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Les Pounder

Tinkerer, maker, hacker, teacher, writer, learner, failure.

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fridayfun

Friday Fun: Cardboard Circuit

Build a working circuit with cardboard, slug tape and some light up parrots!

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fridayfun

Friday Fun: Summer Hacks!

17 Free projects to keep the kids busy all summer long!

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anvil

Friday Fun: Monitor your Pi with Anvil

Hey, you! Fancy writing a web app in Python? An app that shows live data from a running Raspberry Pi? Ok..read on!

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - psutil

Learn how to check system resources, processes with this really easy Python library.

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Impostor

So let's start this post with the Wikipedia definition of Impostor Syndrome Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon, impostorism, fraud syndrome or the impostor experience) is a psychological pattern in which an

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wtfudge wednesday

WTFudge Wednesday - Linux Boot Error: environment block too small

Nothing like a grub issue while drinking your first coffee. Here is how I fixed it.

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microcontroller monday

Microcontroller Monday: Pinbetween

Reuse through hole electronic components with your micro:bit for just £6!

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circuitpython

Friday Fun: Circuit Py-FUN!!!

Want the latest cool gadget to show off your skills at a conference? Well here is how we make it!

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microcontroller

Microcontroller Monday - Read and Write to an SD card with Arduino

Learn how to use an SD card reader with your Arduino. It isn't as difficult as you may think!

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - Big Les

Bigles...learn a bit more about him!

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python

Tooling Tuesday - NASA API and Python

Learn how to use NASA's API and make your desktop beautiful.

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday PySerial

Learn how to send and receive data from Arduino, Adafruit and Python using Serial connections.

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fridayfun

Friday Fun: MicroPython Weather Station

Build a neopixel powered weather station and get your weather data in style!

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - 315MHz Transmitter & Receiver

Want to remote control the pins of your Arduino using very little tech and money? Well this $2 kit is just for you!

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fridayfun

Friday Fun - Four New Projects!

Four more projects from the Linux Format archives. Shared with special permission from the editor.

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - Late Edition: virtualenv

It may be late, but this week's post introduces Python virtual environments. So you can keep your system neat and tidy.

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fridayfun

Friday Fun - ATtiny85 £10 Robot Challenge!

In this blog post we build a robot for as cheap as possible!

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adafruit

How to fix PyPortal corrupt files issue

Got an Adafruit PyPortal? Well I recently had an issue with a corrupt code.py file. Here is how I fixed it.

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kickstarter

Raspberry Pi: Breadboard Pi Bridge

Want to use your Pi directly on a breadboard? Confused by Broadcom pin mapping? Well read on!

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - .bashrc : Information from your terminal

Get any information that you require, automatically when you open a terminal window!

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microcontroller monday

Microcontroller Monday - Vanguard

Need an easy to use tool to flash MicroPython / CircuitPython/Lua onto a board? Read on!

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python

Getting petition data from JSON

A quick blog post to show how easy it is to get JSON data from a site.

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - Auto Start a GUI application in Raspbian

Want to load a GUI application when your Raspbian desktop starts up? Well here is the post that you need.

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fridayfun

Friday Fun - Neopixel Cinema Sign

Using a cheap micro controller and some NeoPixel LEDs we can make our own rainbow animated cinema sign!

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - Component Tester

Can't tell a 220Ω resistor from a 330Ω one? Got a weird transistor and can't determine if it is NPN or PNP? Fear not we have what you are looking for!

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