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Raspberry Pico RGB Keypad ‘Stream Deck’
In my job I do a lot of Microsoft Teams calls and I also make Videos using the excellent OBS software. I wanted a cheap way to use the keyboard short cuts to make my life easier. I had looked … Continue reading
Posted in hacking, Python, tinkering
Tagged Adafruit, circuitpython, micropython, OBS, pico, streamdeck, Teams
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Internet Radio from broken Bose Dockstation (Part 1)
I was inspired by the project listed in the January 2021 MagPi magazine where David Hunt built a “BOSEBerry Pi” audio / internet radio player, using a second hand BOSE Dockstation, Pi Zero W, DAC and AMP and thought I … Continue reading
Controlling the Maplin Robot Arm with Scratch V2 Offline on Microsoft Windows 10
In a complete departure from my previous posts, and as a result of buying one of these Arms for my kids for Christmas I thought I would write-up what I have done with it. This is the Maplin Robot Arm … Continue reading
Posted in Maplin, Python, Robot Arm, Scratch, tinkering, Uncategorized, Windows 10
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Home Energy Centre using Raspberry Pi and Nook Simple Touch
Introduction Following on from using a Raspberry Pi to capture the electricity consumption of my home, I have over the last 2 years installed Solar Thermal Hot Water panels and very recently Solar PV. This meant that I had an … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, hacking, Raspberry PI, tinkering
Tagged BS/4, C, Home Energy Center, Home Energy Centre, Home Energy Console, Home Energy Display, Nook, Nook Manager, Owl, Owl Intuition, Pi, Pygame, Python, Raspberry Pi, Resol, root, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, VBUS
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Monitoring Home Electricity Consumption with a Raspberry Pi – part 2
1. What you need A Raspberry Pi A Current Cost Meter A RJ45 to USB converter cable 2. Setting Up the Raspberry Pi Install the latest version of the Rasbian image onto a suitable SD card, insert into the Pi, … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, hacking, Raspberry PI, tinkering
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Monitoring Home Electricity Consumption with a Raspberry Pi – part 1
Preamble A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to be given a Current Cost Energy Meter like the one in the photos below. This type of device comes with a Hall Effect Sensor which goes around the Live … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, hacking, Raspberry PI, tinkering
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Raspberry Pi Projects
Well I have owned a Raspberry Pi’ (c) for a year now and I find them fantastic. As someone who grew up with a BBC Micro (Model A upgraded by me to a B) when I was a teenager and spent many … Continue reading
Posted in hacking, Raspberry PI, tinkering
Tagged pi python energy monitoring BBC micro
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