Author Archives: davidms49

About davidms49

Hobbyist / designer focussing on projects using RaspberryPi and more recently Retro 8bit processors

PiZero Christmas Project Complete

Posted on January 3, 2016 by davidms49

Update If you don’t want to go down the full DIY route you can purchase a PCB and kit of parts to make your own wordclock kit but clicking on the following link Order your Tempus Fugit Wordclock kits here   Back … Continue reading →

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Pi Zero and the Pi-LCD

Posted on December 7, 2015 by davidms49

Got a Pi Zero working with a Pi-LCD board this evening for a bit of fun, worked fine but not well balanced !  

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PiZero

Posted on November 29, 2015 by davidms49

Pi-LCD software uploaded to GitHub so it is time to have a play with my PiZero’s – I managed to get the last Magpi in Sunbury Tesco’s, and my wife got me one on-line [ that is love for you … Continue reading →

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Ryanteck Pi Debug clip – my new travel companion

Posted on September 28, 2015 by davidms49

I’m away with work this week and want to be able to do some s/w development in the evenings for the Pi-LCD Kickstarter. In the past I have ended up taking an old wifi router with me, but thought time it … Continue reading →

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Pi-LCD launched on Kickstarter at CamJam

Posted on September 13, 2015 by davidms49

Great day at CamJam yesterday, launching my new Pi-LCD Kickstarter. Pi-LCD is a low cost board that allows common 16×2 LCD modules, including the newer full colour RGB backlit variants to be easily connected to a Raspberry Pi. The Pi-LCD project … Continue reading →

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Cambridge Raspberry Jam Saturday 12th Sept

Posted on September 11, 2015 by davidms49

Firstly I should apologise for not posting anything for the last couple of months, partly this is because I have been working on a new Kickstarter project – which with a bit of luck will launch later today. I will … Continue reading →

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RasPiO Duino up and working

Posted on June 14, 2015 by davidms49

With the PiMuxClock work going well I decided it was time to experiment a little with my RasPiO Duino board. I built it with some enthusiasm a few weeks ago but did not get passed the blinking LED test. In … Continue reading →

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Kickstarter Funded

Posted on May 20, 2015 by davidms49

Really pleased that my PiMuxClock Kickstarter was successfully funded yesterday. I will be posting some better pictures over the weekend [ when I have tided up my desk ] but here is one showing the final board design. The board … Continue reading →

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The PiMuxClock Launches on Kickstarter

Posted on April 19, 2015 by davidms49

The PiMuxClock, is a simple Raspberry Pi add-on card, allowing you to create a basic digital clock and temperature display for your RPi. The PiMuxClock has been launched as Kickstarter project. To support and please visit the PiMuxClock Kickstarter page. There you … Continue reading →

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Night Time Cat Monitor

Posted on March 13, 2015 by davidms49

The picture is of my ‘proof- of-concept’ infra-red cat monitor, based around a RPi Model A , Pi NoIR camera and motion sensor. As a number of other people have found the IR LEDs are only really good for a … Continue reading →

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