tuesdaytooling
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
microbit monday
Do you like science? Do you like sensors? Do you like clapping?...well enviro:bit is for you!
fridayfun
More adventures with pollen count data, geo-location and multi platform Python code!
tuesdaytooling
Something simple, yet so handy! A Python 3 web server ready to serve content!
tuesdaytooling
Safe, reliable connectors for all manner of projects...Oh and they are cheap!
fridayfun
How can we use pollen count data in three different ways? Well read this post and you can try it for yourself.
tuesdaytooling
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
microbit monday
This week I would open with a meme such as "They see me scrollin' they hatin'" but that would ultimately lead to me travelling back in time to 2006 when that meme was popular.. Instead lets take a look at another add on board for the
maplin
phew that title is long and boring... Also from Maplin a USB3 display adapter to HDMI for £8 (was £65!) pic.twitter.com/UgNHY6CSUM — biglesp (@biglesp) May 27, 2018 So I popped in to Maplin, the long standing UK electronics retailer which is sadly closing down, and something caught my
fridayfun
All it took was to tidy my desk... Back in December 2017 RawHex sent me a Hidiot kit, as they knew of my love for the ATtiny85. (Sorry about the delay RawHex...) All three of these boards use an ATtiny85. From L - R Digistamp, Adafruit Gemma, Generic ATtiny85 clone
microbit monday
This time we head over to Sheffield-on-the-sea to learn about a new product from the Pirates at Pimoroni So what is it? pin:bit is a micro:bit to breadboard breakout board. So you can use cheap / plentiful standard electronic components with the micro:bit without lots of crocodile clips.
micro python
Friday Fun has been away for three months! Have I been sat around watching TV? Yes....I mean no, I've been busy with work. But I'm back and this time its a personal project...! */me pauses for laughs* Meet Gemma M0 Last week I was in