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Google calendar plugin, anyone? (It also runs as a standalone script once set up with OAuth credentials) Here's my version as it stands... So far, it includes the following features Clock Displays the...
View ArticleScroll pHat & test-all.py example
Gisky: It would appear the "IO error" message originates from the caught "IOError" exception in the function scrollphat.update(). Adding extra print statements to the "test-all.py" script hasn't so...
View ArticlePicade board documentation?
I downloaded the Picade source from gethub https://github.com/pimoroni/picade-sketch When I load the sketch and verify it I get a bunch of errors about variables not declared and libraries missing....
View ArticleDisplayotron Hat IOerror[Errno 5]
My futher discovery is:The broblem looks like to be in the backlight module. Each time I import the module I get the message. So where do I have to correct?Or is there a new backlight module?
View ArticleMini Starter Kit Delivery
Woohoo! I just got my Mini Starter Kit through the door and it's amazing! The packaging and everything look/function great - HOWEVER : ) it does look like the 'Getting Started Guide' and the 'Recipe...
View ArticlePicade board documentation?
Did you download the complete GitHub repository or just the single sketch file? The sketch depends upon the files listed in the include directives at the top: "picade.h" and "TimerOne.h". Without...
View ArticleFlotilla with Node-RED and home automation
I can't <3 this enough. Damned nice work getting it up and running with Node-RED so quickly. I'd done it before so I knew it was possible, but didn't expect it to be replicated so quickly. It's...
View ArticleMini Starter Kit Delivery
Don't worry, you're not missing out on anything. The software and process for "Getting Started" are still very much in flux, so we haven't produced a printed guide yet- it would be outdated pretty...
View ArticleScroll pHat & test-all.py example
It could be flaky soldering ( I've seen a few people have problems with pins on their Zero even with apparently great soldering that have been fixed with a touch up ) or it could be something else....
View ArticleScroll Phat - Scroll Text
Hi, Having a bit of bother getting the simple text example working. It compiles and runs fine but no text on the Phat, the shell shows the following:python simple-text-scroll.py "message" press CTRL-C...
View ArticleScroll Phat - Scroll Text
Ooh, how are you running it? You should do something like: python simple-text-scroll.py "Hello this is my text!" It accepts the text string on the command line. The " " at the end of the write_string...
View ArticleFlotilla with Node-RED and home automation
I've been using Node-RED quite a bit lately, and I have been writing Websocket applications, So together with your previous post on using Node-RED, it wasn't very hard. I had to look at the Rockpool...
View ArticleScroll Phat - Scroll Text
Thanks for the quick response. I was look to put the text in the code itself.I was also running it from the python shell IDEL rather than the command line. All make sense now. Thanks =)
View ArticleScroll Phat - Scroll Text
Sorry for our lack of documentation so far. I'm in a mad panic to get everything up to speed. You could modify the example to do what you're looking for, like so: import scrollphat import time...
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Picade board documentation?
Yes I downloaded the complete package and followed the exact steps to open Picade.ino Go to https://github.com/pimoroni/picade-sketch Click "Download Zip" on the right hand side Unzip this file...
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Weird. The Arduino IDE is a complete and total mess, so I'm not surprised it broke at least somewhere. Could you possibly provide some details of the errors it produces, and the version of the Arduino...
View ArticleScroll Phat / Pi Zero Binary Clock
I have projects like that! The clock example is now in the scroll-phat github repo :)
View ArticlePicade Artwork
Thanks for the uploads, I think I will print the NES one this weekend and give it a go.
View ArticlePicade Artwork
Anyone recommend a good online printing service? And what should the art work be printed on? Thanks
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