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Moonrise Light

Moonrise Light

We had a request to get something printing on our 3D printer as a demonstration for an event a few weeks back, and separately had a request to print a lamp shade for

  • James Sutton
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Hatching a Dragon Egg
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Hatching a Dragon Egg

Building an interactive glowing dragon egg prop.

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4 min read
IoTrees
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IoTrees

This year, I wanted to build a connected Christmas Ornament for each of my family members. The aim was to build a light that looked nice, but also allowed us to feel connected even if we weren't together..

  • James Sutton
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Internet Connected Photo Printer - Part 1: Modding the SP-2
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Internet Connected Photo Printer - Part 1: Modding the SP-2

Modifying a Fujifilm Instax SP-2 Printer so that it can be powered on and off by a Raspberry Pi.

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4 min read
Internet Connected Photo Printer - InstaxAPI
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Internet Connected Photo Printer - InstaxAPI

A new Python API and Command line tool that lets you print photos from your computer, using the Fujifilm Instax SP-2

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3 min read
E Ink Status Display
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E Ink Status Display

In this post, I built a physical status display using a Pimoroni Inky pHAT, MQTT, Python and Javascript

  • James Sutton
4 min read
Building a Twitter Connected Cuckoo Clock... Really
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Building a Twitter Connected Cuckoo Clock... Really

In this post, I take a minimalistic Cuckoo clock and for better or for worse connect it to the internet.

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5 min read
Internet Connected Photo Printer - Introduction

Internet Connected Photo Printer - Introduction

I've had an idea for a while now about building an internet connected photo printer that automatically prints photos for me at home as a when I take them on my phone. I

  • James Sutton
2 min read
MQTT enabled Emergency Button

MQTT enabled Emergency Button

A few years ago, I saw that you can buy these rather cool looking "Emergency Stop" buttons off the internet. It was one of those purchases you make before actually working

  • James Sutton
5 min read
Building an IoT device (Internet of Tea)

Building an IoT device (Internet of Tea)

Being British, I'm not ashamed to admit that I have a (completely healthy) obsession with Tea. It's probably not too much of a surprise then that one of the first things that I

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Monitoring houseplants with MQTT and the ESP8266

Monitoring houseplants with MQTT and the ESP8266

About six months ago I was able to change my role at the company that I work for. Whilst still being a software developer, I'm very lucky to now be working on something

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The Monty Hall problem in python

The Monty Hall problem has annoyed me for a while. Not that I didn't understand it, the wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem) is quite extensive and explains it

  • James Sutton
2 min read
Using the PiGlow with Node-Red

Using the PiGlow with Node-Red

My house mate is currently waiting to get his delivery of his new Raspberry Pi B+ and PiGlow, and as we were discussing this I thought it would be interesting to see if

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Framing the Raspberry Pi

Framing the Raspberry Pi

A while back, I purchased a Pimoroni Pibow case for my raspberry pi as well as a Piglow and a Pihub (That’s a lot of Pi!). The first thing I thought was

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Notification Moodlamp

Notification Moodlamp

After spending the last six months working on my Dissertation, it was nice to focus on something a little different that I could use in my day to day life. I decided that

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5 min read
Sonic TV-B-Gone Screwdriver

Sonic TV-B-Gone Screwdriver

As a distraction for my Dissertation, I thought I would make my own TV-B-Gone. The TV-B-Gone is a nifty little device which acts as a universal off switch for most popular Televisions and

  • James Sutton
2 min read
Measuring Energy Usage with the CurrentCost EnviR

Measuring Energy Usage with the CurrentCost EnviR

One project that has taken up a large portion of my time recently has been my energy monitor project. This setup is quite common and I was able to put the scripts together

  • James Sutton
3 min read
How to Create and Download a Python script to a GM862-GPS

How to Create and Download a Python script to a GM862-GPS

While I have been working on the GPS car tracker project, I encountered a lot of problems with Downloading a script to the device and making it run correctly. There is a lot

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4 min read
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