Category Archives: Raspberry Pi

Bluetooth Rabbit Hole Again

Posted on June 27, 2020 by larry

Trying to loop back in to zoneminder but my mind got distracted by Bluetooth again. This time trying to get python to talk back and forth with my BLE device. Learned a lot today, biggest was that something is wrong … Continue reading →

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Fathers Day 2020

Posted on June 21, 2020 by larry

Good day today, ate too much though. Family left me alone to work on my media center. One thing I saw was the dreaded low votlage thunderbolt. I put on a proper power supply and it worked good. I think … Continue reading →

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World Gone Crazy

Posted on May 30, 2020 by larry

Feeling safe at home, but Seattle seems to have gone nuts. I am OK with protesters, but wanton destruction I am so against. Once again, glad I live in Renton and not in Seattle. This totally ruined the historic Space … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi 0 W Kit from Amazon

Posted on January 9, 2020 by larry

I have been having a heck of a time getting these Raspberry Pi 0 W from Adafruit, so I bit the bullet and purchased a kit. I purchased two kits to finally get my bike club set up to the … Continue reading →

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Getting Pi Zero W going

Posted on January 6, 2020 by larry

Starting to go through each Pi Zero and getting them set up. My processes are not 100% clean. I need to redo this process a few times and get them all set up.

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Blesentry Count

Posted on January 3, 2020 by larry

For my Blesentry project I am almost at the count level I wanted to be at for Raspberry Pis I have 5 production nodes for the checkpoint nodes and couple I need for home. I wanted 9 total for the … Continue reading →

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Load Testing BLE

Posted on December 26, 2019 by larry

I was able to graph more than 50 BLE devices for a couple of hours on a Raspberry Pi Zero W It worked. A few more BLE and I will be at capacity.

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Pi 4 vs Thin Client

Posted on December 23, 2019 by larry

I finally set up my Raspberry Pi today, and it got me thinking which was cheaper, the Pi or a Thin Client. So I made an apples to oranges comparison, because under certain conditions, one or the other would be … Continue reading →

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End of Year Here

Posted on December 20, 2019 by larry

This was a fast year, time for reflection and to plan for next year. Almost finish with my pi project but came across another one that I thought of, a pi zero that can act as a personal firewall. Also … Continue reading →

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Bad Cables for Pi

Posted on December 19, 2019 by larry

Frustrating, but there is a bad cable in my batch. Wasted time trying to figure out why I could not get access to the usb ethernet interface. I put it away, it was a good brand too. Now to document … Continue reading →

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