29 JANUARY 2021
In September 2019 we purchased a Brunel BMSZ trinocular stereomicroscope to use with our projects.
We wanted to be able to take digital stills and record video using the microscope and at the time we purchase the DSLR...
10 AUGUST 2017
Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3 which can run on the Raspberry Pi to interface and control may of the internet of things (IOT) devices available from different manufacturers.
I...
02 JUNE 2017
This is the third and final part of a three-part series on designing and building a barcode scanner using a Raspberry Pi Zero W.
Raspberry Pi Zero Handheld Barcode Scanner Part 1
Raspberry Pi Zero Handheld Barcode Scanner...
23 APRIL 2017
This is the second part in an ongoing project to build a wireless barcode scanner based on the Raspberry Pi Zero. View part one here: Raspberry Pi Zero Handheld Barcode Scanner Part 1 and part three here: Raspberry...
04 MARCH 2017
With the release of the new Raspberry Pi Zero earlier this week we ordered one from The Pi Hut to use with our expansion boards (they all work without any problems) and one from Pimoroni to use with our barcode scanner...
15 JANUARY 2017
This blog post is part one of a new project we have been working on in our spare time for the past few weeks, a new Raspberry Pi Zero based wireless barcode scanner with a touch screen interface.
Part Two of the project...
30 NOVEMBER 2015
Three years ago we designed a solar data logger based on a Raspberry Pi which monitored the solar heating and PV system in the house as well as measuring the amount of energy we were using. This system has served...
11 NOVEMBER 2015
Since we solved the RF interference problems http://www.briandorey.com/post/mastervolt-soladin-rf-filtering with our Mastervolt Soladin 600 mains inverter we had planned to use the data port to link to our Raspberry...
15 JUNE 2015
Since the announcement that Windows 10 IOT was being released to use on the Raspberry Pi model 2 we have been experimenting with the platform and Andrew has been busy converting the Python 2 and 3 libraries he had written...
21 DECEMBER 2014
Since starting to design and manufacturer our own Raspberry Pi expansion boards which we sell on www.abelectronics.co.uk we have found that the testing phase of the board production has always been very time consuming as...