Category Archives: Raspberry Pi

RaspberryPi SenseHAT live pressure graphs

Posted on November 1, 2016 by blogmywiki

UPDATE: Now plotting air pressure, temperature AND humidity – see end of this post! I’ve been playing with the RaspberryPi SenseHAT to see how easy it would be to code some live data logging of environmental factors like temperature or … Continue reading →

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Logging classroom temperature on a Raspberry Pi

Posted on April 18, 2016 by blogmywiki

Today I logged the temperature in our ICT room as part of a wider Y7 project on data handling, spreadsheets and climate change. We’re taking real historical weather data, analysing it in Excel and making Word documents about our findings. … Continue reading →

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BETT 2016 Review

Posted on January 31, 2016 by blogmywiki

My first visit to BETT, and although I knew it was large, I wasn’t quite prepared for the sheer scale and sensory overload. I did, however, manage to come away with some very interesting ideas for hardware, software and methods … Continue reading →

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SenseHAT paint

Posted on December 31, 2015 by blogmywiki

Here’s a very simple ‘paint’ project for the RaspberryPi SenseHAT. I was trying to draw icons for a graphical weather project, and I felt the need of some kind of paint program that would allow me to draw on the … Continue reading →

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Pimoroni Flotilla – first impressions

Posted on December 24, 2015 by blogmywiki

Hot on the heels of my official Raspberry Pi SenseHAT, Mr Postman brought me the Pimoroni Flotilla. I got this early because I backed it on Kickstarter, ooh quite a long time ago now, and I’d almost forgotten about it. … Continue reading →

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