My dad was a maker. He was a professional designer and a classically trained painter. Back then, he was designing and building window displays for Oxford Street shops. One of his things were paper sculptures. He made galleons, desert islands, trees, and fairy tale characters of exquisite detail out of carefully cut and folded snow-white sheets of fine card.

The Raspberry Pi 3 usually has a 32-bit Linux system running, in spite of the 64-bit CPU that is built into the little computer. We decided to see how the RPi3 runs with a real 64-bit system.

The kernel module simplifies access to the BMP180 sensor, allowing you to record the temperature and air pressure with shell commands.

Recent versions of Raspbian turn off SSH in the default configuration. You'll need to start it manually if you're planning on remote access.

You can access and control the Raspberry Pi camera module from your favorite browser using the RPi Cam Web Interface software.

So, you have some new kit for your Arduino – maybe some sensors or ICs – but programming them is clumsy and painful. Don't despair: You can make your life easier by writing your own drivers!