Category Archives: media

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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Raspberry Pi Freeview PVR and TV streamer

Posted on July 26, 2017 by blogmywiki

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

Posted on July 21, 2017 by blogmywiki

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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