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MakeBlock Ultimate 2.0 system
The MakeBlock Ultimate 2.0 kit usually sells for $418CAD to 489CAD but I found it for $257US which is currently about $360CAD, so I decided that while we're stuck at home, it was a good time to do a h...
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Raspberry Pi, Ultrasonic Distance Sensor HY-SRF05 - Full Lesson
Introduction
This lesson uses a Raspberry Pi 4, an HYSRF05 distance sensor and Python to measure distance. The video has all the details.
The accompanying video does he following:
shows how to wi...
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Raspberry Pi Ultrasonic Distance Sensor HY-SRF05 - Background
Objective
Test the usefulness of an HR SRF05 ultrasonic sensor to measure distance and write the python code for a raspberry pi to operate the sensor.
If you're new to working with Raspberry Pi and ...
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Morse Code - Translation to and From
This project is to create a program that does a couple of things. First, it has to take input from the code key and translate the dots and dashes that are entered by the key and turn them into letters...
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Back to Debian
It's funny how things come full circle. I was a product manager for a Linux distribution that was based on Debian for about 7 years. I left that role 13 years ago. Now that I'm teaching and have a job...
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Raspberry Pi with Temperature and Moisture Sensor
The Challenge
Create a system that will turn a fan on when the temperature in a greenhouse reaches a specific threshold temperature and off when it falls back below that threshold.
This project uses...
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