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After a little delay the Raspberry Pi Foundation released the Power over Ethernet HAT for the Raspberry Pi 3B+ model. This can provide up to 2.5 A at 5 V to the system. To see what it is good for, we take it out of the box for a short review.

4D Systems’s gen4-4DPI series of LCD display modules now support the Raspberry Pi family of single board computers. Available in three different screen sizes, 4.3, 5.0 and 7.0 inch, the display modules connect to a Raspberry Pi through a 30-pin FPC cable and an adapter board that conforms to both the Raspberry Pi expansion header pinout and Pi’s HAT device identification standard. Designed to be the primary graphical display, replacing the use of an HDMI or composite display, the display modules are available with resistive or capacitive touch control options.

Linux will always face a challenge. However, the emergence of many ‘minicomputers’ such as the Raspberry Pi (and variants), the Beagle Bone, the DragonBoard and the Odroid, which all use a Linux operating system, has given a healthy boost to the number of Linux users. If you haven't joined them yet, here is an interesting and simple application to get your teeth into: hangman.

Thanks to 3D imaging sensor technology, the Walabot RF short-range scanner with its 15 RF antennas detects tubes, lines, wires and cables behind walls. Walabot works like a radar. It transmits radio waves and receives their reflections. The RF scanner generates a 3D image of the environment in real time and displays it on a monitor. Depth, type of material and position are also determined. Walabot even detects moving rodents that may be hiding in dry walls.

High on the list of bestsellers in Elektor’s book portfolio is Bert van Dam’s t title Explore the Raspberry Pi in 45 Electronics Projects. A new, revised and expanded, edition that also supports RPi model 3B+ is now available.

The Arduino and Raspberry Pi have revolutionized the field of embedded systems design. One area of widespread applicability for both devices has been motor control. But if you would like to learn more about Arduino- and Raspberry Pi-based motor control applications, a quick search on the Internet will only complicate things. You’ll find thousands of motor control projects based on these popular platforms. The problem, of course, is locating high-quality, well-tested motor control projects from reliable sources, which is hard to do because do-it-yourselfers and students are uploading new Arduino and Raspberry Pi-based projects to the Internet each day. Fortunately, Dogan Ibrahim had the foresight to write a comprehensive book on DC motor control designs featuring the Arduino platform and Raspberry Pi Zero W single-board computer (SBC).

Taking full advantage of the Raspberry Pi’s open architecture, you can customise and program the NanoSound HiFi DAC. With the Volumio software or any other player software and the Infrared Remote Control, NanoSound gives you the best audio performance and experience you can expect from such an audio player.

The Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry is showing signs of sustained growth. Q1 2018 revenue rose to $2308.8 million, which is a 7.8% increase. This week, we cover EDA industry news, recently announced high-tech acquisitions, and more.

Who realizes this little project gets a device that monitors & displays the current refrigerator temperature, and that logs the time the door was opened and for how long. Alarms can be set on maximum allowed temperature and door-open time.

Raspberry Pi Founder and CEO Eben Upton will visit Elektor International Media's booth at electronica 2018 in Munich, Germany, on November 13 and 14, 2018. Learn more about event plus recent industry news.