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Month: September 2017

How to get the SD Back

September 29, 2017November 6, 2017 Peter ScargillLinux17 Comments on How to get the SD Back

So – I’ve been messing around with Ubuntu on a NanoPi Duo setup with motherboard which has build in SSD – all is well. In this and similar systems we have a Windows-readable boot partition and a Linux root partition with everything else except boot. I copied the root partition…

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Another Power Supply

September 27, 2017September 27, 2017 Peter ScargillBanggood, UPS16 Comments on Another Power Supply

Here’s another one for you – Banggood do a small UPS which looks like it might be useful…     DC 12V 2A Mini UPS Power Supply On-line Type — https://goo.gl/cyZyPD So just what exactly is this?

NanoPi Duo

September 26, 2017September 27, 2017 Peter ScargillFriendlyArm, Linux, NanoPi Duo, Ubuntu34 Comments on NanoPi Duo

The FriendlyArm NanoPi Duo turned up for me today – well, in fact, more than that, a complete kit comprising motherboard, heatsink, SSD and more turned up – read all about it below:

Enter the Banana Pi M3

September 18, 2017September 18, 2017 Peter ScargillBanana Pi, Banana Pi 316 Comments on Enter the Banana Pi M3

Last week, a (new to me) company called Allchips sent me a BananaPi 3 to play with. Ending September 24, they have a Raspberry Pi 3 giveaway (not that this has entry anything to do with Raspberry Pi). Banana Pi boards are not something I’ve done a lot with –…

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The PCA9685 on a PI Clone

September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 Peter ScargillNeo, neo plus2, pca9685, PWM6 Comments on The PCA9685 on a PI Clone

If you’ve been keeping up with the blog you’ll know that I’ve added to the script, code to allow NodeJS access to I2c.  And you may also know that for some time my ESP8266 code has supported the little (cheap) purple 16-channel 12-bit PWM/Servo boards called PCA-9685.

Orange Pi Time

September 12, 2017September 21, 2017 Peter ScargillOrange Pi, Orange Pi PC 2, Orange Pi Plus 2E33 Comments on Orange Pi Time

This morning, a parcel turned up for me from Banggood with a couple of Orange Pi boards inside it. Specifically the Orange Pi PC2 and the Orange Pi Plus 2E. Shame they’d not turned up earlier as Banggood had their sale on over the weekend – oh, well. Let’s get…

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More uninterruptible supplies

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 Peter ScargillUPS33 Comments on More uninterruptible supplies

Ok, here’s another one for you – this time a DIRT cheap UPS (that’s my theme for this week it seems – CHEAP) – but with the caveat that MAXIMUM draw is 1 amp. Now – you may think that isn’t enough for a Raspberry Pi or whatever but headless…

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Grafana and InfluxDB

September 9, 2017June 8, 2020 Peter ScargillGrafana, InFluxDB, Raspberry Pi 2, Raspberry Pi 3, Raspbian, stretch32 Comments on Grafana and InfluxDB

Some time ago I wrote a blog entry about garden sensors inside of which was buried some information about using Grafana and InfluxDB. At the time the install was not that easy – and when along came STRETCH for the Raspberry Pi (2 and 3) it got worse. However, reader…

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In General

September 7, 2017September 7, 2017 Peter ScargillGeneral2 Comments on In General

Just a couple of discoveries of the week: Backing up a system including Node-Red and the Ubuntu Segmentation Error…

Banggood Sale

September 7, 2017October 26, 2017 Peter ScargillGeneral24 Comments on Banggood Sale

The Banggood sale has gone now but they do have a Global Shopping Carnival with coupons!

Cheap as Chips Touch Switch

September 5, 2017September 7, 2017 Peter Scargillcheap switches, touch panel, touch- display75 Comments on Cheap as Chips Touch Switch

Those who (jokingly) complain that their wallets empty out every time they read my blog will be in heaven today… backlit and non-back-lit touch switches for as little as FIFTEEN PENCE !!!  It’s a winner! Could these be the world’s cheapest backlit touch-switches? (Updated September 07 2017)

More Pretty Colours

September 4, 2017September 4, 2017 Peter Scargillcolour, colour terminal, Linux12 Comments on More Pretty Colours

Ever since I went to Tokyo and wandered up the busy streets at night, staring at the fabulous colour adverts, I’ve had a thing about making stuff colourful. None of your washed out pastels mind you. And so we come to Linux. Powerful, reliable and at the terminal – BORING…

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