The World of Raspberry Pi : Microcomputers for A New Generation of Devices Business 2 Community When the Raspberry Pi Foundation initially released their system-on-a-chip (SoC) in February 2012, the goal was to provide a low-cost educational platform for teaching kids to program hardware with languages like Scratch or Python. But the power of a …
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The World of Raspberry Pi: Microcomputers for A New Generation of Devices – Business 2 Community
Looking for something more exciting than pumpkin carving this Halloween weekend? Try your hand at our free new creepy, zombie-themed resources — perfect for both digital makers both living and undead! Pride and Prejudice for zombies If you’ve always imagined Lady Catherine de Bourgh as resembling one of the undead, you’re not alone. And if you don’t know who Lady Catherine de Bourgh is, now is the perfect time to read Pride and Prejudice , before using our resource to translate the text for your favourite zombies.
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Can you survive our free zombie resources?
Back in May 2013, we heard from Dominique Laloux about an exciting project to bring Raspberry Pi labs to schools in rural West Africa.
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More Raspberry Pi labs in West Africa
DIY Raspberry Pi SNES Mini (video) Geeky Gadgets Gamers, Raspberry Pi enthusiasts and those of you interested in electronics are sure to enjoy this awesome Raspberry Pi SNES Mini games console which has been created using the power of a modified Raspberry Pi 3 mini PC and the help of a 3D printer.
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DIY Raspberry Pi SNES Mini (video) – Geeky Gadgets
For passive projects such as point-of-sale displays, video loopers, and your upcoming Halloween builds, Adafruit have come up with a read-only solution for powering down your Raspberry Pi without endangering your SD card. Pulling the plug At home, at a coding club, or at a Jam, you rarely need to pull the plug on your Raspberry Pi without going through the correct shutdown procedure. To ensure a long life for your SD card and its contents, you should always turn off you Pi by selecting the shutdown option from the menu
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Adafruit’s read-only Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is not a chunky computer. Nonetheless, tech treasure merchants Pimoroni observed that at almost 20mm tall, it’s still a little on the large side for some applications
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Pimoroni’s ‘World’s Thinnest Raspberry Pi 3’
It’s the beginning of a new school year, and the latest issue of Hello World is here! Hello World is our magazine about computing and digital making for educators, and it’s a collaboration between The Raspberry Pi Foundation and Computing at School , part of the British Computing Society . In issue 3, our international panel of experts takes an in-depth look at assessment in computer science. Approaching assessment, and much more Our cover feature explores innovative, practical, and effective approaches to testing and learning.
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Hello World Issue 3: Approaching Assessment
After several explorations into the world of 3D printing , and fresh off the back of his $5 fidget spinner crowd funding campaign , Sean Hodgins brings us his latest project: a DIY Bitcoin Lottery! DIY Bitcoin Lottery with a Raspberry Pi Build your own lottery! Thingiverse Files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2494568 Pi How-to: http://www.idlehandsproject.com/raspberry-pi-bitcoin-lottery/ Instructables: https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Bitcoin-Lottery-With-Raspberry-Pi/ Send me bitcoins if you want! What is Bitcoin mining? According to the internet, Bitcoin mining is: [A] record-keeping service.
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Sean’s DIY Bitcoin Lottery with a Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi ATX PSU Power HAT (video) Geeky Gadgets The new Pi HAT enables you to power your Raspberry Pi projects and boards as well as being able to control the shutdown of the Raspberry Pi and its operating system so you can correctly closedown the computer without any chance of corrupting your files …
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Raspberry Pi ATX PSU Power HAT (video) – Geeky Gadgets
Hackaday Tweet The Power Of Lightning! Hackaday Tingling at the possibility of connecting with lightning's awesome power in one shape or another, [Hexalyse] combined AMS's lightning sensor chip with a Raspberry Pi and a whipped up a spot of Python code to tweet the approach of a potential storm.
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Tweet The Power Of Lightning! – Hackaday