Issue #120 — Jessie

Friday 2 October 2015

Hi everyone

This week the Foundation released an upgraded version of Raspbian, now based on Debian Jessie. Download from raspberrypi.org/downloads.

Be sure to check out the beta of GPIO Zero – a new Python module designed for in education, and making physical computing more accessible.

Also check out the Pi Podcast – this week’s episode covers Jessie and features Raspbian’s Scratch developer Tim Rowledge.

Ben

Picture of the week

Raspbian Jessie is here!

Jessie Is Here (raspberrypi.org)
The new Raspbian features improvements and new programs
GPIO Zero Beta 1 (pythonhosted.org)
A new GPIO Python library designed for education
BuildYourOwn Exhibition at Norwich Castle (twitter.com)
Rachel Rayns's exhibition moves to Norwich for 3 months
Ubuntu Snappy Core 15.04 (news.softpedia.com)
Ubuntu Snappy Core 15.04 has a new and improved Raspberry Pi 2 image

SuperGameGirl (imgur.com)
Beautiful looking Pi-GameBoy project
Sense HAT Data (rpubs.com)
Plotting data from the Sense HAT using R
Raspberry Pi-powered Rover (smh.com.au)
School holiday tech project: Raspberry Pi-powered Rover
Raspberry PI night vision goggles (instructables.com)
Infra-red night vision goggles using a NOIR camera and Quanum FPV Goggles
LEGO Microscope (instructables.com)
A Raspberry Pi camera-based microscope using LEGO parts
ScrapPi (instructables.com)
Upcycled Media Hub
Raspberry Pi 7" Touchscreen Case (thingiverse.com)
3D printable case for the new touchscreen display
Solar powered remote water monitoring (medium.com)
Remote water monitoring with a solar powered Raspberry Pi

Kids! Teachers! Developers! PyConUK was a blast! (raspberrypi.org)
A round-up of the events of the UK's annual Python conference
Ra (raspberrypi.org)
Ra: sound art from a pyrite sun disc
Wordclock Redux (raspberrypi.org)
Bernd Krolla’s Raspberry Pi wordclock project
Coding with youngsters using pgzero on RPi (ramblings.timgolden.me.uk)
Time Golden shares his experience teaching kids with PyGame Zero
Raspberry Pi updates Raspbian with Jessie (theinquirer.net)
Jessie Debian build for the Pi now comes with LibreOffice and more
Piper (techtimes.com)
Piper Lets Kids Learn How To Design Circuits While Playing Minecraft
Raspbian, the Raspberry Pi OS updated (lifehacker.com)
The updated Raspberry Pi OS has Interface and performance Improvements
Eben Upton Serves Up Two New Helpings of Raspberry Pi (techtimes.com)
Eben shows off the new Sense HAT and DSI touchscreen at Maker Faire NYC

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