Linux User and Developer has fast become the best mainstream magazine for the Raspberry Pi. They regularly print multiple Pi features every month and this month’s is no exception. Here’s a list of the articles you can expect to find when it comes out in shops this coming week:
A guide to ‘essential’ add-ons for the Pi including:
USB cable with switch
Adafruit 16-channel PWM/servo driver board
PiBorg PicoBorg Reverse
MCP3008 analog-to-digital converter chip
Pi Camera
The PiTFT screen
Sharp IR range finder
Adafruit Barometric, temp and altitude sensor
Adafruit Electret microphone amplifier
Adafruit stereo audio amplifier
An entire mini-mag devoted to the Pi including:
Dexter Industries’ BrickPi Bookreader project
A guide to getting started with Minecraft Pi Edition (including a plug for Kano’s visual Minecraft programming environment)
How to mine Bitcoins with the Pi
How to use your Pi with BOINC and contribute to international scientific projects
A feature on the Compute Module
A guide to parallel processing on the Pi with the aim of building a ‘supercomputer’
An review of the Wolfson Audio Card (which a higher-than-expected and deserved (IMHO) 4/5 rating)
PiTFT Mini Kit – 320×240 2.8″ TFT+Touchscreen for Raspberry Pi: Limited supply available. Is this not the cutest little display for the Raspberry Pi? It features a 2.8″ display with 320×240 16-bit color pixels and a resistive touch overlay. The plate uses the high speed SPI interface on the Pi and can use the mini display as a console, X window port, displaying images or video etc. Best of all it plugs right in on top! (read more)
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Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
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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 accessories and all the code & tutorials to get you up and running in no time!