Monthly Archives: July 2017

Tide times on Raspberry Pi Inky pHAT display

Now updated with weather info – see end of this blog post! Someone once said ‘information wants to be free’. Well, yes and no. If you’re looking for publicly-funded academic research papers or live train running information or potentially life-saving … Continue reading

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InkyPhat Flotilla radio

I treated myself to a Pimoroni InkyPhat Raspberry Pi e-ink display – it’s small but good value compared with some other e-ink displays… and it has THREE colours: black, white – and red. It comes with some beautifully-designed examples such … Continue reading

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Raspberry Pi Freeview PVR and TV streamer

I’ve had a cheap USB SDR stick sitting in my Amazon basket for… about 2 years. I finally got round to buying the thing. What is an SDR? It’s a Software Defined Radio – a radio tuner that allows you … Continue reading

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Flotilla-controlled Raspberry Pi internet radio

As you may know, I love making different internet radios with Raspberry Pis! This week I’ve been rediscovering the Pimoroni Flotilla modular physical computing devices which I backed on Kickstarter a few years ago, and as my first Python project … Continue reading

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Rediscovering Flotilla

Back in 2015 I backed Pimoroni’s Flotilla modular physical computing devices on Kickstarter and got an early set. I had some fun exploring it, but the software and support materials weren”t quite ready at the time and I started a … Continue reading

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