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ESP8266 investigation and an internet connected Galvanometer

Posted onAugust 1, 2015August 1, 20151 Comment

The ESP8266 is a very cheap (£3 delivered in single quantities) WIFI chip that makes it easy to add internet connectivity to a microcontroller. I got excited when I found you can also flash your own firmware and do everything on Read More …

CategoriesnewsTagsarduino, esp8266, mqtt

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CursiveData is working with @Bristol and DEE!

Posted onApril 6, 2015April 23, 2015Leave a comment

I’m pleased to be working on another visualisation project for DEE, and it’s exciting to finally be in collaboration with @Bristol. I say finally because I used to visit as a boy. A new solar tree is being built in Read More …

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Reading a GEO Minim energy monitor with a webcam and Python

Posted onDecember 28, 2014December 28, 20144 Comments

Reading a GEO minim energy meter with a webcam and Python Read More …

Categorieshowto, newsTagscomputer vision, energy

Using a camera with Scratch on the Raspberry Pi

Posted onDecember 16, 2014Leave a comment

I needed camera control with Scratch on the Raspberry Pi for a primary school aerial photography project. I added a new python extension for Simon’s ScratchGPIO that allows either the Raspberry Pi camera or a regular USB webcam to be Read More …

CategoriesnewsTagscamera, raspberry pi, scratch

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Printing Sine Waves

Posted onDecember 12, 2014January 1, 20157 Comments

I’ve always wanted to do something arty with my CNC router but never quite known what. After the simple drawing robot (originally inspired by the Art-o-matic v1) I thought I’d get back to basics and build a harmonograph – a set of pendulums Read More …

CategoriesnewsTagsart, cnc, python

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CNC spindle speed controller

Posted onDecember 1, 2014Leave a comment

arduino shield cnc spindle speed controller Read More …

Categoriesnews, projectsTagsarduino, cnc, controller, design

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Drill Pic Gcode generator updated

Posted onOctober 7, 20148 Comments

A tool to generate half tone patterns with a CNC mill Read More …

CategoriesnewsTagscnc, gcode, python

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