in 2014, when I was still teaching Year 3. I…

Reading Time: 3 minutesAs luck would have it, Çağan Çelik has created a weather station using a fan and spoons. Çağan Çelik is a full-time hardware editor on a Turkish technology magazine. He has also been making tutorial and DIY videos on his YouTube channel about hobby electronics and programming in his spare time. In…

Reading Time: 3 minutesNamed after both the UNIX command and Japanese puzzle, SUDO began life as a companion to help Arijit with number-based puzzles. “I was trying to master sudoku puzzles and invested a lot of effort,” he explains. As an experienced inventor and programmer, he soon realised there was no need to solve sudokus…

Reading Time: 7 minutesIn this test, we’ll use it to set up a WordPress website similar to the one we use online. But you could also use LAMP to deliver any kind of website. Sign up with Mythic Beasts Start by ordering a Raspberry Pi 4 from Mythic Beasts. We’re going to use a faster…

Reading Time: 2 minutesFirst of these features we noticed was a five-way joystick and 0.96-inch OLED display. This is backed up by a dual-LED and buzzer. On closer inspection, we discovered the on-board LFN0038K to enable remote control. A DS3231 real-time clock is also included (you’ll need to supply your own battery). There is a…

Reading Time: 3 minutesSmart doorbell: See who’s ringing Internet-connected doorbells are quite popular these days. Instead of buying an expensive system, build your own, better one. Rosie IoT Brick: Outdoor IoT Allow friends and family to remotely track your marathon running with Rosie IoT Brick. It can also act as a GPS for the runner…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe teachable robot pet promotes STEM learning and reached its $50K Kickstarter fundraising goal. It went on to attract nearly ten times that amount in the subsequent month-long campaign period. The tiny robot dog is its maker Petoi’s second such endeavour: earlier this year it started shipping the successfully crowdfunded Nybble, an…

Reading Time: 2 minutesOut of thin air The pair built the whole project from scratch, taking about a year. “A lot of work had to be done before even thinking about the actual implementation of the robot controlling the other side of the table,” reveals Ondřej. “It would be hard to pick the most difficult…