Tag Archives: raspberry pi

Project: A Poor-Man’s Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor (ABPM) ft. A&D UA-651BLE

Posted on September 20, 2025 by lui_gough

I suppose as one gets older, health becomes more of an issue. For me, this year has been rather difficult one on that front. While I thought my ankle tendonitis issues were my main challenge and one that has temporarily … Continue reading →

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Quick Review: WIZnet W5100S-EVB-Pico & W5500-EVB-Pico Development Boards

Posted on October 23, 2022 by lui_gough

Back in 2007, I was celebrating Arduino as the breakthrough that made microcontrollers accessible to the general public. No longer were we chained to expensive programmers and relatively hard-to-use toolchains. In fact, it was so easy that I even saw … Continue reading →

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Project: Solid-State Mux – New Code, Performance, Stress, Resistance, B/W & Power Tests

Posted on October 3, 2022 by lui_gough

This post follows on the previous where I first came up with a design and built a 40-input 1W/2W/4W solid-state relay-based USB/LAN multiplexer. Not being content with just getting it working using some hastily cobbled code, I spent some time … Continue reading →

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Project: USB/LAN 40-Input 1W/2W/4W Solid-State Relay Multiplexer w/RP2040

Posted on September 24, 2022 by lui_gough

Running experiments has been a big part of my electronics hobby and having test equipment is quite important to making that happen. While I am most fortunate to have been involved in many element14 RoadTests and have had equipment donated … Continue reading →

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Project: A USB-TMC to Ethernet (LAN) Bridge (with a Difference)

Posted on February 20, 2021 by lui_gough

Over the years, I’ve pursued my curiosity through running experiments of my own, enabled by a suite of test equipment that I have carefully curated over the years. Being a major beneficiary of the element14 RoadTest program and the generosity … Continue reading →

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Rnd(): Happy Birthday to Me – FB Post Analysis, Helium Balloon Experiment & Gifts

Posted on April 26, 2020 by lui_gough

Recently, I celebrated my 31st birthday amidst the unprecedented social-distancing lockdown that has become our new daily normal in 2020. I can’t say that I look forward to celebrating another year – by now, it’s more of acceptance rather than … Continue reading →

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Review: Weekend with the Asus Tinker Board

Posted on December 3, 2017 by lui_gough

I’m not the person to have a lot of desires around Christmas time, as most of the time, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are only exercises in leading the less-scrupulous to part with their money through “false markdowns”. However, … Continue reading →

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Review: Raspberry Pi 3 – More Pi, No Cables Attached?

Posted on November 27, 2016 by lui_gough

It’s been a while since I checked out the Raspberry Pi, as my fleet of original Raspberry Pi Model B, B+ and Pi 2 Model B’s have all been working well doing their little jobs around the house. I haven’t … Continue reading →

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Project: ADSB-pi Mark 2 with dump1090, hostapd, dnsmasq & text logging

Posted on July 3, 2016 by lui_gough

This is one of the things that I’ve done a long while ago, but never had the time or inclination to actually put together a post. You might remember the first iteration of the ADSB-pi back in 2013, which was … Continue reading →

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Quick Review: Raspberry Pi Model A+ & Official Raspberry Pi Case

Posted on October 2, 2015 by lui_gough

A while back, I wrote a post for element14, and they offered to send me some goodies in return. At long last, they have arrived, so lets take a quick look at them. Raspberry Pi Model A+ When it comes … Continue reading →

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Surprise Package: The MagPi Arrives, by Air, in Hard Copy!

Posted on August 19, 2015 by lui_gough

It’s not often, but sometimes things just turn up at your doorstep when you least expect it. Earlier this week, I received this mysterious envelope all the way from element14’s UK office. I wonder what it is … As you … Continue reading →

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element14: Identifying Your Model of Raspberry Pi

Posted on August 14, 2015 by lui_gough

Well, lets just say that I’ve been invited to write a short piece for element14 about Identifying Your Model Raspberry Pi, and it’s now gone live. As we all know, the Raspberry Pi has been around for a while now, … Continue reading →

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Project Adverpising: A Wi-Fi Beacon with Raspberry Pi

Posted on July 25, 2015 by lui_gough

Privacy is a major issue, especially as we continue to gear-up and carry various wireless devices which emit signals which can be used to track our movements, be it just a smartphone with Wi-Fi turned on, probing for access points … Continue reading →

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Project: Raspberry Pi Door Sign in Under an Hour!

Posted on July 20, 2015 by lui_gough

A while back, I wasn’t happy that I was constantly getting interrupted while working or sleeping in my room, so I decided to solve that. Grabbing some parts I had lying about, I decided to make a wireless network-connected door … Continue reading →

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Teardown: element14 Wi-Pi USB Wireless 802.11n 150Mbit/s 2.4Ghz Dongle

Posted on July 19, 2015 by lui_gough

The end of financial year almost always means discounts and sales, and this year was no different. My favourite shop, element14, had run some promotions in their Connect magazine, which included a further discount of 10% on the already-discounted prices … Continue reading →

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The Raspberry Pi 2: Not all from the UK?

Posted on February 19, 2015 by lui_gough

The recently launched, speedier, Raspberry Pi 2 continues the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s legacy of providing affordable computing for educators and tinkerers alike. They recently announced that they have exceeded 5 million units sold, making them the fastest selling British computer. … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day: A Date with the Raspberry Pi 2 (Model B)

Posted on February 14, 2015 by lui_gough

Valentine’s Day is normally a time when couples, and prospective couples, celebrate their affections for one another. But what if you don’t have a valentine? It can be a hard time. Sadly for me, it looked like this year would … Continue reading →

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Random: Site Stuff, Sydney Trains Stuff, Raspberry Pi Fun, Permissions Creep, etc.

Posted on August 24, 2014 by lui_gough

It’s been a while since I’ve made a random post, or any sort of post for that matter. Don’t worry though – I’m still here, and I’m still busy as always. If there was a picture that could describe how … Continue reading →

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Review: Raspberry Pi Model B+ & Multicomp Raspberry Pi B+ Case

Posted on August 7, 2014 by lui_gough

Having been kept busy with many side projects of mine, I was rather caught unaware when, on 14th July 2014, the Raspberry Pi foundation announced their latest and greatest iteration of the Raspberry Pi, dubbed the Raspberry Pi Model B+. … Continue reading →

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Getting Started: Freescale Xtrinisic Sense Board on RPi & KL-25Z

Posted on June 30, 2014 by lui_gough

Whenever I think of playing with microcontrollers, I think of blending the line between hardware and software. Low cost embedded systems prototyping development platforms have made tinkering very affordable, and with the wide variety of libraries, even easy. If you … Continue reading →

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Review: 4D Systems Display Starter Kit (Arduino & Raspberry Pi) & Bezel

Posted on March 19, 2014 by lui_gough

Note: This is quite a long posting, so feel free to bookmark it for future reference! It’s taken me quite a bit of effort to put together, so I hope you enjoy reading it and following along. If you’re like … Continue reading →

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Project: Analyze Infrared Remote Signals with PiFace Control and Display

Posted on January 22, 2014 by lui_gough

As part of being selected for the element14 RoadTest of the XBMC kit, I was also provided a PiFace Control and Display for some reviewing. As you can appreciate, it’s been very much busy on my end, and my inability … Continue reading →

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element14 RoadTest: Raspberry Pi Media Centre Bundle

Posted on January 13, 2014 by lui_gough

While on my blog, it’s been fairly quiet over the past week or so, it was not in vain. Careful readers may have picked up on a leak earlier in the list of CID and CSD values which included an … Continue reading →

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Review: PiFace Digital – now with Musical Relays!

Posted on May 27, 2013 by lui_gough

You didn’t think I’d end my PiFace Digital review there did you? No. Of course not. So here’s a bonus – musical relays. Everyone loves them. They wear out your relays, but they also give you some music without any … Continue reading →

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