USB instrument maker Pico Technology has re-written the host software for its head-less vector network analysers to run on PCs, Macs and Linux computers, and Raspberry Pi. Dubbed ‘PicoVNA 5’, and replacing the Windows-only PC-only ‘PicoVNA 3’ software, it “will run at speed on Linux, Windows and macOS, and PCs, Macs, and embedded systems, including Raspberry Pi 3”, according to ...
Raspberry Pi Development
The latest Electronics Weekly news on the eductional Raspberry Pi development board, a “low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse”.
Raspberry Pi Pico Advanced Kit packs 32 sensor modules
ELECROW's Raspberry Pi Pico Advanced Kit is for people who already have some electronics knowledge and programming skill but want to learn or explore the Raspberry Pi's capabilities
element 14 celebrates Pi-Day
element14 is celebrating Pi-Day with the Sci-Pi Design Challenge, encouraging makers, designers and engineers to solve problems by using Raspberry Pi. Once selected, each of the 25 sponsored participants will receive a free challenger kit which includes a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B to build into their projects. The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B is the latest product in the ...
Raspberry Pi Global Shutter Camera addresses rolling shutter artefacts
You wait ages for a new Raspberry Pi camera and then two come along together... After the Pi Camera Module 3 released in January, welcome the Raspberry Pi Global Shutter Camera.
Vodafone builds 5G network on Raspberry Pi
Vodafone has unveiled a prototype 5G network built on a credit card sized Raspberry Pi personal computer and an equally small, advanced silicon chipset. This industry-first concept will enable small businesses and households to extend 5G coverage and increase capacity according to their needs and to have their very own, affordable, and portable private 5G mobile network. By combining the ...
DIN rail computers get Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4S
Sfera Labs has added the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4S (CM4S) to options within its range of DIN rail computers. Raspberry Pi aims the CM4S at industrial users migrating from earlier Compute Modules. Loosely based on Raspberry Pi 4 Model B electronics, it comes in the same DDR2-SODIMM-like form factor as the Compute Module 3 and 3+. Sfera’s CM4S-based computers ...
12MP Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 adds autofocus, dynamic-range imaging
I've been remiss not to flag this one earlier: a sophisticated new version of the Raspberry Pi camera - the Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3.
Electronica: Raspberry Pi DIN-mount industrial IoT computer
Industrial computer manufacturer OnLogic has announced Factor 202, built around a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. “When Raspberry Pi unveiled the CM4, they mentioned that over half of the Raspberry Pi computers sold were being used for industrial and commercial applications,” said OnLogic product manager Mike Walsh. Factor 202 (FR202) measures 201 x 121 x 54mm, can mount on a ...
Farnell wants to keep “buzzy” at electronica
At next week’s electronica in Munich (15-18 November) Farnell is hosting a competition in association with nearBees, an online platform designed to assist beekeepers in Germany in establishing and maintaining local honeybee colonies. Members of the element14 Community can enter the Save the Bees design challenge, using Ardunio’s MKR1310 and Arduino Pro Nicla vision boards to create a project that ...
SPS 2022: Raspberry Pi 4 at the heart of Kontron industrial controller
Kontron is to introduce programmable logic controllers based on Raspberry Pi 4 at the SPS 2022 exhibition. At 1.5GHz they will be the fastest of the company’s Pi-based PLCs. “The main field of application of the electronic control based on the Raspberry Pi is in device and machinery construction,” according to the company. “PiXtend Pi 4 comes with the Broadcom ...