Your newest synth might be hiding a Pi inside. Gear News looks at the modern state of synthesizers and the impact of Pi. Digital synthesizers have existed in some form since the 1970s, with the New England Digital Synclavier being the first commercial release in 1977. As synthesizers became more powerful, adding sampling and physical modelling to the already existing FM synthesis, the DSP required to run them became more complex. Additions like sequencers and effects only compounded the expense. The solution for Korg – as well as other manufacturers, as we’ll see – was the Raspberry Pi. Es ..read more

Scale models are great. And they’re even better with sound effects! Michael Horne used a Raspberry Pi to create a Star Trek sound box to augment a scale model of the USS Voyager. Here’s more from Raspberry Pi Pod: A friend of mine volunteers for a non-profit organization called Models for Heroes which aims to give Armed Forces veterans a focus for their free time by helping them get into scale modelling. He also builds his own scale models and this time it’s a model of the USS Voyager from Star Trek. He asked for some help to give the project an extra “zing” by providing sound effects. I did ..read more

Jeff Geerling shared this project on Youtube! Build a free and open source NVR that’s better than most commercial NVR’s. I used Frigate, a Raspberry Pi, a Coral TPU, and Axzez’s Interceptor 1U chassis. Axzez sent me the 1U chassis and the required accessories (not including hard drives or the Raspberry Pi) for this build, but they did not pay any money, nor did they have any input into the content in this video. Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Adafruit has the largest and best selection of Raspberry Pi a ..read more

DigiKey shared this vide on Youtube! Which should you use for your project, Arduino or Raspberry Pi? In this video, Becky Stern shows you the primary differences and explains why you would choose a microcontroller or single board computer (SBC) for your project. See more ..read more

Anyone who’s been to GitHub before has no doubt come across the unforgettable Octocat mascot. Its pointy ears and friendly smile accompany a wide library of code shared by thousands of people over the years. Today we’ve got an adorable Raspberry Pi project to share created by the Infineon Team who’s using a Pi to bring the GitHub Octocat mascot to life. The team is using pneumatics to make silicone tentacles flap on command. The Pi is able to address each tentacle using Infineon’s new DC Motor Control HAT. The head for Octocat was 3D printed using an FDM printer and ..read more

The ZX2040 is a port of Andre Weissflog ZX Spectrum emulator to the Raspberry Pico RP2040, packed with a simple UI for game selection and key mapping to make it usable without a keyboard. This project is specifically designed for the Raspberry Pico and ST77xx based displays. The reference device is the Pimoroni Tufty RP2040 display board, but actually the code can run into any Raspberry Pico equipped with an ST77xx display and five buttons connected to five different pins. The buttons work as inputs for the four gaming directions (left, right, top, bottom) and the fire but ..read more

The Knight Rider Historians’ YouTube channel recently showed off an excellent KITT replica that uses a Raspberry Pi and ChatGPT to work as an interactive prop. This KITT prop is designed to resemble the voice box from the car. It listens for audio input and processes it using speech-to-text so that the data can be parsed to ChatGPT. From there, ChatGPT generates a response in the way KITT would speak. This text is then transposed into audio played while the LEDs flash to mimic how they would flash on the original show. They use a Raspberry Pi 4 to control the operation. It’s connect ..read more

If you’ve ever run around at the magic hour snapping shots with a Pentax K1000 or a Canon AE-1, then you know the great low-fi analog feel of an old timey camera. Today’s version of that might be something like this design from Jacob Cunningham. Here’s more from hackaday: Inside the 3D printed enclosure is a Raspberry Pi Zero, a Pi HQ Camera module, an 1.5″ OLED display, a lithium-ion battery pouch cell, and the charging and voltage regulation boards necessary to keep everything powered up. There’s also a handful of tactile buttons to work through the settings and menus, and a 10-axis IMU to ..read more

The Raspberry pi research foundation hosts monthly free online seminars about computing education research that you can participate in! You can catch up on past seminars on the Rasperrypi.org blog and on their previous seminars and recordings page. Last months seminar was all about understanding the impact of AI tools in the classroom. Via Rasperrypi.org Educators around the world are grappling with the problem of whether to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the classroom. As more and more teachers start exploring the ways to use these tools for teaching and learning computing, there ..read more

Great build and tutorial from Frank Bernhardt. When I decided to replace my old NAS with a new one, I didn’t want to spend too much money on this. So I looked around and found that there are many NAS kits based on a Raspberry Pi. Now you may ask what was my motivation to create another one instead of choosing one of the existing NAS models? This is quite easy to answer. None of these available models matched my requirements for 100%. And I also enjoy developing new things … See full details here on Instructables. Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts, tutoria ..read more