Looking for help on a couple of items where Google has failed me.. 1. Friedland door/window contact twin-pack DC-55. I have them running – I have RFLINK talking to them – I understand the codes for door opening and door closing and another for the internal spring being released (anti-theft)…
Month: March 2017
A Fine Sunny Weekend
Evening all, it has been a busy weekend here at the Scargill’s man-cabin. No Friday, frequent blog-visitor JAY popped over for a visit and we spend some time discussing new stuff: First on the list was a new toy Jay just picked up on offer at Maplin – a “SmartSensor…
Enter the NanoPi M1+
Today must be my day for easy installs. The FriendlyArm NanoPi M1+ turned up this morning along with spare heatsink and antenna. So first of all what is it? – this is a small SBC, a development from the Nanopi M1 which I’ve reviewed here before. So is this worth…
FriendlyArm S430
This could be one of the shortest reviews I’ve ever done! The S430 is a low-cost 4.3” capacitive touch-display designed to work with FriendlyArm boards such as the NanoPi S2, M2, M3, the NanoPC T2 and T3 and finally the Smart4418. When I think of the HASSLE I’ve had getting…
Android Phone as Resource
This is the following up the previous Android Phone as Server article. Last update 22/03/2017. Servers: So having now tried various phones and tablets, it does look like the Linux Deploy App on a rooted Android phone makes for a good Debian installation in order to run software like Apache,…
Android Phone as Server
Why am I showing you a picture of a cracked-screen phone? Well because this particular phone is a bust Oukitel K10000, the phone with the world’s longest-lasting battery and an excellent workhorse. My friend Aidan gave me this (rather than chucking it away) some time ago and it has been…
Raspberry Pi Zero WiFi
I should have just entitled this “Raspberry Pi” as it keeps expanding (now covering the rest of the Pi boards – but keep reading).. as you will see, the title is a little restrictive given what we’ve done over the last few days. Friend Antonio over Italy and I (still…
Node-RED Global Flow and Context
There’s a mouthful. This short article is about the various kinds of variables used in Node-Red and more importantly how to initialise them and how to view them. So in Node-Red when you want to use variables – there are three basic types as well as local variables. So for…
Editors
Programming editors, like music, are a matter of personal taste and I don’t hope to convert anyone here today. I would however like to bring something to your attention which I discovered at the weekend. I’m a “Notepad++” man. I don’t particularly like the look of NotePad++ but it is…
AlexaPi and a Warning
It’s been a busy week already – I’ve been saving up a load of “Can we write articles for your blog?” emails and this morning I decided to take a look. The sample articles were ATTROCIOUS and now I know why so many articles are bad out there – they…