The Pi Podcast

The Pi Podcast

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The Pi Podcast episodes

  • The Pi Podcast #8 – Sam Aaron (Sonic Pi)

    The Pi Podcast #8 – Sam Aaron (Sonic Pi)

    The Pi Podcast is a show by members of the Raspberry Pi community for the Raspberry Pi community.

     

    News

    Official Raspberry Pi Projects book

    First 30 issues of the MagPi are free

    Pi-topCEED Desktop Indiegogo

    GPIOZero at 1.0 release

    Processing now available for download on the pi

    Pi Wars – Dec 5th!!

    Reminder that the CamJam EduKit 3 has been launched

     

    Sam Aaron

    Sam Aaron is the creator of the live coding synth and musical instrument Sonic Pi.

     

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    38 min
  • The Pi Podcast #7 – Russell Barnes (The MagPi)

    The Pi Podcast #7 – Russell Barnes (The MagPi)

    The Pi Podcast is a show by members of the Raspberry Pi community for the Raspberry Pi community.

     

    News

    Code Club joins up with Raspberry Pi Foundation

    Barnes & Noble doing Mini Maker Faire events with Raspberry Pi in store

    Astro Pi website launched

    Pi sales averaging over 55,000 a week.

    Learn to Conquer the Command Line.

     

    Russell Barnes

    Russell Barnes is the managing editor of the official Raspberry Pi magazine called The MagPi.

     

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    32 min
  • The Pi Podcast #6 – Sam Nazarko (OSMC)

    The Pi Podcast #6 – Sam Nazarko (OSMC)

    The Pi Podcast is a show by members of the Raspberry Pi community for the Raspberry Pi community.

     

    News

    Ubuntu MATE 15.10 released, including an image for the Pi 2

    Raspberry Pi powered rifle

    Raspberry Pi Customization Service

    WD PiDrive 3D Printed stand

    Raspberry Pi Weather Station for schools

    Raspberry Pi 2 Running Android 6.0 Marshmallow

     

    Sam Nazarko

    Sam Nazarko is the founder and lead developer of OSMC

     

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    33 min
  • The Pi Podcast #5 – Les Pounder (Picademy)

    The Pi Podcast #5 – Les Pounder (Picademy)

    The Pi Podcast is a show by members of the Raspberry Pi community for the Raspberry Pi community.

     

    News

    GPIO Zero

    Squeezing Jessie onto a 4GB SD card

    PiHut are selling the B+ (Not 2) for £22.00 including shipping in Clearance Sale.

    Lego Raspberry Pi Microscope which uses the Waveshare camera

    Raspberry Pi night vision goggles

    RaspAnd

    Senior Pi

     

    Les Pounder

    Les Pounder is a freelance author and Certified Raspberry Pi Educator. He is involved with Picademy and is one of the main organisers of OggCamp.

     

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    34 min
  • The Pi Podcast #4 – Tim Rowledge (Scratch)

    The Pi Podcast #4 – Tim Rowledge (Scratch)

    The Pi Podcast is a show by members of the Raspberry Pi community for the Raspberry Pi community.

     

    News

    Only one news story this time but it’s a big one:

    New Release of Raspbian based on Debian Jessie

     

     

    Tim Rowledge

    Tim Rowledge is a long time ARM and RISC OS user and does development for Scratch in Smalltalk.

     

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    If you want to get in contact you can email show@, find us on Twitter or Facebook or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening.

     

     

    39 min
  • The Pi Podcast #3 – Cat Lamin

    The Pi Podcast #3 – Cat Lamin

    The Pi Podcast is a show by members of the Raspberry Pi community for the Raspberry Pi community.

     

    News

    Raspberry Pi Display

    • Kivy – Open source Python framework for creating NUI applications
    • How to make a display stand for the touchscreen
    • Western Digital kit includes 1TB drive, PSU, 4GB SD card and cabling. £45 with promo code.

      Stack Overflow article on raising the USB current to support external hard drives.

      GoBox: Kickstarter project from Dexter Industries

      Eben Upton Interview by The Raspberry Pi Guy. Camera module EOL of sensor is interesting. Means there has to be a new camera module.

      • The Raspberry Pi Guy website
      • Kids in remote village learn tech through the Pi

         

        Cat Lamin

        Cat Lamin is a primary school computing coordinator who organises Raspberry Pi based Coding Evenings.

        You can find out more on her blog and she’s also on Twitter.

         

        You can subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube or find the RSS feed on our site.

        If you want to get in contact you can email show@, find us on Twitter or Facebook or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening.

        35 min
      • The Pi Podcast #2 – Pi Wars

        The Pi Podcast #2 – Pi Wars

        The Pi Podcast is a show by members of the Raspberry Pi community for the Raspberry Pi community.

        Albert talked about his new CodeBug.

         

        News and projects

        SenseHat now ready to buy (Github repo)

        Looks like Skycademy is doing well and having fun

        RaspBSD

        Witty Pi – Alex Eames has done a full review with video

        Fish Tank monitor

        PiCade

        Bathroom moisture project

        Mycroft – Jono Bacon previously of Canonical and now with the X-Prize has done a video to promote it.

         

        Pi Wars

        We spoke to Michael Horne and Tim Richardson run the annual Pi Wars – a challenge-based robotics competition in which Raspberry Pi-controlled robots are created by teams and then compete in various challenges to earn points and win prizes.

         

        You can subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube or find the RSS feed on our site.

        If you want to get in contact you can email show@, find us on Twitter or Facebook or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening.

         

        38 min
      • The Pi Podcast #1 – Ubuntu MATE

        The Pi Podcast #1 – Ubuntu MATE

        A new podcast is born! Brought to you by Joe Ressington, Isaac Carter and Albert Hickey, The Pi Podcast is a show by members of the Raspberry Pi community for the Raspberry Pi community.

         

        News

        Hello, Windows 10 IoT Core

        New Snappy Core released

        RetroPie 3.0 is released

        Oxford Flood Network uses Raspberry Pis to detect rising water

        Pi Wars

        The MagPi is officially being printed and available at select stores

        Pi developer seeks funding

        Mycroft (Check out Episode 105 of Linux Unplugged if you want to learn more)

         

        Ubuntu MATE

        We spoke to Martin Wimpress who is the lead developer of Ubuntu MATE. He joins us to talk about a serious alternative to Raspbian as a fully fledged desktop operating system for the Raspberry Pi 2. You can download the image for the Pi 2 it here. During the interview Albert mentioned a video from the Cambridge Raspberry Jam.

         

        If you want to get in contact you can email show@, find us on Twitter or Facebook or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening.

         

        37 min

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      A show by members of the Raspberry Pi community