Author: James Mitchell
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Report from Hackaday Berlin 2024
April 13 2024 in the fantastic Motionlab Berlin, Hackaday took over all our lives for a whole day. Last year I attended the 1st Hackaday Berlin event which was awesome! This year did not disappoint. Paul from Pimoroni and I ran a workshop (Supported by Digikey), building a Raspberry Pi Pico based robot. The workshop…
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Happy 12th Birthday, Raspberry Pi!
It’s hard to believe it’s been a dozen years since you first entered my life. You’re not just a piece of technology; you’re a symbol of innovation, endless possibilities, and the birth of a vibrant community. Twelve years ago, you changed the way I perceived technology. You were not just a single-board computer; you were…
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Plant Monitor Project Diary Part 1
**** Editors Note **** Before you read this post I want to explain why this Diary seems to have died a death. 1st it was not my fault. The LEDs for the ‘green house’ broke and the whole thing had to be returned so we were without a light this year. 2nd the making timelapse…
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Welcome Raspberry Pi 5!
Surprise! The makers of everyones single board computer have done it again and boy this is a good one! Under the hood we have a 64-bit quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 Processor running at 2.4GHz, which when you compare it to the Raspberry Pi 4 makes the Pi 5 2-3 times faster. We are also seeing a…