friday fun Friday Fun: Intro to Node-RED I've recently developed a love for Node-RED... At first I was afraid, I was petrified, of this language as it seemed so far removed from what I would normally use. But isn't it
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
LED Hot Glue Madness For some Friday Fun this week, lets take a look at making custom LED lights. This all started from a tweet posted by Erin Riley. (Thanks for sharing Erin!) glue gun + silicone mold
pimoroni Red Alert - Work in progress My love of Star Trek is well known and so when I got the chance to play around with Pimoroni's new Mote lights, well there was only one thing to do. Simulate alert
hacking Blinky Lights LEDs are wonderful things! The humble LED provides us with illumination, it indicates when a device is on standby and it can teach anyone the basics of controlling a physical device with a
Raspberry Pi Unicorns wearing HAT No I haven't gone mad, I have a unicorn wearing a HAT on my Raspberry Pi. Ok let me explain, the Unicorn HAT is a new board designed especially for the Raspberry Pi