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Making a Zoom Panic Switch with the Adafruit Trinket M0
Recently we’ve all been spending a lot more of our time on video conference calls from home. I’m sure that, like me, you find yourself needing to mute your microphone and turn off th...
In Arduino, C, IoT, Programming, Jul 26, 2020
Building a Redis Prize Draw Application with Flask or Express
I decided to build a small application that would demonstrate some features of Redis in a fun and engaging way. I quickly hit upon the idea of a prize draw web application that would...
In Python, Redis, Node.js, JavaScript, Jun 28, 2020
Arduino Coding: Traffic Lights
I’ve written several articles before using Low Voltage Labs Traffic Light LEDs for Raspberry Pi, but never tried this with Arduino before. A little while back I noticed that they als...
In Arduino, IoT, Programming, C, Jun 13, 2020
Making a Game with a Raspberry Pi, LED Arcade Button, Buzzer and Python
This is a project I’d wanted to do for a while, and finally got motivation and time to make headway with! As the current social distancing measures have made in person Meetups imposs...
In Raspberry Pi, Python, Technology, May 26, 2020
Converting an 80s Peugeot Bicycle to Single Speed
I grew up in Nottingham, England in the 1980s-90s. At the time this was the home of the Raleigh bicycles HQ and factory, so almost everyone rode a Raleigh. They were solid bikes, an...
In Cycling, Hobbies, May 25, 2020
Raspberry Pi Coding in Swift: Traffic Lights
As long time readers know, I’ve written a series of articles each describing how to get up and running with controlling the Raspberry Pi GPIO pins using different programming language...
In Raspberry Pi, Technology, IoT, Swift, Apr 15, 2020
Raspberry Pi Coding with Node Red: Traffic Lights
Node RED is a tool that has interested me for some time - specifically when used on the Raspberry Pi to control or receive input from hardware devices. As part of my series of posts ...
In Raspberry Pi, IoT, JavaScript, Node.js, Node RED, Apr 11, 2020
Radio Controlled Car and Coffee Fun
I’ve long been interested in radio controlled cars, and have built and raced them to quite a high level several times before although not recently. Today I decided to take one out on...
In Radio Control, Video, Hobbies, Mar 22, 2020
Raspberry Pi Coolest Projects USA 2020
Today I traveled from San Diego to the Discovery Cube in Santa Ana, California to check out this year’s Raspberry Pi Coolest Projects USA event. This is a one day Raspberry Pi Founda...
In Raspberry Pi, Mar 07, 2020
Using a Break Beam Sensor with Python and Raspberry Pi
Let’s take a look at how to use a break beam sensor in a Python script on a Raspberry Pi! I’ve had a few of these kicking around for a while now, and finally got around to unboxing o...
In Raspberry Pi, Python, IoT, Feb 23, 2020
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