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piPlay
A simple Raspberry Pi audio playout system with GUI for radio or theatre. It runs from one Python 3 program (code on Github) on a vanilla Raspberry Pi running Raspbian and requires no other software or...
View ArticleThe distraction of distraction-free word processors
I’m currently not writing at least three books. At least one of them, I am convinced, is an amazingly good idea. I’ve written a dozen chapters, at least one of which doesn’t make me cringe when I read...
View ArticleCeefax from an old Raspberry Pi
Got an old Raspberry Pi? Nostalgic for the golden age of teletext? Why not make your own in-house teletext server? For those who may be unaware, teletext was a service common in European (PAL TV...
View ArticleA tiny screen for a Raspberry Pi
I have a few old Raspberry Pis lying around, including a Model B Rev 1 running Raspberry Pi OS Buster lite. I use it to serve up my simple MUD game. It has no wi-fi so it’s connected by ethernet …...
View ArticleCollect and graph micro:bit data on a Raspberry Pi
Using a BBC micro:bit, an old Raspberry Pi and a surprisingly small amount of code, you can log sensor data in a simple CSV (comma separated values) text file and plot it on an interactive graph you...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi video art installation
My daughter makes video art and needed a simple solution for showing one of her pieces continually in a loop. I used an old Raspberry Pi model B for this. I just realised that the only place I had...
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