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...
14 MARCH 2016
Updated on 19th March 2016 for new Raspbian Jessie release changes.
Following on from the previous post about the Raspberry Pi 3 UART overlay workaround there is now a new solution to enable the serial console and...
07 MARCH 2016
Update: 19th March 2016
There is now a new Raspbian Jessie release dated 2016-03-18 which no longer works with this UART workaround. There is a new post at http://www.briandorey.com/post/Raspberry-Pi-3-UART-Boot-Overlay-Part-Two...
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...