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The Raspberry Pi Screen Announced

Posted on September 8, 2015 by e8johan

The Raspberry Pi foundation has just released a long blog post announcing a Raspberry Pi touchscreen, available from $60 + local taxes. The screen is connected using DSI/DSP, meaning that the final connector on the Pi finally has a use. … Continue reading →

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Cheaper Pies

Posted on May 14, 2015 by e8johan

With the launch of the Raspberry Pi 2, the pricing of the old B+ felt a bit out of shape. For $35 you got either the newest model with ARMv7 and far more CPU power, or the older B+ with … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi 2 – Double the Power – Same Price

Posted on February 2, 2015 by e8johan

Just in from Raspberry Pi Foundation: Let’s get the good stuff out of the way above the fold. Raspberry Pi 2 is now on salefor $35 (the same price as the existing Model B+), featuring: A 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi as an Amiga Floppy Drive

Posted on January 21, 2015 by e8johan

As you probably know, the combination of retro computing and tinkering with embedded platforms tickles the mind of us here at DigitalFanatics. Someone who really hit that spot is Maurizio Ramondo and his Amiga Drive project. Basically, it is about … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Models

Posted on November 20, 2014 by e8johan

Even more Raspberry Pi stuff today. The Raspberry Pi blog just run a great post on the different models and board revisions out there – you can find it here.

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GertBot

Posted on November 20, 2014 by e8johan

Have a Raspberry Pi? Want to build a robot? Need to drive some engines? or thousands of LEDs? Then you will love the gertbot! The gertbot is a HAT-board for the Raspberry Pi that adds four H-bridges, two open-drain N-MOSFETs … Continue reading →

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New A+ Pi

Posted on November 10, 2014 by e8johan

The Raspberry Pi foundation just announced the new A+ model. It is cheaper, smaller and uses less power, than any other Pi out there. With a smaller form factor, fewer ports and an improved audio output. The A+ model looks like … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Compute Module

Posted on April 8, 2014 by e8johan

This is exciting! The Raspberry Pi Foundation just announced that the Raspberry will be available in a new form factor – the SODIMM. The module will contain the BCM2835 SoC, 512MB of RAM and 4GB FLASH (eMMC). It will be … Continue reading →

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Pi Parts

Posted on March 5, 2014 by e8johan

Have you ever wondered what all the little bits and pieces on your Raspberry Pi is? Now you can learn by simply hovering your mouse over the interactive image over at raspmap. Via Raspberry Pi.

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Raspberry Pi in a PSU

Posted on February 24, 2014 by e8johan

This appeals to me in so many ways – modding, retro, RPi, Commodore… By _retrotext_. via adafruit.

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