Safely controlling mains electricity using the Raspberry Pi and Energenie Pi-mote
It’s useful to be able to turn mains electricity on using a computer program. Whilst it’s not hard to create
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Various ramblings from an IT professional
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Book – Mastering the Raspberry Pi
This is the second book that I’ve been the technical book reviewer for, the first being Learn Raspberry Pi with
Read MoreBletchley Park and The National Museum of Computing
During the second world war Bletchley Park was home to the Government Code and Cypher School and played a critical
Read MoreRaspberry Pi club – Programming the GPIO – Traffic Light LEDs
One of the things I’ve been doing as a STEM Ambassador is to help support a Raspberry Pi club at
Read MoreDesign and build a Raspberry Pi robot – draft document
When I first showed my Raspberry Pi based “Ruby Robot” at the Raspberry Jam at Pycon UK, I promised a
Read MoreReview of the Raspberry Pi Fuze – Raspberry Pi based computer with Fuze basic
As an adult I often try and imagine myself in my children’s shoes to try and think about how appropriate something would be for their age group. Usually I can get a reasonable idea of how well they will pick something up, but this review is one where my daughter has helped me to see what it is like to learn programming through a child’s eyes.
This is a review of the Fuze Raspberry Pi based computer.
Read MoreChristmas craft with kids – Electronic project with the Raspberry Pi
In the past few years we’ve created a family craft project at Christmas. This has normally been a large Christmas picture. This year we have created a craft project using electronics and programming on the Raspberry Pi.
Read MoreUsing the Zilog PIR sensor with the Raspberry Pi
For my latest Raspberry Pi project I wanted to be able to detect when a person was in the room.
Read MorePiFace digital road test review
The PiFace is a digital input output board that fits on the top of the Raspberry Pi computer. The board provides an element of protection for the Raspberry Pi. Connections are made to external devices through screw terminals mounted on the board. This is easier than connecting wires to the GPIO ports on the Raspberry Pi.
Read MoreBattery powered computer – Raspberry Pi using AA or D size batteries
A feature of the Raspberry Pi is that it uses very little power for a computer. Admittedly it takes a
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