Issue #145 - Weather
Hi
This week the Foundation started shipping kits to schools for the big weather station project – great news for the 1000 schools around the world who have been in eager anticipation. This announcement comes with the launch of a number of learning resources related to weather (some require the kit, some do not) which you can find on the weather station page.
We are in the final week of the Astro Pi coding challenges – entries need to be submitted by noon on 31 March. The two challenges are Sonic Pi music and a Sense HAT MP3 player – great activities open to all under-18s in the UK.
Ben
News
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Raspberry Pi Oracle Weather Stations shipped
(raspberrypi.org) 1000 weather station kits are on their way to schools around the world -
Ten days to enter our Astro Pi competition
(raspberrypi.org) Calling all space coders: a chance to send your code to the ISS -
Meet the 314GB PiDrive
(raspberrypi.org) Western Digital's new Pi-optimised hard drive
Projects
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How to produce electronic music with the Raspberry Pi
(opensource.com) Round-up of electronic music software for the Pi -
Surfing Random Streams
(raspberrypi.org) Sam Aaron demonstrates the incredible power of randomisation in live-coded music -
Playing the Imperial March with a Piezo Buzzer
(instructables.com) A guide on how piezo buzzers can make musical sounds -
DIY catwheel
(imgur.com) A hamster wheel for cats -
Raspberry Pi 3 Bluetooth Networking
(blog.gbaman.info) Simple guide to set up a Bluetooth point to point network between a Pi 3 and a Mac -
Sonicorn
(github.com) Unicorn HAT controlled from Sonic Pi -
python-sonic
(github.com) Control Sonic Pi from Python code -
Listening for the ISS with Raspberry Pi 3 and SoDeRa
(rs-online.com) Using the Raspberry Pi 3, SoDeRa board and SDR to receive signals from the ISS -
StarPi
(hackaday.io) A Raspberry Pi based Astrophotography system -
Building a Raspberry Pi Car Computer
(development-cycle.com) Building a car computer for an 80 series Toyota Land Cruiser
Articles
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Astro Pi cases
(raspberrypi.org)
Examples of 3D printed Astro Pi flight cases from the community -
Scientific Python for Raspberry Pi
(geoffboeing.com)
A guide to setting up the Python scientific stack on a Pi 3 -
Swedish student builds steam-powered Raspberry Pi
(wired.co.uk)
Literal steam punk -
First look at Kano’s Raspberry Pi 3-based Computer Kit
(liliputing.com)
Good round-up of the latest Kano kit featuring Pi 3 -
Pi-Top review: A Raspberry Pi laptop for tinkering on the go
(techrepublic.com)
Testing out the kit that turns the $35 computer into a $300 laptop -
WD Labs, Raspberry Pi, ownCloud and Ubuntu
(owncloud.org)
Help test and improve the WD - ownCloud - Snappy Core - Pi stack -
Balance bot
(raspberrypi.org)
How tricky is balancing a robot with code? -
Piper: A Minecraft Computer For Budding Inventors
(boingboing.net)
A look at Piper: the gaming, learning and inventing kit -
5 fun, easy projects anyone can try with a Raspberry Pi
(digitaltrends.com)
Some fun Raspberry Pi projects just about anybody can build -
3D-printed Raspberry Pi Zero GameBoy
(3ders.org)
This tiny 3D-printed Pi Zero GameBoy will take you back to the 90s -
Setting a static IP address with Raspbian Jessie Lite
(jeffgeerling.com)
A guide to configuring Jessie Lite for networking -
Mirror the monitor connected to a Raspberry Pi on a Mac
(stevencombs.com)
A guide to using VNC on a Mac -
CamJam EduKit 3
(teachprimarycomputing.wordpress.com)
Initial review of setting up a CamJam robot kit for the classroom
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