This project shows how shell scripts, cron and the PowerSwitch Tail II can be used to control a lamp.

coding, electronics, raspberry piMarty MartinJuly 17, 2015powerswitch, raspberry pi, shell script, cron, ElectroicsComment

Controlling an LED with Python Code

In this project, I controlled an LED using python instead of Linux command line

electronics, python, raspberry piMarty MartinJuly 10, 2015Python, coding, led, raspberry piComment

Setting the Raspberry Pi to read input from a button

I setup the Raspberry Pi to recognize when a button was pushed from a breadboarded circuit.

electronics, raspberry piMarty MartinJuly 3, 2015breadboard, buttonComment

Using Linux on Raspberry Pi to control an LED

I used Linux command line to configure and control the General Purpose Input and Output (GPIO) pins to turn an LED on and off.

electronics, raspberry piMarty MartinJune 26, 2015LED, linux, raspberry pi, GPIO, ElectroicsComment

Making the Arduino Talk to the Raspberry Pi

This week I got the Arduino to talk to the Raspberry Pi

arduino, python, raspberry piMarty MartinJune 19, 2015arduino, Raspberry Pi, pythonComment

Installing Arduino in Raspian

This weeks I installed the Arduino IDE on Raspian

arduino, raspberry piMarty MartinJune 12, 2015arduino, raspberry piComment

Pygame Surface

This project uses python to remove the background of a png image using the alpha channel.

coding, python, raspberry piMarty MartinMay 29, 2015coding, python, pngComment

Hello Pygame

This project just draws a red circle against a white background.

coding, raspberry piMarty MartinMay 22, 2015pygame, codingComment

Set/Loop in Python

Coming from the world of Arduino sketches, I'm used to writing setup/loop form of programs. The instructions from the book showed me how to do this in Python.

coding, raspberry piMarty MartinMay 1, 2015python, loopComment

Hello World with Python

So I've never played with Python before and The Getting Started with Raspberry Pi book gave me a good opportunity to check it out. It turns out Python is pretty simple and the book is a great introduction to it.