Category Archives: Raspberry Pi

It was Power

Posted on December 5, 2015 by larry

So yesterday I struggled to get the NRF23L01 running, I finally figured it out, it was power. Seems like a lot of my issues have to do with power.  I think I am going to build myself a circuit that … Continue reading →

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2000th Post

Posted on December 3, 2015 by larry

Cool, today marks my 2000th post on this blog.  That is amazing. I got the NRF24L01+ working on a Raspberry Pi 2.  Finally. I guess if I put my mind to it I could have had it done sooner. I … Continue reading →

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Internet of Things XMas Devices

Posted on December 1, 2015 by larry

Here it is, hardware all done This year it is powered by two devices, a Raspberry Pi on a Red Board and an Arduino on a black board. The Raspberry Pi will drive these three message boards, a naughty and … Continue reading →

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Huge Adventure Installing Stuff

Posted on November 30, 2015 by larry

So I came accross a web site https://software.intel.com/en-us/iot/hardware/sensors/tm1637-7-segment-display And it sent me down a new rabbit hole installing upm, mraa, and an updated copy of cmake. Feels like old times again when I had to install rpm without yum and … Continue reading →

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Switching Gears On IoT Xmas

Posted on November 29, 2015 by larry

I have been pushed back on the Arduino IoT Xmas decoration. I have put everything on a Raspberry Pi now. I am more familiar with it so it should be faster to develop.

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Student Kit

Posted on September 29, 2015 by larry

A lot of times I get asked what should people get to start of their maker kit.  I have a partial answer, here is the student kit I have I will create a dedicated page for these items, but this … Continue reading →

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Washington State Fair 2015

Posted on September 26, 2015 by larry

We made our annual visit to the Washington State Fair today.  It was fun, at a lot.  Instead of doing rides though we ended up playing some games.  One of my daughter’s wanted to do rides though, so maybe next … Continue reading →

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Another Meetup

Posted on September 21, 2015 by larry

Was nice to get another meetup going.  Not sure what I can do to improve attendance though.  Just 3 people attended. Still, I was able to setup quickly and breakdown. Need some additional things though,  like extension cables. I did … Continue reading →

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Exhibit Next Week

Posted on August 19, 2015 by larry

Slowly getting my stuff together for the exhibition next week. Two Arduino Exhibits Sonic Distance measure with LCD RFID reader Two Raspberry Pi Mobile Network Center Kodi Media Center Two ESP8266 Arduino – ESP01 Button ESP-01 Finally got it in … Continue reading →

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Hosting an Arduino RaspPi Exhibit

Posted on May 16, 2015 by larry

My oldest son and set up an Arduino and Raspberry Pi exhibit at a small DIY showcase in North Bend. It was fun, initially it was a lot of stress, but it was smaller and lower stress atmosphere. Got a … Continue reading →

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