Raspberry Pi Geek 05

Welcome to Raspberry Pi Geek – the first and only print magazine dedicated to the amazing Raspberry Pi mini-PC and the open hardware revolution. We ring in the new and old in this issue. (Actually, nothing is really very old with the Raspberry Pi, but we follow up on some previous themes, including a report on how it went for the wind-turbine-powered Raspberry Pi we described last time.)

Raspbian 2014-01-07 [download latest version]

Pidora 18 [download latest version]

OpenELEC 3.2.0 [download latest version]

Raspbmc 2013-12-23 [download latest version]

RISC OS 2013-07-10 [download latest version]

Arch Linux 2014.01.06 [download latest version]

We talk with James Adams about the new Raspberry Pi Compute Module.

Wolfram Mathematica and the powerful Wolfram language are now available for the Raspberry Pi. We'll help you get started with this fascinating tool for calculation, presentation, visualization, and general programming.

Pibrella eliminates the need for a separate breadboard, jumper wires, and basic electronic components. This makes it a perfect board for prototyping and building both simple and advanced Raspberry Pi-based projects.

Three Raspberry Pis, four Arduinos, and other readily available components create a custom-built home automation system that monitors and controls about 50 different devices.

In a valiant effort to entertain a certain black cat, the author creates a weapon of mass distraction. In the process, you learn how to use servomotors, solenoids, RFID readers, and more with the Raspberry Pi.

Every year, teams of students from universities around the world compete in the Formula Student auto racing competition. One team used a Raspberry Pi to monitor sensor data on the vehicle and send the results to the pit crew through a wireless connection. We'll show you how they did it.

The Raspberry Pi has many amazing features, but it is missing a clock. We'll show how to add a real-time clock chip to your Pi.

We describe the further saga of Project Curaçao, a Raspberry Pi-based weather station powered by wind and sun.