resources
Hello! I've just updated my projects page with six resources that have just been made Creative Commons. These resources were written approximately one year ago for Linux Voice magazine who graciously gift their issues to the community for free after nine months. So what have I got on
neopixel
WS2812B, commonly known as Neopixels are super bright individually controllable LEDs that come in many shapes and sizes. Neopixel Christmas lights! pic.twitter.com/Rdyx47I8HI — biglesp (@biglesp) December 10, 2016 I have neopixel rings in various sizes, 1/2/5 metre lengths, individual pixels and even a face made of
linux format
So I was going through the Linux Format archives and I found that I could search by author. Now I'm not a vain person but curiosity got the better of me so I had a look for my work...oh dear lord there was a lot. I started
soldering
I've waited a long time for this! tl;dr: A £12 temperature controlled mini soldering station for intermediate users. Cheap, small with a precise soldering tip, but manual calibration needed for temperature. Available from CPC --See Stop Press at the bottom of this page for a special sale
hack
I popped into Poundland today and had a look around for stuff to hack. Electronics First up, LED lights! I chose some Christmas trees and some blue spiral lights. Both take 3V in the form of 2 x AA batteries, but you can snip the battery box off and use
hack
Santa always wears a funky red hat when delivering presents across the globe, but the HAT we are looking at in this post is not that. Rather it is a funky board called the Explorer HAT Pro from Pimoroni. I LOVE this board, so much so that I wrote a
recovery
So I had a great day at Mozilla Festival (MozFest) yesterday. I was there covering the event for Linux Format. I interviewed lots of great people and took lots of photos....and here we have a problem. My old camera, a Canon EOS 300D is an old digital SLR camera,
Raspberry Pi
So we've all seen the new Raspbian desktop released at the end of September. I have to say it's rather nice, a "proper grown up" desktop. You will have also seen that it now uses a splash screen to hide the lines of text
MQTT
This blog post isn't really a proper post, more of a way in which I can remember how to use MQTT for future projects. Feel free to refer to this and of course comment :) What is MQTT? MQTT: Message Queuing Telemetry Transport. A lightweight machine to machine protocol
minecraft
A long time ago I wrote a simple install script for an existing Minecraft screenshot tool called raspi2png developed by Andrew from Melbourne. My script served a purpose, in that it automated the install of the tool which I routinely used for magazine articles. Today I revisited the script and
soldering
Disclaimer - This kit was provided free of charge by CPC I love soldering! I only learnt to solder about 2-3 years ago, but since then I have enjoyed the hobby. Yes even the bits where I botch something up! Soldering is a basic maker skill and essential for those
Raspberry Pi
On Friday 9th September I finally got my hands on the Nexdock, a recent crowd funded project that I backed. @biglesp showing off his new @nexdock at @bplraspjam #rjam pic.twitter.com/ZKfS3ARxJS — Pete Lomas (@PeteLomasPi) September 10, 2016 Nexdock is a laptop with no hard drive, CPU, memory. Just