Les Pounder

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Poundland Surprises!

Need a LiPo battery and boost converter? Got £1? Then go to Poundland and give this a go.

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Tooling Tuesday - Wemos D1 Mini & MicroPython

Learn how to use MicroPython on a $2 board...oh and blink LEDs!

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Friday Fun - Hacking Poundland Halloween Electronics

Can we hack three items from Poundland into one much better project? Of course we can!

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Tooling Tuesday - Playing YouTube videos in Python

Ever had the need to play YouTube videos from Python? Well with this library you can!

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micro:bit Monday - bread:bit

Got lots of electronic components for your Pi / Arduino and want to use them with your micro:bit? Then you need this.

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Friday Fun - Adafruit Chainsaw

Scare more candy while trick or treating by making your own chainsaw...

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Tooling Tuesday - Using VLC with Python

Use Python to control VLC and open up the possibilities of controlling media using sensors and new inputs.

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Tooling Tuesday - Glob

Need to find some files using Python? We've got what you need!

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Tooling Tuesday - HCSR04P Ultrasonic Sensor

A 3V compliant ultrasonic sensor for your next robot world domination project!

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From Faker to Maker - My journey in learning to code

My experiences learning to code and helping others to code...

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Tooling Tuesday - Windows Serial Checker...from Linux!

Need to find out your Windows serial key....but using a Linux distro? Read on!

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Tooling Tuesday - #pounderland special

Take apart a Poundland amplifier / speaker...it only costs a quid...honest!

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Tooling Tuesday - easygui

Fancy making an easy to use GUI with Python? Well give easygui a try!

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Tooling Tuesday - Inputs

Need to detect gamepad input in your Python project? Well take a look at this library which offers just what you need!

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Tuesday Tooling - Google Image Search With Python

Learn how to search for images on Google, from Python!

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Friday Fun - Neopixel Camera Light

Create colourful and artistically lit photos with < £10 of equipment and a little code.

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Light your way with Arduino...

Take your first step in to Arduino with a very hackable night light project from RasPi.tv.

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Friday Fun - Four Python Projects

Four free projects for you to try out with your Raspberry Pi and micro:bit

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Tooling Tuesday - Python3 GeoPy

So you want to find something on a map, query a location and use the data in Python 3? I got your back! So what is it? GeoPy.... "makes it easy for Python developers to locate the coordinates of addresses, cities, countries, and landmarks across the globe using third-party

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micro:bit Monday - enviro:bit

Do you like science? Do you like sensors? Do you like clapping?...well enviro:bit is for you!

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Friday Fun Revisited: Pollen Checker v2

More adventures with pollen count data, geo-location and multi platform Python code!

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Tooling Tuesday - Python3 Web Server

Something simple, yet so handy! A Python 3 web server ready to serve content!

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Tooling Tuesday - Wago!

Safe, reliable connectors for all manner of projects...Oh and they are cheap!

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Friday Fun: Python Pollen Projects

How can we use pollen count data in three different ways? Well read this post and you can try it for yourself.

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Tooling Tuesday - Easy micro:bit Serial Connection

I've covered serial connections quite a lot recently, from micro:bit to laptop, Raspberry Pi, Adafruit Gemma M0. But each time I use my boiler plate serial listener code. It's clunky but it works. But for this Tooling Tuesday I've found something easy to