Issue #117 — Display

Hi everyone

This week the Foundation announced (at last) the immediate availability of the official DSI touchscreen display. Perhaps not a replacement for your monitor but a great device for embedded projects and touchscreen applications. Buy from the swag store or partners now!

Pimoroni have already created a great stand for the display which they’re selling in kits. Be sure to watch their new video series, Bilge Tank.

Earlier this week I was in Estonia launching the Raspberry Pi in Estonia project with the British Embassy in Tallinn. It was a great event and the Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas was in attendance, thanking the Raspberry Pi Foundation and partners for their work on the project.

Ben

Picture of the week

The new official Raspberry Pi touch display

News

• Raspberry Pi Display (raspberrypi.org)
  The eagerly awaited Raspberry Pi DSI display is out now at $60
• Raspberry Pi in Estonia Project Launch (raspberrypi.org)
  The launch of an education project between The British Embassy and Raspberry Pi
• The Raspberry Pi Guy interviews Eben (raspberrypi.org)
  A new video of Matt grilling Eben about the future of Pi
• Erle-Spider (indiegogo.com)
  A Pi 2 powered drone with legs running by Ubuntu Snappy Core
• WD PiDrive (liliputing.com)
  Western Digital have created a 1TB hard drive kit for the Raspberry Pi

Projects

• Retro Mini Apple Computer (3dprint.com)
  3D Print Your Own Retro Mini Apple Computer powered by Pi
• Quaver: The Multiplayer Piano (blog.majormega.com)
  Turning an old piano into a song writing machine
• How to Install a Camera in a Birdhouse (instructables.com)
  Installing a Raspberry Pi camera in a birdbox
• Charting Temperatures (blog.tafkas.net)
  Gathering and Charting Temperatures using RRDTool and Highcharts
• Wireless Pool Temperature Sensor (raspihub.com)
  Remote pool monitor using a Raspberry Pi with a waterproof temperature sensor

Articles & more

• DJ MistaJam and Sam Aaron compose using code (raspberrypi.org)
  Sonic Pi creator Sam Aaron shows a BBC Radio DJ how to make music with code
• how not to hack the Raspberry Pi display (raspberrypi.org)
  Clive Beale breaks his display board and tells the tale
• Picade (sandyjmacdonald.github.io)
  Excellent review of Pimoroni's Picade from Sandy McDonald
• New Official Raspberry Pi DSI screen launches (raspi.tv)
  Alex Eames covers the new official display
• Raspberry Pi Dashcam (youtube.com)
  Dashcam project with the Pi camera and Adafruit's GPS HAT
• Trick Self-Driving Cars Into Seeing Fake Obstacles (techtimes.com)
  Combo of Raspberry Pi and laser pen can fool self-driving cars into seeing things
• Julia Notebook Server (github.com)
  A guide to setting up a Jupyter Notebook Server on Raspberry Pi
• Mycroft Device Successfully Funded (news.softpedia.com)
  Ubuntu Snappy Core and Raspberry Pi 2 Powered AI device funded on KickStarter
• Bilge Tank (youtube.com)
  The inaugural chat show video from Pimoroni discussing all things Pi

Thanks to our sponsor

Go from signup to streaming data from your Pi to a real-time dashboard in less than two minutes!!

Contact & Submissions

This newsletter is curated by @ben_nuttall. Tweet links to @rpf_weekly or email weekly [at] raspberrypi.org