On 10/10/2023, Debian Bookworm was released for the Raspberry Pi. This OS has a number of new features that improve the GUI as well as some behind the scenes improvements.
Read more →I was participating in a webinar recently and one of the attendees said that people are putting heatsinks on the wrong components on the RPi4 board. In particular, he said
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Earlier this year, the Raspberry Pi Foundation released the RPi 400. If you're not familiar with this particular model, it's a keyboard embedded with a slightly enhanced Raspberry Pi 4.
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Introduction Before construction begins on a new building site, an environmental impact assessment is often performed. This can include a biological survey as well as periodic measurements of physical properties
Read more →Did the Maker Movement peak in the last few years? I'm basing this on the fact that my local Makerspace has pretty much disbanded. And, it seems like Maker Faires
Read more →It's no secret that we like Python here at Pi-Plates. It comes preinstalled on every build of Raspian, is pretty easy to learn, and is extremely powerful. But, no matter
Read more →This was our second year at the Kansas City Maker Faire and, like last year, it didn't disappoint. It's held in a beautiful venue and there's always lots of interesting
Read more →We picked up a Pi 3 at Microcenter today (limit 1 per customer) and decided to repeat the benchmark that we performed on the Pi 2. This benchmark is a
Read more →In late November, the Raspberry Pi Foundation introduced the $5 Raspberry Pi Zero to critical acclaim. Like many people, I couldn't wait to get my hands on one. And, like many
Read more →We found this yesterday while researching nearby Maker Faire events. If you fast forward to the 1:25 mark, you'll see some kids interacting with the hardware at our booth.
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