Did you know that the 8 inputs on the PiFace can be used as outputs too? Well they can, and this is something that I understand the boffins in Manchester who designed it had in-mind too… So in-between barbecues this … Continue reading
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Part of my testing of wiringPi v2. was to make sure that some of the existing libraries code would work with GPIO expanders – and the Adafruit RGB LED Plate was an ideal candidate. So I ordered one, took a … Continue reading
After some months of testing and time away due to family issues, a short holiday and what-not, wiringPi v2 has been pushed to the GIT repository and is now released! Additionally, it now has its own website: http://wiringpi.com/ Changes: 100′s. … Continue reading
So as you may have read here, you might know I have a bit of a thing for baking… And so we had a little family “do” last weekend – my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary and we did an afternoon … Continue reading
So M-Shed in Bristol hosted Bristols first (mini) Maker Faire today, so a quick (well 2 hour!) trip up the A38 and M5 and myself and Rachel arrived in the morning to what initially looked like a somewhat chaotic bunch … Continue reading
One of the talks at last weeks Raspberry Jamboree was by Amy Mather – 13 years old, talking about her implementation of Conways Game of Life on the Raspberry Pi. Fantastic! For many reasons – and I think it’s great … Continue reading
Alan O’Donohoe is a man with not only a huge amount of energy, enthusiasm and full of all-round niceness (for a teacher 😉 ) but has been arranging Raspberry Jams since the early days of the Raspberry Pi. Recently he … Continue reading
There has been some discussion recently (and probably for a very long time too) about the use of a handle or alias vs using your real name on forums, blogs, social networks, chat systems and so on… Way back (20+ … Continue reading
Just a quick plug for the Raspberry Jamboree in Manchester this Saturday! Orginised by the ever energetic Alan O’Donohoe (Teacher &Jambassador) I’ll be there for the day myself – on a stand with Andrew Robinson of PiFace fame (and it … Continue reading
Just to show you that I don’t just do Raspberry Pi stuff… 4D system have produced a shield that allows you to connect the Intelligent displays up to the Arduinos serial port, so I’ve ported the Raspberry Pi VisiGeni driver … Continue reading