Raspberry PI 3 - Disptach issues, Royal Mail 1st Class
I made an order the same day as you and received my shipping confirmation 2 1/2 hrs ago. This being the case I guess yours will be today or tomorrow assuming no stock issues.
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Hi there, thanks for the message.I was meant to say 05/03/16. I also did get an order confirmaiton, just no update it yet about a dispatch or ETA on the delivery. I would have been good to be made...
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SX Create in Austin, Texas
I will be at SX Create from March 11-13 in Austin, Texas. SX Create is a free event that is part of SXSW where makers and companies such as Sparkfun, Silicon Labs, and MakeyMakey will exhibit....
View ArticleDisplay-O-Tron text-entry plugin (here's my code)
Hi there, I'm brand new to Raspberry Pi, having just got a 3 last week. I've been playing with a Display-O-Tron HAT and I thought it would be useful to be able to enter text on it. I know there's...
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Display-o-tron Plugin Gallery
I created a text-entry plugin for the Display-O-Tron menu system; I wrote about it here. You can get the code here.
View ArticleWould like a Wi-Fi RGB controller for low-voltage 5mm LEDs with common anode
A while ago I made an LED-lit candelabra inspired by a computer game I like: http://imgur.com/a/8TjPU - it is powered by a controller intended for RGB LED strips which typically seems to accept 12 V...
View ArticleUnicorn hat: brightness(1.0) + all LEDs at 255,255,255 = let out the magic...
Yep, I did it. While testing out a power supply, using my older B+ w/ a Unicorn HAT mounted, I decided to try maxing out the brightness on the Unicorn's LEDs. Yes, I read the warnings, and no, no eye...
View ArticleIntroduce yourself!
Hi, here a Spaniard living in Germany. I enjoy making things with arduino and now I would like to start combining it with the rpi3... Let's see what happens. See you here!
View ArticleUnicornHat not working
Hi Guys Being gifted a UnicornHat for my birthday I am eager to get it running. I fitted it to a Pi2 and fed it with a 2A PSU. I installed the libraries using the curl script and, with bated breath, I...
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Arrr! I fixed it. Turns out I had a daemon auto-loaded that wasn't playing nicely with the Unicorn. Re-installed on to a vanilla Jessie and everything now works as expected. I'm off chasing rainbows...
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yes, it is worth noting that anything that tries to probe or send signal to the analog audio output will create havoc with the unicorn ... not sure if that's what your deamon was doing, but that's...
View ArticleEpisode 026 - Proto Mojo
MOAR! WE WANT MOAR BILGE! Please :) Edit: Just kidding - I know you guys are swamped at the moment.. ;)
View ArticleUnicorn hat: brightness(1.0) + all LEDs at 255,255,255 = let out the magic...
I have had my Unicorn HAT on 'full beam' and the only thing that started smoking was the wall on the opposite side of the room... On the plus side, I hear Unicorn burgers are fetching good prices on...
View ArticleUnicorn hat: brightness(1.0) + all LEDs at 255,255,255 = let out the magic...
Hah! No smoking walls here, but I don't like it when my electronics smoke, either. :P
View ArticleRaspberry PI 3 - Disptach issues, Royal Mail 1st Class
Hi all I am located in the USA and I ordered 2 Pi 3's on this past Sunday. I still am getting the preparing for dispatch message for my order. The whole point of my even buying from here was because...
View ArticleRaspberry PI 3 - Disptach issues, Royal Mail 1st Class
Wow that was quick, I just got the shipping confirmation. I wish I had done this 3 days ago.
View ArticleUnicorn hat: brightness(1.0) + all LEDs at 255,255,255 = let out the magic...
If you want to pop that Unicorn HAT back in the post to us we'd be happy to take a look. I think it's likely that any "smoke" was some contaminant burning off with the heat of the pixels (grease from...
View ArticleWould like a Wi-Fi RGB controller for low-voltage 5mm LEDs with common anode
Have you thought about using addressable pixel strips (WS2812B or APA102)?
View ArticleDisplay-O-Tron text-entry plugin (here's my code)
This is really nice, great job! You could massively increase the density of the "selection" area by either blinking the current character (simple) or defining an inverted custom character (tougher)...
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Order updates?
maughanorama: PI58738 Your order shipped today at about 11:30! Apologies for the delay but the Pi 3 launch created a massive backlog of orders to process (as per the message on our website!).
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