Category Archives: hardware

First physical computing project with Python on Raspberry Pi

Posted on October 18, 2015 by blogmywiki

I’m really excited about a Python library called GPIO Zero. This makes it very easy to use the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins to do some physical computing in the Python programming language. The GPIO pins are how you connect your … Continue reading →

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Keeping physical computing simple

Posted on October 11, 2015 by blogmywiki

I love Scratch. I think it’s actually under-rated as a way of teaching computing, even in secondary schools (KS3). I remember a long time ago someone on the BBC ‘Computer Programme’ defending BASIC with the words ‘it’s a bad workman … Continue reading →

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Using an old Wacom Graphire tablet in OS X 10.10 Yosemite

Posted on August 29, 2015 by blogmywiki

I love it when I make things work that shouldn’t and I also love saving money. This does both. I have an old Wacom Graphire graphics tablet model ET-0405-U. It’s not supported by recent versions of OS X, but graphics … Continue reading →

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Another music in a different kitchen

Posted on July 25, 2015 by blogmywiki

I’ve long wanted some sort of solution for centrally storing and serving music for listening around the house. There are all sorts of commercial products (like Sonos) out there, some eye-wateringly expensive even without any storage, plus numerous open-source projects, … Continue reading →

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Fip has moved

Posted on July 20, 2015 by blogmywiki

As you may know, I love making little internet radios from Raspberry Pi computers – mostly so I can listen to the wonderful French radio station Fip. Fip plays a mixture of jazz, left-field rock and pop, classical music – … Continue reading →

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