Raspberry Pi B+

Remote Treat Dispenser Sends You Adorable Photos of Your Pet

Remote Treat Dispenser Sends You Adorable Photos of Your Pet

By Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin

A typical day for Lisa includes: getting up to see the sunrise, bicycling, interning at Make:, reading and writing short stories, and listening to audiobooks and podcasts for hours while working on projects or chores.

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Need a quick mood lift when you’re missing your pet? This treat dispensing camera rig will text you a photo of your pet.

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The Latest in Microcontrollers: 11 Cutting-Edge Boards That Are Driving Diversity

The Latest in Microcontrollers: 11 Cutting-Edge Boards That Are Driving Diversity

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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In the last year and a half, we’ve seen an explosion of new boards, and there doesn’t appear to be any reason to expect the trend to slow down in the near future.

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Have A Happy Pi Day with this Baker’s Dozen of Raspberry Pi Projects

Have A Happy Pi Day with this Baker’s Dozen of Raspberry Pi Projects

By Jordan Bunker

Jordan Bunker

Technical Editor at Maker Media. Maker. Hacker. Artist. Sometimes Scientist. Pretengineer. Builder of things. Maker of stuff.

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By David Scheltema

David Scheltema

I love to tinker and write about electronics. My days are spent building projects and working as a Technical Editor for MAKE.

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The Raspberry Pi is a great platform to rapidly build fun electronics projects. And since it’s Pi Day here in the States —yes, we really do order the date by month/day/year, 3/14/15— we thought it’s a great time to share thirteen of our favorite Pi projects. This collection of projects —hyperlink in the slideshow— will […]

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First look at the new Raspberry Pi B+

First look at the new Raspberry Pi B+

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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Earlier today the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced a new board. Perhaps somewhat unexpectedly however, it’s not a board to replace the current model B, but a B+ board, and it’s what the model B should have been all along.

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