Interview with Raspberry Pi CEO: New $70 AI kit#piday #raspberrypi

Rasberry Pi is making news again this week with the announcement of their AI kit. Eben Upton of Raspberry Pi and Orr Danon of Hailo talked with ZDNet about the new kit and their partnership.

Mixing AI with the Raspberry Pi architecture is nothing new. But now, Raspberry Pi is shipping its own $70 AI Kit, based on hardware from edge chipmaker Hailo. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes discussed the tech in this kit in his article on the topic. He’s intrigued by the camera and pose analysis capabilities, with an eye towards upgrading his security system.

See the full interview with Upton and Orr Danon!

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Media Player With Raspberry Pi – Retrofited Vintage Clock Radio @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay #RaspberryPi

One of the disadvantages of having a smart phone is that we lose our need for technologies of old. Wasn’t it nice to wake up to a clock radio playing a random song, rather than a beep from an everything device that can lead us from alarm to doomscrolling with the flick of a thumb? On the other hand, these dead media devices can be repurposed in very cool ways. darkfly over at instructables has great project that turns a vintage clock radio into a media player. Here’s more:

I wanted to make a multimedia player with an above average sound system and a touch screen. I really had no idea of what I wanted the system to look like. After thinking of several design concepts, the answer came to me one day while walking through a thrift store. I realized that I didn’t need to create a unit to install the components in. I would simply repurpose an old object to serve as the case/frame for my multimedia center.

With this new idea in mind, I started looking at every single item as a possibility. I had many ideas about what to use; everything from wooden crates, old nightstands or even an old vinyl record. I know some ideas sounded crazier than others, but it seemed to be a fun direction to take this project in. Then I noticed something that I thought would work quite well, a vintage Philco clock radio. When I first noticed the clock radio, I fell in love with its old charm. It seemed like the perfect case/frame for my creation.

See project!

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Tutorial: Add 12v Programmable Cafe Market Lights to your Outdoor Space

Add colorful, arduino controlled lights to your outdoor space. Install outdoor cafe market lights with edison-style bulbs and addressable LEDs inside, and control them with code to create an amazing ambiance in your yard.

These lights require 12v, and most microcontrollers need 5v power. This guide will show you how to use a QT Py SAMD21 and a DC Power BFF add-on to power both the lights and the controller from one power source.

From the guide:

Cafe-style light strands with edison bulbs are a beautiful way to decorate your patio. They are a fantastic and classy way to light up any outdoor space. Wineries, bistros, and night markets use them to create a cozy, intimately lit space that’s warm and inviting to diners, and they look fabulous in backyards of just about any size.

These lights are a programmable, addressable version of the cafe market lights you can find at the hardware store. Add Arduino or CircuitPython code and you can turn your lights on in party mode, sending warm rainbow animations across your yard.

These lights require 12v power, and also need to hold up in an outdoor environment. This guide will focus on how to power a 5v microcontroller and 12v lights from the same setup, and also show how to use a waterproof enclosure to keep your lights safe from rain and weather.

See the full tutorial at https://learn.adafruit.com/programmable-12v-outdoor-cafe-lights/overview

YouTube Video Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy96tWRsXCs

Erin St Blaine: https://www.erinstblaine.com

LED Wallpaper #ArtTuesday

@meystle_led_wallpaper cover walls in LED art with the tagline – When light becomes material

The concept of luxury and elegance is hard to define, yet we know them instantly when we see them. Commissioning a custom made wallpaper allows you to embrace your creative vision, make choices that are truly yours and give your project the touch that embodies the highest pedigree of interior design.

See more on Instagram and YouTube

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*No-Solder PaperCraft Crystal Light Strand

*Neopixel Crystal Chandelier with CircuitPython Animations and Speed Control

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Crochet Meet Fallen Leaves in the Work of Sussanna Bauer #ArtTuesday

Craft meets nature in the work of Susanna Bauer. Leaves, crochet, balance, beauty. Here’s more from COLOSSAL:

Merging organic forms with timeless craft, Susanna Bauer emphasizes incredible details in her intimate leaf sculptures. Working with a range of foraged species, from ginkgo to magnolia to oak, the artist…meticulously stitches around the edges or fills in tiny incisions, creating intricate lacework compositions.

A new monograph Susanna Bauer: IN LEAF, published by 5 Continents Editions, celebrates her use of natural ephemera to create elegant pieces exploring the relationship between strength and fragility. “Nature becomes a metaphor for humanity: the artfully interwoven threads remind us that we are all part of a vaster network and therefore generators of connections,” Valentina de Pasca writes in an introductory essay.

See more!

 

LARS, the Looping Automated Rhythm Station #ArtTuesday #RaspberryPi @xythobuz

For the recent birthday party, Kauzerei had the great idea to build a DIY drum machine as a present, to allow them to play the bass without having to gather a jam session group. He recruited Thomas Buck for electronics design brainstorming and to write the firmware.

The drum body consists of a tambourine with a 3D printed frame attached, with three hand-wound solenoids mounted on there. The positioning and different hammers create some (slightly) differing sounds.

The electronics are made with a Raspberry Pi Pico (or Pico W in this case, although WiFi or BT are not used yet). This keeps the future option of a USB Midi input open.

The user interface consists of four buttons, each with an LED above, and a clickable rotary encoder, as well as a power switch and an 128×64 SSD1306 OLED display. To drive the solenoids, three step-up converters create ~16V from the single Li-Ion 18650 cell. Their output is then switched to the solenoids using MOSFETs. A small TP4056 module handles recharging the battery.

See more in the post here and on GitHub.

 

Repairing a mug with Japanese kintsugi #ArtTuesday

Fredrik Flornes Ellertsen provides a tutorial for Japanese kintsugi, repairing ceramics with a distinctive gold finish. Fredrik’s special mug was the target:

Kintsugi is the traditional Japanese art of repairing broken pottery. In Kintsugi, one uses natural lacquer mixed with various ingredients such as wood powder, polishing compound, and even bread dough to repair cracked pottery. The mended joints are then highlighted by dusting the final layer of lacquer with gold or silver.

See how this method is used to save precious objects and make new unique art pieces in the tutorial here.