Penguin Lifelines

We quite frequently get asked about optimum operating temperatures for the Raspberry Pi – frequently enough that this was a very early addition to our FAQs page back in 2012: The Raspberry Pi is built from commercial chips which are qualified to different temperature ranges; the LAN9512 is specified by the manufacturers being qualified from 0°C to 70°C, while the AP is qualified from -40°C to 85°C. You may well find that the board will work outside those temperatures, but we’re not qualifying the board itself to these extremes. And we left it at that.

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Pi HomeGuard: helping people stay independent longer

Several people have mentioned the idea of using the Pi to help relatives and carers support older people in their own homes by monitoring aspects of their daily routine as well as things like the indoor temperature, but until now, we hadn’t seen anyone write up a system they’d implemented. So we were very interested when we received an email from Jamie Grant, telling us how he had used a Raspberry Pi-based home monitoring system to help him support his late mother in maintaining her independence.

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Hands-On With The Creator Ci20, Imagination’s MIPS-Based Raspberry Pi … – Tom’s Hardware

Hands-On With The Creator Ci20, Imagination's MIPS-Based Raspberry Pi … Tom’s Hardware The Raspberry Pi , a developer board based on the Broadcom BCM2835 SoC, quickly turned into a phenomenon after it was launched. Its ARM11 CPU (based on the ARMv6 instruction set) running at 700 MHz, VideoCore IV GPU running at 250 MHz (which

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Epic Giveaway Day 15: Win a Raspberry Pi – HEXUS

Epic Giveaway Day 15: Win a Raspberry Pi HEXUS The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. It is a capable little device that enables people of all ages to explore computing, and to learn how to program …

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Christmas light sequencer

Over at Instructables , Osprey22 (what’s your real name, 22? Let us know and I’ll add it to this post) is driving audio and eight strands of lights (plus a jolly twinkly star) from the same Raspberry Pi, so the two can be sequenced using some custom Python he’s written. Play to the end for a bit of  Let it Go , if you’ve not heard it too many times this year already

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Raspberry Pi Sensor Connection Card Enables The Easy Addition Of External … – Geeky Gadgets

Geeky Gadgets Raspberry Pi Sensor Connection Card Enables The Easy Addition Of External … Geeky Gadgets Doug explains : “Like a lot of folks we got excited when the Raspberry Pi was first announced. We couldn't wait to get our hands on our first board

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XmasPiLights from Reading College

Over in Reading, there’s a rather special Christmas tree. Reading College  holds a week called “Go Further” every year, where students are encouraged to go beyond their curriculum to create ambitious projects

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Designer 3D Prints a Raspberry Pi Radio – 3DPrint.com

3DPrint.com Designer 3D Prints a Raspberry Pi Radio 3DPrint.com If you have some extra time and the proper DIY spirit — and considerable tech know-how or a willingness to undertake a crash course — then Instructables maker Univership has a project for you. With a Raspberry Pi , his detailed instructions, and a few

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Raspberry Pi helps old school pinball machine spew internet cliches – Engadget

Raspberry Pi helps old school pinball machine spew internet cliches Engadget Pinball machines have been created from a single meme, so why not base one on, say, all of them? Liberty Games decided to refurbish an old and busted “Baby Doll” machine with all the cats, doges and “winter is coming” memes they could wedge in, while

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National Geographic takes Raspberry Pi to Botswana – ComputerWeekly.com (blog)

opensource.com National Geographic takes Raspberry Pi to Botswana ComputerWeekly.com (blog) Newswires this week suggest that a team National Geographic explorers have taken open source technology into the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Africa. afric.png

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