Category Archives: media

Fip Now Plays

Posted on April 3, 2018 by blogmywiki

I’ve been tweaking my touch-screen Raspberry Pi radio. It’s optimised for the Pimoroni HyperPixel display, but it would work with any touch-screen, although it may need scaling for different sized screens. Aside from the mpd/mpc music player and adding some … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Cartwall

Posted on March 26, 2018 by blogmywiki

piCartWall A Raspberry Pi radio / theatre cartwall to play jingles or sound FX instantly using a touch screen. What it does Cartwalls are used in radio studios to play in jingles at the touch of a button. This is … Continue reading →

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The Little Box of Witter

Posted on March 17, 2018 by blogmywiki

I’ve made a Little Box of Poems with an Arduino, Raspberry Pi and even BBC micro:bit, now I want to make a Little Box of Witter: a gadget that will play the latest episode of my favourite radio programme, Wittertainment … Continue reading →

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PyPlay for Raspberry Pi

Posted on August 5, 2017 by blogmywiki

Ages ago I made a simple Python program that would play audio files out one at a time on a Mac. What’s the big deal with that? Don’t lots of programs do that? Well, I don’t think so, at least … Continue reading →

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RFID card kit for Raspberry Pi

Posted on August 2, 2017 by blogmywiki

Two videos (one short, one long) exploring the Monk Makes Clever Card kit for the Raspberry Pi. I really recommend this RFID card kit, it is excellent value and the supplied software is very thoughtfully designed – I made an … Continue reading →

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