by Dominic | Oct 9, 2022 | Circuits, Getting Started, Hardware
Simple Raspberry Pi GPIO Circuits Interacting with electronic circuits is one of the great things you can do with the Raspberry Pi, utilizing it’s General Purpose Input Output (GPIO) ports. If you are new to making electronic circuits then you do need to…
by Dominic | Sep 30, 2022 | Raspbian, Software
Raspbian’s New UI – Pixel The Raspberry Pi foundation has recently released an upgrade to the User Interface (UI) for the Pi, it’s called PIXEL meaning “Pi Improved Xwindows Environment, Lightweight”. The creator, Simon Long, says that this…
by Dominic | Aug 30, 2022 | Pool Monitor, Projects, Software, Website
Pool Monitor Webpages This Raspberry Pi pool monitor website makes controlling the associated Hydropi python code much easier. It will allow you to see current and average readings from multiple sensors, set relay timers, and change settings. It will also…
by Dominic | Jul 20, 2022 | Pool Monitor, Projects, Website
The Raspberry Pi is all about learning and education, hosting your own website right from your Pi can be a great way to learn more about creating your own webpages and the tools involved. If you haven’t already then the first step is to set your Pi up as a Web…
by Dominic | Jul 17, 2022 | Hardware, Pool Monitor, Projects, Sensors
There are several temperature sensors that are available for your Raspberry Pi one of the most popular being the DS18B20, however, if you are looking for an I2C connected temperature sensor then the Atlas Scientific RTD Temperature sensor is an excellent option. If…
by Dominic | Jul 3, 2022 | Pool Monitor, Projects, Software
Using the MySQL libraries that are available in python to create a relay timer using a MySQL database on a Raspberry Pi is fairly straight forward. Creating a facility to override the timers and turn the relays on or off manually is also possible. The timers in this…
