9th Egham Jam – Show and Tell Competition – Prizes donated by Pimoroni

I really love the postal service as today another package arrived with prizes for the Show and Tell competition at the next Egham Jam on the 11th October.

This time from wonderful people at Pimoroni.
If you've been around the Raspberry Pi world for any amount of time the Pimoroni name will have popped up on your radar.

Assuming my facts are correct they are responsible for
Raspberry Pi Logo - yes that one.
Pibow Rainbow Case and now in many other colour variations
Unicorn Hat RGB LED matrix
Picade - Complete kit to make your own mini arcade machine

They also support the Picademy work and are very active in supporting the community and provide detailed tutorials. http://learn.pimoroni.com/

Specifically for the Show and Tell Competition they have provided 2 'Kit for the Book' sets

Kit for Adventures in Raspberry Pi by Carrie Anne Philbin (Book Link)
Kit for Adventures in Minecraft by David Whale and Martin O'Hanlon (Book Link)

Along with an Explorer Hat Pro and Explorer Hat Pro Parts Kit  for more fun making and lovely stickers. My favourite is 'I broke it better'

So if you have these books are considering getting them these kits include all the components and parts you need to make full use of the electronics based projects that are provided in the books.

With the Eben Upton signed cases from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Deluxe Snap Rovers from Cyntech and now the Pimoroni  prizes the Prize Pool for the Competition is growing rapidly.

If you wish to enter the competition just have a project to show at the next Egham Jam on the 11th of October.  To attend (either showing or just visiting) please register on the Eventbrite page.  http://eghamjam9.eventbrite.com

Mini Wireless Keyboard/Touchpad and Nano USB Wifi Adaptor that works with Raspberry Pi

As part of my Christmas presents I got a couple of bits to go with my Raspberry Pi.
As I sometimes take the Raspberry Pi out and about I wanted a mini wireless keyboard/touchpad to pack in my box of wires.

I heard good things about the Rii 2.4GHz Wireless Mini PC Keyboard Touchpad so added it to my wish list. I plugged in the dongle to the Raspberry Pi, turned on the keyboard and it worked first time. No problems at all.  I read some comments that the range is very short. I'm getting about 3 metres from it as I haven't tested any further.  Very happy. Keys are big enough for me to use comfortably and the main keys are all in the expected places.  It also has a laser pointer built in if needed.
Also, the extra function keys beyond [F8] are at [FN],1,2,3,4 so you do get the full 12 functions keys but only the first 8 are shown.
The one I received was in a plain white box.

I also got the Edimax EW-7811UN Wireless 802.11b/g/n 150Mbps Nano USB Adaptor.
Using Raspbian it worked first time with no additional drivers required.

With the 2 of these plugged in I have a full functioning compact computer with only the power and HDMI coming from it.

So, when I'm logging in remotely using Xming and Putty I can put the Raspberry Pi where ever there is a spare socket and work away.

I also got  the beautiful Pibow Colour Raspberry Pi Case.  and the Adafruit Pi Cobbler Breakout Kit. So, very happy with the presents.

Note: Links are to Amazon UK stores where mine came from.  My wife has learned that the best thing is for me to email her actual links rather than having me expect her to known what I'm looking for.
One year a link went from being a processor to a couple of wires. luckily she checked with me before buying.