The Raspberry Pi is back, and it’s attracting a whole slew of new hobbyist ideas. The credit card-sized computer, which first launched in 2012, received a major upgrade earlier this week when the fourth-generation model hit stores. The new version boasts faster speeds and better connectivity, but with an ultra-low $35 price tag. Earlier versions […]
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The Raspberry Pi 4 is here — and it’s an awesome upgrade. Earlier rumors said that it would take a while before a major Raspberry Pi upgrade, but it’s available starting today. When it comes to physical design, the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B looks a lot like the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, the previous flagship
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If you were a British kid at any time from the 1950s to the 1980s, the chances are that your toy shop had a train set in it. Not just any train set, but a full model railway layout in a glass case roughly the size of a pool table, with a button that when
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Nānākuli and Waiʻanae high school students spent a transformative week, June 3-7, building and working with computers. They were in a programming and sciences program called “HIGGS” taught by University of Hawaiʻiat Mānoa physics Associate Professor Philip von Doetinchem. The mentorship program, in its fourth year, aims to increase the digital literacy level of high school students in a
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At first glance, the Banana Pi BPI-M4 looks like a Raspberry Pi 3 clone. And it kind of is — the single-board computer even has a 40-pin connector that lets you attach Raspberry Pi HAT add-on boards. But the Banana Pi BPI-MP4 has a different processor with support for 4K video. Like a Raspberry Pi it can
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As expected, the makers of the UP family of single-board computers have launched a crowdfunding campaign for their most powerful model to date. UP Xtreme single board PC with Intel Whiskey Lake hits Kickstarter for €249 and up The UP Xtreme is a 4.8″ x 4.7″ computer with support for up to an Intel Core i7-8655UE processor, up
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Imagine for a moment that you are back in 2015. Radio Shack are going to the wall, Heathkit returning from the dead, and Arduino spliting into two warring Arduinos. And someone has announced a tiny Linux-capable microprocessor board called the C.H.I.P. that will cost only $9. We all thought that last one was pretty cool
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Makers or car enthusiasts wanting to upgrade their in car computer may be interested in this DIY Raspberry Pi car computer project published to the official Raspberry Pi magazine website by Rob Zwetsloot. To carry out the project you will require a Raspberry Pi 3B or 3B+ mini PC equipped with an official Raspberry Pi
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Decent laptop computers have been available for decades now. Despite this, there’s still something charming and enigmatic about a computer hidden within a briefcase. [MakeFailRepeat] wanted just such a rig, so did the maker thing and built one. The project began when [MakeFailRepeat] was donated a 15″ monitor that ran on 12V. Naturally, it needed to
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If you’re doorbell could do with a little 21st-century makeover you may be interested in a Raspberry Pi video doorbell created by Instructable member MisterM. Who has not only created an awesome Raspberry Pi video doorbell but also given it a retro 1986 style design. Watch the video below to learn more about the pine
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