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WordClock Prototype PCB Tested

Posted on March 7, 2016 by

The prototype Tempus Fugit PCB arrived as promised last week from Ragworm, leaving me just enough time to get it built up our Show & Tell at the Pi Party on Sunday. We had lots of positive feedback particularly with … Continue reading →

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Tempus Fugit WordClock Kickstarter for your Pi or Arduino

Posted on February 20, 2016 by

As trailed in an earlier blog posting I have spent a bit of time over the last couple of weeks working up my Word Clock to run as a Kickstarter. The result is the Tempus Fugit WordClock. you can see in … Continue reading →

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BBC Micro:Bit Hands-On

Posted on January 28, 2016 by

We Attended a great STEM BBC Micro:bit networking event earlier this week at Reading University, I had seen the Micro:bit at BETT but had not been able to get ‘hands-on’. The first thing to be clear is that while there is … Continue reading →

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Meandering Pi @ BETT2016 RaspberryPi JAM

Posted on January 22, 2016 by

We will be at the RaspberryPi Jam @ BETT 2016 in London this Saturday, running a show & tell table. In addition to showing how you can use the PiMuxClock and Pi_LCD boards to support Key Stage 3 & 4 computing activities … Continue reading →

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PiZero Christmas Project Complete

Posted on January 3, 2016 by

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

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

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

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

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

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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