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Month: January 2016

Thermostat Progress

January 10, 2016January 10, 2016 Peter ScargillNode Red, Temperature logging, Thermostat1 Comment on Thermostat Progress

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…

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Instant Node-Red

January 10, 2016January 10, 2016 Peter ScargillNode Red, node-red9 Comments on 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 –…

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Enter the Video

January 10, 2016 Peter ScargillPeter Oakes4 Comments on 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

January 9, 2016January 9, 2016 Peter Scargillnextion5 Comments on 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”…

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About Turn! The Z-Turn Board

January 8, 2016January 9, 2016 Peter ScargillZ-turn Board9 Comments on 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…

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Free GPS for the Weekend, Sir?

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Peter ScargillNavspark Mini12 Comments on 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…

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The Udoo Neo

January 7, 2016December 13, 2016 Peter Scargilludoo15 Comments on 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 –…

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Quick Web Page

January 6, 2016January 7, 2016 Peter ScargillRaspberry Pi 2, typecast2 Comments on 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…

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Headless Pi Installation

January 6, 2016January 18, 2016 Peter ScargillNode Red, Raspberry Pi 232 Comments on 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…

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Raspberry Pi Volume in Node Red

January 5, 2016 Peter ScargillRaspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi 2, volume

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…

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Nextion and ESP8266

January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 Peter ScargillESP8266, Nex, nextion34 Comments on 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…

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ThingBox

January 3, 2016January 9, 2016 Peter Scargillthingbox.io9 Comments on 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…

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