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Pi Xmas Tree Forest Complete

Posted on December 24, 2019 by

Looking around I realized I have collected quite a lot of Pi Xmas trees over the years. Clearly setting them up individually would take quite a lot of Pi’s, but could I get them all working from a single Pi … Continue reading →

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GPIO Xmas Tree 2019 – Pimped

Posted on December 17, 2019 by

Having seen Andrew was launching a new tree this Christmas with the added twist of a bit of surface mount soldering I thought, yes this is a must for the 2019 decorations. Then I thought this is calling out for … Continue reading →

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Pi Test-bed Upgraded to fan Cooled Pi4

Posted on July 20, 2019 by

My Pi test-bed dates back to the first Pi I got 2012, upgraded with each new release of h/w. Other than the Pi the only other change in that time has to modify the mounting when Pi’s with mounting holes … Continue reading →

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TEC-1 Computer Build Complete

Posted on February 11, 2019 by

  Following a number soldering sessions during the week I finished the TEC-1D build over the weekend. The next stages was to check out the oscillator circuit and the keyboard circuit. The former as there was a warning that not … Continue reading →

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The TEC-1D Micro Computer

Posted on February 3, 2019 by

  Over Christmas while randomly scrolling through my Twitter feed I saw some discussion about the TEC-1 computer. This is a single-board kit dating from the early80s based around the Z80. Instructions on how to build it were published in … Continue reading →

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Re-purposed PiMuxClock

Posted on October 14, 2018 by

It’s been a good while since I have posted any blog updates, no excuse just distracted by life in general. This is quick weekend project at my daughters request. Concerned that some of the plants in her student flat would … Continue reading →

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6 Years of Pi – Then and Now

Posted on March 1, 2018 by

Ok so in addition to losing about 5st (31kg) over the last 6 years RaspberyPi’s have really reignited electronics as a hobby. So for a 6th birthday post I thought I would have a dig around and see what my … Continue reading →

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TF WordClock S/W Updated

Posted on January 14, 2018 by

Just a quick post to say I have updated the TF Wordclock s/w to rev 5, the existing rev 3 s/w was not working reliably with the Nov29 2017 Raspbian update, in truth it had been on borrowed time since … Continue reading →

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Standalone Video display with a Raspberry Pi

Posted on October 14, 2017 by

A couple of weeks ago my wife arrived back from Lindengate a local mental health gardening charity she volunteers at with an old PC monitor and asked if I could set it up to continuously display a series of videos, … Continue reading →

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BBC micro:bit Scrolling display

Posted on September 16, 2017 by

Looking at my distributed BBC micro:bit clock I got to thinking, could I make a display screen using a number of micro:bits, using the radio functionality to update the screens ?To see if the basic timing would work I created some very … Continue reading →

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