Raspberry Pi

Clay Interactive turned to Raspberry Pi when redesigning sections of the V&A Museum of Childhood, transforming it into the interactive, play-based Young V&A. The team modified some traditional exhibits (adding controllable lighting and sound effects to historic dollhouses) and created new ones, including a self-portrait station, storytelling stage, and imagination playgrounds — all of which largely run on Raspberry Pi 4. Raspberry Pi had served Clay Interactive Ltd well in prior installations, and the V&A Museum of Childhood had “already identified that Raspberry Pis were good for them,” developer-designer Chris Owens says, “so it worked well for us.” The low cost of Raspberry Pi devices suited the museum’s budget, and Raspberry Pi 4’s 40-pin GPIO header, support for SD cards, and ports for added peripherals like cameras meant that the device had the flexibility required for interactivity at various inputs and outputs. “With Raspberry Pi, it’s easy and cheap to prototype and experiment and plug things in… getting the right codecs and the right accelerated way of playing video,” Chris says. Take a look at some of the new exhibits and the hidden Raspberry Pis bringing the magic to life: https://lnkd.in/epvjivsf

A low-cost, high-spec underwater thruster for a passion project grew into Blue Robotics. Now, the company’s Raspberry Pi-controlled vehicle is the world’s most affordable high-performance ROV. With regular unprotected brushless motors out of the question since they would corrode and break “long before the surfboard made it to Hawaii”, and commercial-grade thrusters designed for ROVs prohibitively expensive at anything up to $3000, mechanical engineer and founder Rusty Jehangir needed to come up with something new. He decided to design his own thruster around Raspberry Pi 4, using the Pi to control how much power the motor pulled. Jehangir explains he chose Raspberry Pi over rival single board computers because it was readily available, offered great value, and was supported by a fantastic community. “We have an open source mindset and we want our products to be easy to use and easy to expand upon, including the electronics and software. Raspberry Pi has an incredible community of users and ample examples of how to use it in different situations, giving our customers the support they need to build on top of that.” Raspberry Pi 4 is the brain of both Blue Robotics’ BlueROV2 underwater vehicle and its BlueBoat surface vessel. The vehicles are routinely outfitted with all sorts of sensors to detect and measure objects and conditions under water; these include sonar, conductivity, temperature, and water quality sensors, as well as advanced cameras. The BlueROV2 can operate at depths of up to an impressive 300 metres, and beyond this is primarily limited by the physical tether cable that it uses for communication. The BlueBoat surface vessel, meanwhile, is connected via radio and can venture up to a kilometre from its base station — or much further if higher-performance radios or 4G are used. Read more about Jehangir's journey with Blue Robotics, ten years on from its crowdfunded beginnings: https://lnkd.in/eZ7ETgSY

Introducing Raspberry Pi 500 and the Raspberry Pi Monitor — your complete Raspberry Pi desktop setup. Raspberry Pi 500 puts the power of Raspberry Pi 5 into a high-quality compact keyboard. Featuring a quad-core 64-bit processor, wireless networking, dual display output, and 4K video playback, Raspberry Pi 500 is a capable desktop PC that’s ideal for home computing. It can be purchased alone for $90 or as part of a desktop kit for $120. The Raspberry Pi Monitor is designed to coordinate perfectly with your Raspberry Pi 500 or cased Raspberry Pi 5. It incorporates a 15.6" full HD display with 1920 × 1080p screen resolution, and a pair of 1.2W speakers, in a slender enclosure with a fold-away, integrated stand. All yours for $100. https://lnkd.in/e-77MVYy

🚨 Introducing Raspberry Pi Connect for Organisations 🚨 Connect for Organisations allows you to create an organisation account which can own numerous Raspberry Pi devices registered to it, giving multiple users remote access to manage a device fleet. It costs $0.50 per device per month. (And there’s an exciting update for individual Connect users!..)

NG Studios, Northern Gritstone's venture-building program in partnership with Deeptech Labs, held its autumn cohort Demo Day yesterday at Nexus Leeds. Prior to pitches from five formidable Northern Triangle university spinouts, we heard from Eben Upton, Chief Executive of the technology business Raspberry Pi. His company started out creating cool minicomputers as a way for schoolchildren to discover a love of computing Eben has built a world-class company - from small-scale hardware startup to publicly listed. His is a tale of early-stage startup life, of purpose, tenacity, scaling and valuing people and talent acquisition. Eben had many useful takeaways, including the importance of surrounding yourself with people who sustain you, give you energy and believe in your mission and concept. Congratulations to our five early-stage companies who have completed the NG Studios Deeptech Labs program. Twelve weeks of hard work developing their narratives, refining their target markets and the operational alignment they need for success. They are: CCU International Instruct3D NIQS Tech ReNewFood PhovIR Technologies More to come on these five deep tech startups over the coming months. #profitwithpurpose University of Manchester Innovation Factory The Commercialisation Journey

🚀 Celebrating the Launch of Raspberry Pi CM5! 🎉 We’re excited about the release of Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (CM5)—a significant milestone for industrial-grade machine vision! This new module brings enhanced performance and compatibility, making it easier for developers to create innovative embedded applications. At Arducam, we’ve been at the forefront of developing visual hardware using the Raspberry Pi Compute Module series. Our Arducam KingKong, showcased at Maker Faire Shenzhen, demonstrated its capabilities by recognizing Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton! 🤖 As we upgrade our products to incorporate the CM5, we look forward to unlocking new possibilities in machine vision across various industries. 👉 Read more about our journey with Raspberry Pi CM on our blog https://bit.ly/cm5inAction

Revolution Pi has been designing and manufacturing successful products with Raspberry Pi Compute Modules for years. In this guest post, they talk about why they continue to choose Raspberry Pi technology, and discuss their experience designing with our brand-new Compute Module 5. https://lnkd.in/ex3_xTqx

Last week's launch was accompanied by an announcement of a Compute Module 5-based product from our friends at TBS, who have built successful products on previous Raspberry Pi Compute Modules and whom we have supported to integrate our new module into their latest designs. Here's the story behind their highly successful Compute Module 4-based mini media server. The TBS One-Box.tv/pro24 (OBP-24) is a compact but powerful media server designed for 24/7 operation. It can be used to stream TV channels over a network of devices, such as in a hotel. Read all about it 👉 https://lnkd.in/exirzgGD

In this guest post, Ultralytics, creators of the popular YOLO family of convolutional neural networks, share their insights on deploying and running their powerful AI models on Raspberry Pi devices, offering solutions for a wide range of real-world problems.

What’s the holiday on everyone’s mind today? That’s right, it’s time for the Raspberry Pi Christmas shopping guide! Here’s a handy list of gift ideas for your favourite maker, tinkerer, and/or nerd. Prices start from just $3!