microbit Friday Fun: Sending Serial Data From micro:bit to laptop Cereal Killer If you haven't seen Hackers yet, then rectify that ASAP. ^^^ Yes this is "Cereal Killer" aka the dude who plays Shaggy in Scooby Doo...jinkies! Serial, no not the
electronics Friday Fun: DIY MP3 Player The finished project, ok there are still a few things to do, but it is ready for its debut How cheap can an MP3 player be? What if I said £1-2...would you
friday fun Friday Fun QR Code Madness! Yeah that's the Greggs logo in a QR code for this website QR codes, (Quick Response), are all around us. We see them on adverts, newspapers, drinks bottles. They are a quick way
Raspberry Pi DS18B20 Temperature Sensor With Python (Raspberry Pi) Yesterday at Liverpool Makefest, which incidentally was great, I spoke to a young man who wanted to use the Raspberry Pi to control his petrol powered radio control car. His first idea for
friday fun Friday Fun: Get the news with RSS and GUI Zero I'll come out and admit it, I am a news junkie, have been since I was a teenager. I like to keep up to date with what is going on, across a variety
friday fun Healthy Eating with Python *Click on the Play button to run the code* This blog post was inspired by Mr Rooney's tweet. fit = input("what is your diet?")if fit == "beer and kebab"
pimoroni Pimoroni HyperPixel Mega Post! Have you heard about... HyperPixel!?! So the other day on #BilgeTank, the pirates from Sheffield-on-the-sea released their latest add on board, HyperPixel. It is an 800 x 480 resolution screen for all 40
Windows Friday Fun: Directly Connecting to your Raspberry Pi How can I connect to a Raspberry Pi? SSH - A Secure connection between computers over a local or world wide network. Typically in the form of a command line interface (shell) VNC
hack Build your own micro:bit / codebug / crumble to Snap Circuits adapter So I have a lot of Snap Circuits / Hot Wires / Other brand kits The kids at Blackpool Raspberry Jam love these kits, and we often have groups of kids hacking new ideas to
friday fun Friday Fun: Speed Reading With Python How fast can you read? For some Friday Fun this week we shall create a Python application that will help us to read MUCH more quickly. Reading generally involves our eyes scanning a
friday fun Using a TMP36 sensor with micro:bit Every maker has their favourite sensor, board, component. For me the humble L298N is my motor controller of choice, the DS18B20 for temperature sensing, and IR obstacle sensor for simple input. But recently
microbit micro:bit in libraries "Libraries gave us power" (c) Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life We now have 60 micro:bit in the hands of all eight libraries in Blackpool and the Fylde
microbit #Pounderland Solar Powered micro:bit Time for some friday fun! I really do love Poundland... They stock cheap electronics that can be torn apart and turned into anything you can think of. Right now they have loads of
thanks Four Years Ago... I couldn't resist starting with my own Star Wars crawl, generated using Star Wordz For best results watch on a laptop or tablet So yeah it has now been four years since I
Raspberry Pi Timey Wimey Make Believe in Leeds Leeds City Museum Today I had a great day hacking a time machine to life with the children of Leeds. We used a Raspberry Pi, housed inside one of the pi-top CEED devices,
pounderland Friday Fun: Poundland Edition It'ssssss Pounderland! So today I popped into my local Poundland to look for stuff which I can hack into a time machine project for tomorrow. I found a few bits and pieces. Solar
picademy Planes, Training and Automated File Renaming Recently at Picademy Birmingham, I set myself a quick challenge. To create a timelapse of the lovely airfield that our training centre overlooked. So I setup a Raspberry Pi Zero W to take
arduino tinyTILE The humble Arduino. Not as powerful as a Raspberry Pi, but you can drop it into countless projects and it will just work, no reboots / crashes...it just works! My first foray into
linux format Linux Format 223 - Pi Zero W 10 Page Special I was lucky enough to receive the new Pi Zero W in January 2017, and I was truly blown away with this tiny board. My editor was also blown away so he asked
friday fun Cheap Robotics Yeah the GIF is @all_about_code robot made from the Cam Jam Kit 3 and an old cover for a power socket. For some Friday fun this week... It's spreadsheets!!! Before this
microbit micro:bit Infrared Timing Gate In early March 2017 I, along with local hacker Dave Gallop were asked by St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School to come along and help them build some supersonic race cars for the
microbit Bit:2:Pi Gareth at 4Tronix is a genius. He produces lots of wonderful boards for the Raspberry Pi, codebug and micro:bit. One of his latest boards is Bit:2:Pi which is a little
friday fun Using Hot Wires / Snap Circuits with Raspberry Pi It's Friday!! Time for some fun! Hot Wires / Snap Circuits are simple circuit building blocks that are used to teach electronics to small children. They use press studs, similar to those used on
LED Further adventures in making blinkies Blinkies *noun* [blin-kees] A word made up by Les to make LEDs sound even more fun. I love LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes), they are the gateway to starting your adventures with electronics. If
piday Inspiring Pi Day It'ssssss Pi Day. tl;dr Alex has created a great Kickstarter to enable anyone to hack with the APA102 LEDs and make cool sculptures with light. The Kickstarter is still live and you
