by Mike Riley
Discover easy ways to control your home with the powerful new Raspberry Pi hardware. Program short Python scripts that will detect changes in your home and react with the instructions you code. Use new add-on accessories to monitor a variety of measurements, from light intensity and temperature to motion detection and water leakage. Expand the base projects with your own custom additions to perfectly match ...
Price: $28.48 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2022
FREE EBOOK - HackSpace Magazine: Issue 53
by HackSpace Team
Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold. That's why repair skills are so important! This month we're talking upcycling - the art of making beautiful new projects out of old junk.Plus: what happens when your just-for-kicks project turns out to be something that loads of people want? We talk to Timon Skerutsch, creator of the Piunora, to find out. And can you use open source technology to keep sat...
Publisher: Raspberry Pi Press | Release: 2022
FREE EBOOK - HackSpace Magazine: Issue 54
by HackSpace Team
What could be more satisfying than building a whole computer, from scratch? You might think it's impossible these days, but we've found a band of makers who are re-creating the clicky switches and flashing LEDs of a bygone age. Have a go yourself!- Design, sustainability and ethics with Jude Pullen;- Add much-needed safety features to a cheap off-the-internet laser cutter;- Send communication sign...
Publisher: Raspberry Pi Press | Release: 2022
FREE EBOOK - HackSpace Magazine: Issue 55
by HackSpace Team
There's a huge range of computer-controlled machines used by makers - 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC mills and more - but the plotter is the easiest to make. This makes it a great build for getting started in the world of computer-controlled machines. For around $15 you can create your own drawing machine with our guide.- Learn how hydraulics work- All you need to know about lubrication- Make your own...
Publisher: Raspberry Pi Press | Release: 2022
FREE EBOOK - HackSpace Magazine: Issue 56
by HackSpace Team
From component choice, to packaging, to marketing, to the million other things that you need to do when you scale up production, we'll help you turn your project into a product - and along the way it'll help you be a better maker.- Build a rocket-powered wing-wing glider out of balsa wood and 3D printed parts (it's like the space shuttle, but smaller and cheaper, and dare we say it, better);-...
Publisher: Raspberry Pi Press | Release: 2022
FREE EBOOK - HackSpace Magazine: Issue 58
by HackSpace Team
As children we were told not to play with our food. As adults, we can do whatever the heck we like. Join us this month to celebrate the joy of messing around with food, whether that's grilling cheese, making coffee, or automating the construction of tacos.- Find things to make and do with polystyrene- Drool over a 3D printed chocolate Jean-Luc Picard- Make magical curiosities with double hinges- Keep f...
Publisher: Raspberry Pi Press | Release: 2022
FREE EBOOK - HackSpace Magazine: Issue 60
by HackSpace Team
The Internet of Things is playground for makers. From practical projects such as pet feeders and automatic blind, to silly things like a texting pot plant, there are as many ways of connecting ordinary object to the internet as you can imagine. Let's explore!- Meet the mom behind Geek Mom Projects- Build a flatpack rocket- Turn 3D printing filament into compost- Trap a fairy in a lamp (well, a GIF of a...
Publisher: Raspberry Pi Press | Release: 2022
FREE EBOOK - HackSpace Magazine: Issue 61
by HackSpace Team
With a little bit of coding, you can breathe life into anything. Discover the building blocks of programming that will take your creations to the next level - whether that's motors, servos, sensors or just adding blinkenlights. Coding is a superpower!- How to build an elite-level hot air balloon- Get ready for Christmas with flashy festive PCBs ...- ... and mince pies!- Weave fabric on a tiny loom- Get...
Publisher: Raspberry Pi Press | Release: 2022
Kubernetes: Up and Running, 3rd Edition 
by Brendan Burns, Joe Beda, Kelsey Hightower, Lachlan Evenson
In just five years, Kubernetes has radically changed the way developers and ops personnel build, deploy, and maintain applications in the cloud. With this book's updated third edition, you'll learn how this popular container orchestrator can help your company achieve new levels of velocity, agility, reliability, and efficiency-whether you're new to distributed systems or have been deploying c...
Price: $36.38 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2022
FREE EBOOK - An Introduction to C & GUI Programming, 2nd Edition
by Simon Long
Freshly updated for GTK3, the 2nd edition of An Introduction to C & GUI Programming will teach you all you need to know to write simple programs in C and start creating GUIs, even if you're an absolute beginner.The first half of the book is an introduction to C, and covers the basics of writing simple command-line programs. The second half shows how to use the GTK user interface toolkit with C to c...
Price: $12.94 | Publisher: Raspberry Pi Press | Release: 2022