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DIY Game Boy Pocket Using the Raspberry Pi

Travis Brown designs a Game Boy Pocket clone using a Raspberry Pi running Retro Pi emulation software.

All of the electronics were gutted from the case, which was then modified to fit the RPi and other electronics.

The Game Boy Pocket hit the market back in 1996 and is still popular with fans of the handheld gaming system that they can still be bought today. Yeah, there’s nothing like gaming on a black and white screen, which was better than the pea-green screen of the original Game Boy. Those who are fans of the Pocket but would like to have a color screen and be able to play games from other systems should take a look at Travis Brown’s Pocket Pi.

Continue Reading October 9th, 2014 Cabe Atwell

Raspberry Pi Hardware Discussion: Compute Module, HATs, and Model B+

At MakerCon, I had the pleasure of sitting down with James Adams, the Director of Hardware Engineering for Raspberry Pi. We talked about his role in the design of the Linux single-board computer and the newest hardware. Their new Model B+, the HAT specification, and the Compute Module. James is also on the team behind […]

Continue Reading September 18th, 2014 Matt Richardson

Wyliodrin Cloud Programming Supports Pi and Galileo

Wyliodrin is an online service that allows you to visually create applications for Linux development boards and control them from your browser. You can use their service to program a Raspberry Pi and they’ve recently partnered with Intel to allow you to program second generation Galileo boards. Users can start with Visual Programming, a language […]

Continue Reading September 15th, 2014 Matt Richardson

Pi Top: 3D printed, Full Sized, Raspberry Pi Laptop

The Pi Top is an educational kit. It appears as though it is in the early stages of planning an upcoming crowdfunding campaign. the basic idea is that you assemble the entire laptop yourself and learn a few things along the way. There are a series of lessons packaged in software that come along with […]

Continue Reading September 11th, 2014 Caleb Kraft

Raspberry Pi and MaKey MaKey Power Bus Stop Pac-Man

Make: Contributing Editor Alasdair Allan visited Maker Faire Trondheim last weekend and caught up with Frode Halvorsen, the general manager of Trondheim Makers. As one of the organizers of the faire, he showed off their advertising campaign, a Raspberry Pi and MaKey MaKey-equipped bus stop ad that lets pedestrians play Pac-Man. The video above gives you […]

Continue Reading September 5th, 2014July 29th, 2015 Matt Richardson

DIY Audio Book Reader for Grandfather Losing Sight

Willem van der Jagt designed an Audio Book Reader using the Raspberry Pi for his grandfather who is losing his sight.
It features an RFID card to scan the DVD boxes that correspond to the eBook when placed on top of the device.

Continue Reading August 20th, 2014 Cabe Atwell

Raspberry Pi HAT Specification Released

Arduino has shields. BeagleBone has capes. And now Raspberry Pi has HATs. The Raspberry Pi Foundation officially announced their specification for add-on boards for their new Model B+ single board computer, which just started shipping. HAT stands for “Hardware Attached on Top” and is meant to make it easier for the end user to add […]

Continue Reading July 31st, 2014 Matt Richardson

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