Raspberry Pi Development

Electronics Weekly editor Richard Wilson interviews Eben Upton, founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, about the the design changes in the new Raspberry Pi Compute Module. Q: What prompted you to develop this new compute module and why have you changed the form factor? Eben Upton: Yes, this has been a busy year for us. The Compute Module was a concept that ...

RaspberryPi.org has announced the arrival of the Compute Module, taking a more industrial, professional direction. Basically, the core technology of a Pi has been repackaged and released in a new form, aimed at those creating their own PCB. You can now fit the core of the Pi into your own larger system. The Compuer Module contains the same BCM2835 processor with ...

We have a Wolfson Audio Card in the office, and I am intending to try it over the weekend. Have been itching to try something like this since I spoke to Wim Lemmers of NXP on using the I2S port that appeared in rev2 of the pcb. Looks like the drivers are not yet in Raspian, so will have to ...

The second edition of the Raspberry Pi User Guide  has been published. Written by Raspberry Pi co-creator Eben Upton, and tech writer Gareth Halfacree, it has been updated to cover stuff including the camera board, NOOBS installation software, and introduce the Pi Store. “Although initially intended for schools to help improve computer science skills amongst students, the Raspberry Pi has ...

The popularity of Raspberry Pi has raised interest in the most professional of circles. XMOS is a West Country-based fables chip firm that makes multi-core microcontrollers with a lot of processing power. Sony just released a headphone amplifier with one inside, the PHA-2. Unusually for microcontrollers, there are few fixed peripherals. Instead, its internal ‘xCores’, which are fast 32bit RISC ...

Buckingham-based Fuze has come up with a rugged case for Raspberry Pi that includes a UK keyboard. All connectins are bought out to the back panel – with internal extension cables for USB, HDMI, audio and network ports. GPIO is extended and protected, and there is an 840 socket solder-less breadboard for electronic projects. “The case can  extend the life ...

See a Raspberry Pi constructed from scratch. From start to finish we show the manufacturing process of the Raspberry Pi at the Sony facility in Pencoed South Wales: assembly, inspection and testing. Claire Doyle, Head of Raspberry Pi Global Division at Element 14, and Gareth Jones, Senior Manager New Business Development at Sony Uk Tech, talk us through the process.

Electronics Weekly visits the Welsh factory where Farnell/Element 14 gets its Raspberry Pi boards made. Run by Sony near Bridgend in Mid-Glamorgan, four of the plant’s eight pick-and-place/reflow lines are making Raspberry Pis 24 hours a day, five days a week. This used to be Sony’s UK TV plant, and Raspberry Pi is the first time it has run such ...

Just in case you feel your Raspberry Pi is running too hot, Element 14 claims this set of heatsinks: “reduces the risk of hardware failure due to overheating. No need for noisy fans.” That said, I am not sure I have ever seen a Raspberry Pi with fans… The other stated advantage is that they will fit into most cases. ...

Ciseco of Nottingham has announced a 9×14 red LED matrix display for Raspberry Pi, which looks like it mounts straight on top of the little computer. “We designed the ‘Pi-Lite’ as an easy-to-use display – one that could scroll simple messages, bar graphs and VU meter data as well as doing graphics,” said Ciseco founder and CTO Miles Hodkinson. “The ...