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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 07, 2024

Raspberry Pi ☛ We made something massive and strange for the Pi Towers lobby

It’s a 24 × 24 grid of NeoPixels, each with one crystal stuck in front of it. The NeoPixels are in an array configuration so they can be individually addressed to do all sorts of fun things. Like the project that inspired it, it can work as an LED mirror, and these functions are controlled by a 7″ Raspberry Pi Touch Display, which shares an enclosure with the power supply on the back of the frame.

Jeff Geerling ☛ Waveshare's PoE HAT is the first for Raspberry Pi 5

The Raspberry Pi, since it only requires 3-10W of power, is an ideal candidate for PoE, assuming you can find a HAT for it.

Tom's Hardware ☛ BitLocker encryption broken in 43 seconds with sub-$10 Raspberry Pi Pico — key can be sniffed when using an external TPM [Ed: BitLocker is back doored by design [1, 2]]

A YouTuber discovered that backdoored Windows Bitlocker can be hacked on systems featuring dedicated TPMs.

Linux Gizmos ☛ 52Pi’s N04 and N05 HATs for Raspberry Pi 5: NVMe Storage Expansion in 2230, 2242, 2260, 2280 Sizes

Raspberry Pi ☛ A new framework for teaching computing

We explore grounded cognition theory and what it means for supporting young learners to develop their understanding in computing.