Issue #54 — Fox

Hi

This week the compute module development kits went on sale and we’ve even seen some in action in the hands of the likes of Alex Eames who put out a brilliant video pointing out the bits & pieces of the kit. Ryan is back to work on Pi Weekly now all of the robot kits have been sent out.

NOOBS 1.3.8 is now released with a new Raspbian image accompanied by OpenELEC, Arch Linux, RaspBMC and RISCOS images.

Imperial College first year undergraduates released a Star Fox clone for the Raspberry Pi in pure ARM assembly. Alex Bradbury called for Cambridge University to step up to the challenge.

Next weekend is the CamJam and all the workshops are sold out – Ben will be running one on Picamera and GPIO.

Ben & Ryan

Picture of the week

A wonderful illustration of a Raspberry Pi Model B from the New York Times piece

News

• Compute Module Available Now (raspberrypi.org)
  The foundation have announced the release of the compute module
• NOOBS 1.3.8 (raspberrypi.org)
  Updated NOOBS brings new a Raspbian & other OS images
• PyConUK Education Track (raspberrypi.org)
  Teachers get cost of cover paid, kids tickets for £5
• PiFox (raspberrypi.org)
  Star Fox clone written in pure ARM assembly on bare metal for the Pi
• Energenie (raspberrypi.org)
  Easily control power sockets from Python with Energenie
• TiddlyBot (kickstarter.com)
  Kickstarter for a fun and simple Raspberry Pi robot
• BoozeBot (kickstarter.com)
  An automated cocktail dispenser on Kickstarter

Projects

• Raspberry Pi Photo Booth (drumminhands.com)
  A DIY photo booth for events that uploads an animated gif to a Tumblr blog
• Build a Solar Powered Raspberry Pi (juliansarokin.com)
  Step-by-step video guide to building a portable solar power station for your Pi
• Wii Nunchuck Controlling Python Turtle (computers.tutsplus.com)
  Use a Wii nunchuck to draw using Python Turtle on Pi
• gocupi (code.google.com)
  A Polargraph project using a Raspberry Pi, Go & Arduino
• Back in Black (thisoldgeek.blogspot.co.uk)
  A Raspberry Pi boombox with integrated sound wave display

Articles & more

• Creativity Unleashed (nytimes.com)
  A breakdown of the Raspberry Pi computer in the New York Times
• GPGPG Hacking on the Pi (raspberrypi.org)
  Community efforts programming the GPU using Broadcom's open source drivers
• Compute Module Dev Kit Intro (raspi.tv)
  A look at the compute module development kit by Alex Eames
• NOOBS 1.3.8: Get it, try it and have fun (zdnet.com)
  A review of the updates to Raspbian, OpenELEC and others
• Truro College Students Reach New Heights (westbriton.co.uk)
  Near space photography mission from software development college students
• Teaching Python with a Raspberry Pi (jozefg.bitbucket.org)
  Notes from a summer coding camp leader on teaching using Python on Pi

Upcoming Events

• Cambridge Raspberry Jam (5 July)
• Raspberry Jam Berlin (5 July)
• Exeter Raspberry Jam (5 July)
• Preston Raspberry Jam (7 July)
• Malvern Raspberry Jam (adults) (16 July)
• Malvern Raspberry Jam (students) (16 July)
• Manchester Raspberry Jam 21 (19 July)
• Horsham Raspberry Jam (20 July)
• EuroPython (Berlin) (21 - 27 July)
• Peterborough Raspberry Jam (9 August)
• PyConUK (Coventry) (19 - 22 September)

Contact & Submissions

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