Great news! Tickets for the Birthday CamJam, which takes place on 2nd March at the Computer Laboratory in West Cambridge, are now available. There will be Talks, Show and Tell, Workshops and a Marketplace in the biggest event CamJam has… Read more → The post Tickets now available for the Birthday CamJam (2nd March) and Pi Wars (20th-21st April) appeared first on Raspberry Pi Pod and micro:bit base ..read more

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… Read more → The post Star Trek Voyager sound box for a scale model using a Raspberry Pi Zero and Pimoroni magic! appeared first on Raspberry Pi Pod and micro:bit base ..read more

I was up at an ungodly hour this morning when I noticed a tweet from Unexpected Maker showing a screengrab of a mailing received from Element 14/Avnet which showed some details of the brand new Raspberry Pi 5. Despite promising… Read more → The post Raspberry Pi 5 launched… for pre-orders appeared first on Raspberry Pi Pod and micro:bit base ..read more

Introduction Hi everyone. I recently took part in an episode of The Pi Cast from Tom’s Hardware during which I presented my latest project: a Mini (or Tiny!) Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck. You can see the full episode below. Of particular… Read more → The post Extremely Mini Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck – #raspberrypi #cyberdeck appeared first on Raspberry Pi Pod and micro:bit base ..read more

Hi everyone. It’s been a little while! I’ve been horribly busy with various things, including work, so it’s been difficult to keep up with blogging. I have been posting Pi stuff over on Twitter/X (how I hate that new name!)… Read more → The post Portable temperature, humidity and pressure sensor using a Raspberry Pi Pico W appeared first on Raspberry Pi Pod and micro:bit base ..read more

Pi Wars is an international, challenge-based robotics competition in which teams build Raspberry Pi-controlled robots and then compete in various non-destructive challenges to earn points. The competition takes place over a single weekend and at the end of each day, prizes, medals… Read more → The post Pi Wars 2024 launches – apply by 1st October! appeared first on Raspberry Pi Pod and micro:bit base ..read more

After several years, populated by coughs and wheezes and dreadful diseases, CamJam is back, and what a wonderful event it was! Myself and Tim Richardson have happily handed over the reigns to Brian Corteil, someone we’ve known for many years,… Read more → The post The Return of Cambridge Raspberry Jam – 22nd April 2023 at Makespace! – A review appeared first on Raspberry Pi Pod and micro:bit base ..read more

Today, we have on the review workbench (well… kitchen table) the Makeblock Ultimate 2.0 robotics kit. I was sent this kit for free from the manufacturers, but they have not vetted or approved this review, so it will be an… Read more → The post Review of the Makeblock Ultimate 2.0 robotics kit appeared first on Raspberry Pi Pod and micro:bit base ..read more

Nicole over at Elecrow got in touch with me about a new robotics kit they’ve been developing called the CrowBot BOLT. I agreed to review the product and give my honest opinion. TL;DR A really well thought-out, and well-produced, kit… Read more → The post Review of the Elecrow CrowBot BOLT – a fun autonomous and remote control robot kit appeared first on Raspberry Pi Pod and micro:bit base ..read more

All about the calendar Arriving just in time for Christmas, The Pi Hut’s Maker Advent Calendar contains all sorts of maker-y goodness to enhance the Festive season. The Calendar comes as a large box with a cardboard wrapper and will… Read more → The post Maker Advent Calendar – 12 days of Codemas – from The Pi Hut appeared first on Raspberry Pi Pod and micro:bit base ..read more