Raspberry Pi

YARH.IO Micro 2 Raspberry Pi Handheld Unveiled

Home News (Image credit: YARH.IO) Fans of the YARH.IO handheld we covered late last year should appreciate this new edition: the YAHR.IO Micro 2. Like its predecessor, it uses a Raspberry Pi and functions as a small, all-in-one computer that fits in the palm of your hand. This new edition is designed to use a… Read more

RISC-V Powered BeagleV Board Announced Via New Collaboration

Home News (Image credit: Seeed, BeagleBoard, StarFive) The RISC-V CPU architecture is making progress across a plethora of devices. From soldering irons and watches to desktop computers, the open source RISC-V CPU looks set to make an impact in 2021. Seeed Studio and Beagleboard have today announced an official collaboration with StarFive, a leading RISC-V… Read more

This Raspberry Pi Smart Fan HAT is Stackable and GPIO Friendly

Home News (Image credit: Sequent Microsystems) If your Raspberry Pi 4 project relies on a HAT, you may want to throw in this stackable Smart Fan HAT by Sequent Microsystems. It cools much more than a single heatsink and has full GPIO access. There are already fan HATs available for the Pi 4, but the… Read more

Raspberry Pi Intercom: Keep in Touch at the Push of a Button

Home News (Image credit: Bruno, Chordata) Keeping in touch can be tricky when working from home or isolating due to illness. This Raspberry Pi project aims to bridge the communication gap with a simple DIY intercom. It was created by Chordata’s tech lead, Bruno, and shared recently on the Chordata blog. The project relies on… Read more

How to Code Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock on Raspberry Pi

Home News Icons made by Smashicons from www.flaticon.com (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Before computers, smartphones, and the internet, kids entertained themselves for hours playing Rock Paper Scissors. Adults have made big decisions such as, “Who goes first?” or “Who gets the last piece of cake?” based on a game of Rock Paper Scissors. The magic… Read more

RoboScan: Automated film scanning with Raspberry Pi

RoboScan automatically digitizes analog films with a DSLR camera. A Raspberry Pi is used for this, which uses machine learning and a stepper motor to move the film in a Lego frame. RoboScan is an open source project by Maker Benjamin Bezine that was created in lockdown and is active on GitHub as bezineb5. During… Read more

Slackware as a basis: Live system Slacko Puppy Linux 7.0 released

A lone fighter from the very active developer community around Puppy Linux published a new edition of the slim live system a few days ago. The special: Slacko Puppy Linux 7.0 continues the Slackware line from Puppy Linux after a good four years of development – the last “Slacko” edition (6.3.0) was in February 2015… Read more

Over:Board, A Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Mini-ITX Board

Home News (Image credit: Ross Nicholls) The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 was destined to be embedded into a range of carrier boards. Initially, we start with the Compute Module 4 IO board and then design our Compute Module 4-powered product using the various features the IO board provides. For example, Experimental Pi’s recent Compute… Read more

Container: Dynamic templates for FreeBSD jails with Bastille

Bastille was released in version 0.8. The tool automates and manages jails under FreeBSD, i.e. operating system and application containers. An instance of a FreeBSD jail provided with Bastille with the full range of commands of the base system only requires around 10 to 12 Mbytes of space on the data carrier. Improved and dynamic… Read more

New pi-top [4] Raspberry Pi Robotics Kit Revs Its Motors at CES

Home News (Image credit: pi-top) The pi-top dev team is at it again with another addition to the line of kits and accessories for the Raspberry Pi-based learning platform, the pi-top [4]. This year at CES, the team showcase their latest creation: a new Robotics Kit and Expansion Plate designed to introduce robotics and mechanical… Read more

New Raspberry Pi 4 Retro Handhelds On The Way

Home News (Image credit: YouTube / ETA Prime) Since the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 arrived on the scene in late 2020, there have been murmurings from retro gaming enthusiasts eager to have the power of Raspberry Pi 4 in portable retro gaming rigs. Experimental Pi, well known for its PiBoy DMG, a “homage” to… Read more

Review Qnap TVS 672N: fast, flexible and scalable cloud storage in-house

RESUME The Qnap TVS – 672 N is a NAS aimed at the true audio enthusiast. With the enormous amount of storage capacity, lovers of films and series will not complain. Support for Roon, Linn Audio and the possibility for virtualization are big pluses. The scalability of the hardware ensures that you are ready for… Read more

Adafruit Aims To Cyberdeck Your Raspberry Pi 400

Home News (Image credit: Adafruit) With the change of form factor, the keyboard chassis Raspberry Pi 400 introduced an interesting challenge for third party accessory makers. The GPIO, now moved to the rear of the case and rotated 90 degrees means that standard HATs and add on boards no longer fit. Companies and makers are… Read more

Pepper Jobs XtendTouch Pro Review: Pretty, Portable OLED

Our Verdict A stunning AMOLED panel helps the XtendTouch Pro stand out among the portable monitor competition. But a required power hub and a high retail price mean this screen will mostly appeal to professionals. For Astounding image quality and brightness More versatile than competition Touch controls work well Against Expensive, especially at retail price… Read more

Raspberry Pi Project Plays Full Movies Using One Floppy Disk

Home News (Image credit: GreedyPaint) The novelty of a good Raspberry Pi project is hard to wear off. When makers get to work with rose-tinted glasses, the end result is often a delicious medley of retro technology and modern finesse—like this incredible Raspberry Pi floppy player project known as the LimaTek Diskmaster, created by a… Read more