Issue #154 - Boat
Hi all
Issue #46 of The MagPi is out now, featuring electronics projects with GPIO Zero and much more. Did you know you get a free Pi Zero when subscribing to the magazine?
Be sure to check out Alex Eames’s latest Kickstarter project – the Analog Zero, perfect for reading analogue inputs with Python. It’s only running for a week so don’t hang about!
Ben
News
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The MagPi Issue #46
(raspberrypi.org) Electronics projects, IoT weight scales, night vision cameras, an Asteroids clone and more -
Astro Pi Coding Challenges: a message from Tim Peake
(raspberrypi.org) Astronaut Tim Peake made a video congratulating the Astro Pi competition winners -
RasPiO Analog Zero
(kickstarter.com) This Zero-sized board allows you to connect 8 analogue inputs -
Pi Wars 2017
(piwars.org) The next Pi Wars competition has been announced for 1st April 2017
Projects
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Getting started with the Twitter API
(raspberrypi.org) A guide to connecting to Twitter from Python using Twython -
Python Quick Reaction Game
(raspberrypi.org) Create a reaction game with GPIO Zero -
Full Minecraft on Pi
(cnet.com) Get the full version of Minecraft running on a Raspberry Pi -
Pi0Boat
(hackster.io) A $250 smart aquatic vehicle with the Pi Zero -
Setup Bluetooth on a Raspberry Pi 3
(cnet.com) Here's how to get Bluetooth up and running on the latest Raspberry Pi -
Garage Door Monitor
(hackster.io) Home automation project with a great feature set -
Bird box
(pi-tutorials.co.uk) Build your own infra-red bird box
Articles
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Marathon man
(raspberrypi.org)
Running the London Marathon with additional hardware -
Home-made CNC milling machine
(raspberrypi.org)
Home-made Pi-powered milling machine -
Raspberry Pi is becoming more than a niche educational computer
(newelectronics.co.uk)
Jason Barnett on Raspberry Pi in industry -
Vector maps on Raspberry Pi and Yocto
(mapbox.com)
Use Mapbox vector maps with OpenGL acceleration on Raspberry Pi -
Google to bring official Android support to the Raspberry Pi 3
(arstechnica.com)
Google's Android source repository gets a new device tree especially for the Pi 3 -
What containers and unikernels can learn from Arduino and Raspberry Pi
(opensource.com)
The success of device-specific kernels -
Why #PiZero the $5 computer matters to education
(teachercast.net)
US teacher Sam Patue sings the praises of Pi Zero in his classroom
This newsletter is curated by Ben Nuttall and the Foundation team.
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