I’ve been looking for a Raspberry Pi project to get my teeth into and, after a flash of inspiration whilst planning our Scouts programme for the year, have finally found the perfect project. The Final Frontier Space has always held a fascination with me, and it’s now possible to launch, track and recover a payload, with GPS tracking, real-time video and telemetry on a modest budget, certainly one our Scout group can afford. Inspired by a …
I’m a keen cyclist and, with a few friends, have racked up a fair few miles over the years cycling for pleasure, commuting and charity. Last year, for example, we cycled the C2C (Sea to Sea) cycle route from Whitehaven to Sunderland for a local charity over a couple of days. My bike is equipped for commuting & longer tours; nice panniers, bright lights, comfy seat and cycle computer. The cycle computer is the weakest …
Bare metal programming is the art of writing code for a microcomputer that runs directly on the hardware (metal) bypassing the need for an operating system. This method of programming was common practice back in the early days of software development and was prevalent amongst games developers. The practice probably died out after the advent of Microsoft’s DirectX API. Up until that point the only games you’d get in Windows 3.1 were simple affairs, such …