The November issue of Linux voice (soon to be integrated with Linux Magazine) had a tutorial on creating a simple IRC bot. (ircbot1.py) I have been experimenting with this and have put the code on github various irc chat botshttps://github.com/zleap/irc_bots1 forks.0 stars.0 open issues.Recent commits: add comments re webcam, paul Sutton Merge branch 'master'…
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Adventures with Arduino Part 40
Been doing more work with Scratch 4 Arduino. See previous post for information. Now that I have various LEDs working I have been looking at getting various sensors working. I did try the DHT11 but I need to work out how to interpret the data in scratch as it sends both Temperature and Humidity data…
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In a further update to this, I have now improved the code for this project. See comments on my tech jam post. This is still in need of refinement, for example I don’t need to load in the LCD module, but it IS getting there slowly. I have also found a python program…
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Yesterday I attended the Exeter Pi jam with Tom Brough and have put a write on the tech jam website. I have also downloaded the latest ToriOS image. This is so that I can carry on working on the JWM settings manager section for the manual. The ToriOS team are still looking for more…
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Further to part 22 of this blog series. I have now, through a lot of trial, error, hacking and experimentation with code got to the point where the LCD screen now displays wet or dry depending on the value of the analogue input. The code is below, it isn’t perfect but this works, so I…
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Parts 2 and 3 of this series seem to be in limbo until I figure out what the issues are. However I have now solved another issue. With the server PC, I have on-board graphics and an AGP slot with a graphics card in. This AGP card was enabled for the install. I found…
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I have now built a plant moisture monitor from project 8 in the Arduino project handbook. I still need to do some finer calibration but it works. If you have the book, the project is on page 58/59. The code can be downloaded from https://arduinohandbook.wordpress.com/projects/8-plant-monitor/ The full code from the book is now…
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First experiments with the LED Matrix module are going well. I have copied the LED matrix reference from the source code to a new file. This makes it easier to copy / paste lines for individual letters to the code in the Arduino IDE. At present it is displaying HAPPY HALLOWEEN. The problem here is…
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Just received more items that I can use as part of future projects. LED MATRIX WATER LEVEL SENSOR
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adventures in arduino part 18 Further to the halloween project I decided to experiment further with the PWM features of the Nano Board. First task was to look up which pins support PWM http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=79842.0 So from this: “PWM: 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11. I loaded up the fade program from the example code…
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