I’m quite chuffed. Having finally managed to make a new working Node-Red on a Pi2, with a copy of all my work, so that I’m no longer losing sleep over losing the lot, I can finally start to get more ambitious with my thermostat over at Hollyberry Cottage. I’ve had…
Month: January 2016
Instant Node-Red
Peter Oakes kindly made a video – you’ll see it in my last post – on installing Node-Red using my script. Well, I was in the process of watching THAT when (as you do) I got side-tracked and discovered a really wonderful online tool for testing out Node-Red instantly –…
Enter the Video
A friend of mine, Peter Oakes has a series of videos on Youtube covering a lot of the subjects we touch on in here. He’s been tackling my latest Raspberry Pi script – so for those who like their information in video – here’s the latest.
Enter the Nextion 7” Display
In previous blog items I’ve mentioned the Nextion displays. These are a fairly unique product in that they offer a simple to use LCD touch display which works serially – and hence are not tied to any device – and they don’t need drivers. I have a very nice “proper”…
About Turn! The Z-Turn Board
Today’s my lucky day, first the postman then couriers – you’d think it was Christmas. The Z-turn board from Myr looks at first glance like many other boards out there – it is around the size of a Raspberry Pi. The layout is immaculate with resistors and other components grouped…
Free GPS for the Weekend, Sir?
Well, not QUITE – the Navspark Mini + UART to USB adaptor is free – but with a caveat of postal shipping charges. http://navspark.mybigcommerce.com/navspark-mini-uart-to-usb-adapter/ Already the more savvy of you will have noticed a treat here. Let’s say you have no interest whatsoever in GPS – the second half of…
The Udoo Neo
The Udoo Neo (www.udoo.org) arrived in my postbag today. Described as “The Ultimate Single Board Mini-PC for Android and Linux” – the Neo is the top end of the range and the full version is $64.90 plus tax/shipping etc. So £45 – probably £60 by the time you’re done –…
Quick Web Page
No sooner had I finished my new Debian Jessie installation (see previous blog) than I tested it – I typed in “http://jessie2” – nothing – zilch. Turns out that even the latest Raspbian doesn’t do this properly – so – off I went and: sudo apt-get install samba samba-common-bin That…
Headless Pi Installation
This blog entry refers to installing Jessie, Node Red and other utilities on a Pi 2 (not Pi 1 – there is a minor startup issue with Node-Red with that right now) specifically from the November 2015 Jessie image on the Raspberry Pi site. Grab the November 2015 Jessie image…
Raspberry Pi Volume in Node Red
Over the course of my many experiments with the Raspberry Pi and similar I have had constant problems with volume – I remember wasting ages with the Orange Pi – no WAY could I get sound to come out of the analog output. Things are a bit better with the…
Nextion and ESP8266
Ever since I fell in love with the little Nextion displays I’ve been thinking about a little ESP8266 board to go with them – well, I’ve been beaten to it. Today I received in the post a little box from Guy Molinari with his efforts – I have to say…
ThingBox
Update 03/01/2016 17:00: I spent (wasted) much of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day setting up a brand new “Jessie” installation on a Raspberry Pi 2, at the end of which I had managed to put 2 copies of Node-Red on the same machine, the sound would not come…