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Fridge Gizmo step 2

Posted on September 10, 2012 by blogmywiki

As you may know, I have a dream of a gizmo on my fridge that tells me the weather, some tweets and what time my next train is due. I’m trying to build this using an Arduino, an LCD display … Continue reading →

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Fridge gizmo

Posted on September 7, 2012 by blogmywiki

My dream of a gizmo stuck to the fridge to tell me my next train time, the weather and certain tweets got a step closer today. I ordered an Arduino shield with a 2 line LCD display and some buttons … Continue reading →

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Which is better: Arduino or Raspberry Pi? There’s only one way to find out…

Posted on August 27, 2012 by blogmywiki

…join them together! But seriously, they are very different things for very different purposes, and it’s a bit sad that some hard-core Arduino fans hate the Raspberry Pi (though perhaps understandable). The Arduino is a relatively expensive (for its processing … Continue reading →

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2 Pi Household

Posted on June 5, 2012 by blogmywiki

We got out 2nd Raspberry Pi this week – possibly a bit premature as we’re still finding our way with the first one. I’d like to have one in the back of the main TV as a media centre, and … Continue reading →

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Day 8 in the Raspberry Pi house

Posted on May 12, 2012 by blogmywiki

My boys made a cool Lego case for the Raspberry Pi – it has holes for the USB, HDMI, ethernet and power leads – and the coolest rotating Raspberry Pi logo on top. It’s not perfect but it does the … Continue reading →

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