Category Archives: ICT

Raspberry Pi day 2: I try to install an application

Posted on May 6, 2012 by blogmywiki

Yesterday I said I didn’t think there was an easy way of installing new software in the Raspberry Pi version of Debian Squeeze. Well, yes and no. There is a way, but it ain’t easy. Installing software in Linux is … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi est arrivée!

Posted on May 5, 2012 by blogmywiki

I had joked that the Raspberry Pi was indeed taking me back to the glory days of 1980s computing – mainly by making me wait so long; it reminded me of the interminable delays waiting for Sinclair to ship my … Continue reading →

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More Arduino resources

Posted on March 23, 2012 by blogmywiki

Here are a couple of useful resources for learning about programming and electronics using the Arduino board: A pretty detailed electronics primer using the Arduino from a very cool woman called Limor Fried: http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/index.html The Arduino Programming Notebook by Brian … Continue reading →

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Arduino exercise 2 – alternate pulsing lights

Posted on March 18, 2012 by blogmywiki

Having taught our Arduino to pulse a little red LED slowly on and off, and having built the circuit to go with it, we wanted to do something a bit more complex. We considered adding a buzzer, or a button … Continue reading →

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Meet the Arduino

Posted on March 17, 2012 by blogmywiki

I was getting a bit fed up waiting for my Raspberry Pi to arrive, so when a colleague said he’d ordered an Arduino, I decided to get one too – even though the Arduino is more expensive and less-powerful. It … Continue reading →

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