Raspberry Pi Birthday Party – Birmingham 2019
I was again involved with the Raspberry Pi Birthday Celebrations in Birmingham. This years event was held at the STEMHouse
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WatkissOnline – Stewart's Blog
Various ramblings from an IT professional
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ESA European Astro Pi Project – Mission Zero – Code that ran on the International Space Station
The ESA European Astro Pi Project – “Mission Zero”, involved school children creating code that actually ran on the International
Read MoreSimple RFID using Python3 on a Raspberry Pi 2 – RC522 SPI RFID module
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and NFC (Near Field Communication) provide the ability for devices to talk to each other by
Read MoreDisco Lights controlled by a Micro:Bit running Micro Python
I’ve been playing around with a BBC Micro:Bit for the last few days. You can see my first adventures in
Read MoreRobot Arm control software for the Raspberry Pi
Frustrated by the lack of Linux support for an education Robot Arm I bought – I’ve written my own. Other
Read MoreDay out at the Big Bang Fair at the NEC – including #Error404
The Big Bang fair is a free STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) event aimed at children aged from 7
Read MoreSafely 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
Read MoreTurn a wet bank holiday into a fun science day
We had a very wet public holiday today. Whilst there are some indoor days out we could have gone to
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