Issue #139 — Educators

Friday 12 February 2016

Hi all

There’s a new Raspbian release – read all about it on the link below, and do check out the documentation for the latest GPIO Zero release. If you have access to a 3D printer, you can now 3D print your own Astro Pi flight case, just like the (space grade aluminium) ones Tim Peake has aboard the Space Station.

Some great projects and articles this week! I hope you find them useful and informative.

Ben

Picture of the week

The Raspberry Pi Foundation team at the Bett Show 2016

Another new Raspbian Release (raspberrypi.org)
The latest Raspbian features updates, bug fixes and an experimental OpenGL driver
Astro Pi: 3D-Print Your Own Flight Case (raspberrypi.org)
3D printer design files and instructions released for the Astro Pi case
GPIO Zero v1.1 Released (gpiozero.readthedocs.org)
New component interfaces, a new back-end and more new features
Tizen 3.0 Is Being Ported for Raspberry Pi 2 (news.softpedia.com)
Samsung's Linux-based devices OS Tizen is coming to the Pi 2

Making a laser tripwire with a Raspberry Pi (raspberrypi.org)
Use GPIO Zero to make a laser tripwire with a laser pointer
Cluster computing on the Raspberry Pi with Kubernetes (opensource.com)
Build your own cloud cluster with 4 Raspberry Pi 2s
Ben Heck's Raspberry Pi Bitscope mod (engadget.com)
Fun with Autodesk Fusion 360
Wreck it Ralph Raspberry Pi project (hackaday.io)
Characters moving between games, Disney's Wreck it Ralph style
Raspberry Pi GUI Tutorial (baldengineer.com)
Use Qt and Python to make an easy to use Pi App
Home Automation with Raspberry Pi and OpenHab (youtube.com)
A weekend project video using OpenHAB from Make

Meeting educators and learners at Bett 2016 (raspberrypi.org)
Oliver Quilnan on his experience with Raspberry Pi and Code Club at Bett
Fran Scott’s explosions-based computing (raspberrypi.org)
The video from Fran Scott's Raspberry Pi explosions show at Bett 2015
How I sent a Raspberry Pi into near space (alphr.com)
Skycademy success story from David Moss
Fading LEDs with Pi Zero & Node.js (seb.ly)
Using PWM on all pins to control the brightness of LEDs with Node.js
Tech help for Zambian school's solar power computers (southwales-eveningpost.co.uk)
Solar powered RACHEL-PI equipped Raspberry Pi computers heading to Zambia
5 of the best Raspberry Pi projects (gadgette.com)
Hand picked selection of Pi projects from gadgette
Samsung hopes Raspberry Pi can spread Tizen OS adoption (computerworld.com)
It is now possible to create custom versions of Tizen for the Raspberry Pi boards
Hands-on: Manjaro-ARM Linux on the Raspberry Pi 2 (zdnet.com)
ZDNet test out the first alpha release of Manjaro Linux for Raspberry Pi 2
Expand Your Raspberry Pi Storage (vimeo.com)
Video on expanding your filesystem on Raspbian Jessie Lite

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