Gareth Halfacree

May was another busy month for me, and one which marks the last before I head in a new direction: from June onwards I’ll be appearing on-camera, producing one video a month for Avnet’s Hackster.io – on top of a marginally-reduced (60 articles instead of 7…

My output for April looks busier than it is: my event coverage from Embedded World 2026 in Nuremberg, which I recorded in March, has finally been published – marking my first proper video pieces.

By far the biggest bit of work for me this month was Embedded World – as I was covering it in-person in Nuremberg, for Avnet’s Hackster.io.

February has been another busy month, with plenty of news to cover for Avnet’s Hackster – including a big-ticket acquisition, as Texas Instruments spends $7.5 billion to pick up Silicon Labs lock, stock, and barrel.

A new year starts, and my work continues again.

Another month is done and dust, and this time it’s the last of 2025.

The sixth edition of my best-selling book, The Official Raspberry Pi Beginner’s Guide, is out now – featuring updates for the latest Raspberry Pi OS software, the Raspberry Pi 5, and the Raspberry Pi 500+ – including full instructions on how to open it up…

After a very light October, November is a return to form with a wealth of articles published on Hackster – but not only on Hackster.

After a busy year-to-date – just scroll down to previous months, you’ll see what I mean – October was my time to take a break, catch up on some personal projects, and think about new directions.

September’s been another busy month, with two standout events: the 50th anniversary of BYTE Magazine, for which I wrote a lengthy retrospective covering its founding, growth, and eventual decline; and the launch of the Raspberry Pi 500+ wedge-style comput…