Author: Steve Chalkley

Getting started with the Raspberry Pi

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Originally posted by Kieth Ellis from Ipswich Makerspace.

“Ok, so I was going to write a guide to getting started with the Raspberry Pi. However Michael Horne the organiser of the Cambridge CamJam has already written an excellent article.

So take a look at this post and definitely look at the Raspberry Pi foundation website, they have a great resource page with lots of guides and ideas for things to do with your Pi.

http://www.recantha.co.uk/blog/?page_id=11986

https://www.raspberrypi.org/resources/

Once again, if you have any questions, just ask.”

Keith is one of the builders of our 2014 PiWars entry (which won its category) and was at the Ipswich Jam on Saturday demonstrating the robots.

Camera tracking in Blender

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So I decided to give camera tracking in blender a try, It works really well, setup was easy enough, but the render took forever! 500 frames at 10 samples (Not that many.) took over 6 hours on two different computers (150 on main: ~ 2 hours, 350 on laptop: 4.5 hours.), result is good, but the shadows are not brilliant, still needs some work. (Model used is my bench design for product design.)
by Byron Theobald
from Ipswich Makerspace

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Kickstarter 3D scanner by Phil Willis

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This looks interesting and may be a reason for (me) buying a 3D printer.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1545315380/atlas-3d-the-3d-scanner-you-print-and-build-yourse

However not sure how the laser modules work as they appear to be fixed to the device and unmoving yet they manage to cast lines on the target, does this mean the devices have tiny mirrors inside them?
by Phil Willis

Wii controllers talking to Arduino by Phil Willis

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Wii Classic controller talking to an Arduino via I2C then over Bluetooth to my desktop.

by Phil Willis
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