Friday 27 May 2016

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

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

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

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