The Most Unusual Uses for the Raspberry Pi
Here is an Infographic from RS Components highlighting the most unusual uses for the Raspberry…
YouTube Subtitles and Why You Should Create Them
I add YouTube Subtitles to all my new Raspberry Pi videos. This is a collection…
Cheap SD Cards from eBay are Fake
This is the sad story of a fake SD card from eBay. I’ve used eBay…
How To Enable RetroPie SSH Interface
The RetroPie SSH interface is disabled by default. Follow this quick tutorial to enable SSH…
Enable 1-Wire Interface on the Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi has a 1-wire bus which can be enabled on GPIO4. It provides low-speed…
Basic Servo Use With the Raspberry Pi and GpioZero
A servo is motor that uses a set of gears to create rotary motion. Radio…
Ultimate Raspberry Pi Alexa Skill
The “Pi Spy” Raspberry Pi Alexa Skill allows you to ask about the GPIO header…
Building My Raspberry Pi Arcade Table
In a previous post I introduced my Raspberry Pi arcade table built with an IKEA…
How to Rotate the Raspberry Pi Display Output
If you are building a Raspberry Project with screen there may be times you need…
Halloween Pumpkin with Servo Controlled Eyes
It’s Halloween 2017 and I decided to create a pumpkin with moving eyes. The result…
Analysing Storage Usage on a Raspberry Pi with Ncdu
Sometimes you need to find out what is using the space on your SD card.…
Kano Motion Sensor Kit for the Raspberry Pi
Kano have recently released the Kano Motion Sensor Kit and they sent me one to…
Playing ScummVM Games on the Raspberry Pi
ScummVM is a program which allows you to play some classic graphical point-and-click adventure and role-playing games. You need to…
KKSB Metal Cases for the Raspberry Pi 2 and 3
KKSB were kind enough to send me two of their Raspberry Pi cases to try out. They were designed in Sweden…
Controlling Energenie Power Sockets with the Pi-mote Addon
Energenie create a range of remote control power socket products. These include plugin socket adapters that are great for controlling…
RasPiO Inspiring Cool RGB Light System for Raspberry Pi
Alex Eames of RasPiO has just launched a new project on Kickstarter called “RasPiO Inspiring”. This is a set of…
DHT11 Temperature and Humidity Sensor and the Raspberry Pi
The DHT11 is a low-cost temperature and humidity sensor. It isn’t the fastest sensor around but its cheap price makes it…
Controlling Energenie Power Sockets with the Pi-mote Addon
Energenie create a range of remote control power socket products. These include plugin socket adapters that are great for controlling…
How to Change Your Character Skin In Minecraft Pi Edition
Everyone is familar with “Steve” the default Minecraft character and he looks very similar on all Minecraft platforms. It’s easy…
Piper – The Minecraft Toolbox For Raspberry Pi
Piper is a new Raspberry Pi based toolkit aimed at helping young people learn about technology by using Minecraft as…
Controlling Energenie Power Sockets with the Pi-mote Addon
Energenie create a range of remote control power socket products. These include plugin socket adapters that are great for controlling…
Lumsing Grand A1 Plus Power Bank Test
The Lumsing Grand A1 Plus power bank is a large USB power bank with a capacity of 13400mAh. I’ve been…
DigiMakers Bristol – 22nd March 2014
We attended another excellent Digi Makers event held at the @Bristol centre. It’s always nice to wander around and look…
DigiMakers Bristol – 1st February 2014
Despite the threats of floods and road closures we headed into Bristol today to take a look round the DigiMakers…
DHT11 Temperature and Humidity Sensor and the Raspberry Pi
The DHT11 is a low-cost temperature and humidity sensor. It isn’t the fastest sensor around but its cheap price makes it…
Waterproof Ultrasonic Distance Measuring Module
In order to measure the water level in my water butt I decided to try a waterproof ultrasonic distance measuring…
Write SD Card Images Using Etcher On Windows, Linux & Mac
In the Raspberry Pi Weekly #147 newsletter they mentioned a new tool for writing SD card images. This tool is…
How to Change Your Character Skin In Minecraft Pi Edition
Everyone is familar with “Steve” the default Minecraft character and he looks very similar on all Minecraft platforms. It’s easy…
