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Not sure if Apple Support is supposed to be used like this when painting walls above stairs

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 20h

Turn your Raspberry Pi into a digital thermometer! Learn to connect an NTC thermistor via a Wheatstone bridge to the ADC Differential Pi and read accurate temperatures with Python. www.abelectronics.co.uk/kb/article/… #raspberrypi

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our Autumn Sale runs through September and October. Save up to 10% across our range of Raspberry Pi development boards, connectors and accessories. ADC, DAC, IO expansion, real time clock and serial boards all included. www.abelectronics.co.uk

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tired of manual base conversions when working with registers or memory maps? Our Binary, Decimal and Hex Converter handles 8, 16, 32 and 64-bit values instantly. Bookmark it and save time. www.abelectronics.co.uk/tools/value…

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 13/09/2026

A YouTube 2 min fix normally involves removing the seats or engine to access the hidden panels

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 11/09/2026

This year has two website anniversaries. It's twenty years since the first post went up on my blog, and thirty years since I built Virtual Swanage, the community site for my home town www.briandorey.com/post/blog-is...

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Our autumn sale is now on. Up to 10% off our Raspberry Pi expansion boards and accessories. Analogue inputs, IO expanders, real time clocks, serial interfaces and more. Designed and built in the UK. www.abelectronics.co.uk

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Read our review of the KKSB Raspberry Pi 5 Tall Dual Hat Case. www.abelectronics.co.uk/blogarticle…

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Build a digital humidity reader on your Raspberry Pi using the ADC Pi and a Honeywell HIH-4000 series humidity sensor. Full Python tutorial and wiring guide included. www.abelectronics.co.uk/kb/article/… #raspberrypi #adc

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 18/08/2026

Elgato Stream Deck, new software and new picker nozzles for our DIY Pick and Place machine www.briandorey.com/post/pick-pl... #robot #elgato #pickandplace

Screen shot of new software for a diy pick and place machine and elgato stream deck controller

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It’s election week! At this important moment I would like to address your entire planet with a message to the people of Earth. And I think I found the perfect place to do it.

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Virtual Swanage @virtualswanage.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Views from Kingston and the Purbeck Hills in Dorset today on a hot Saturday morning in August. Most of the grass is now brown due to the lack of rain. #dorset #drought #isleofpurbeck

Looking to the entrance of Poole Harbour

Cyclists riding down the Purbeck Hills towards Corfe Castle

Earthwork barrows on Nine Barrow Down on the Purbeck Hills in Dorset, UK

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Part 4 of our I2C series covers programming I2C devices in Python on the Raspberry Pi using the smbus library, with worked examples for reading and writing to I2C registers. www.abelectronics.co.uk/kb/article/… #raspberrypi #linux #i2c

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 16/07/2026

After several weeks of working hard, my OnlyFan's PSU has given up and gone to the electronics graveyard in the sky. After taking it apart it I found it needs 12 volt power, so after finding an old plug-in power supply and a connector, its going to be keeping us cool for the rest of the heatwave.

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 08/07/2026

We made a remote monitoring system which works with Home Assistant to monitor soil moisture levels and temperatures, there is a blog post on www.briandorey.com/post/pi-pico... about the project. All powered buy a solar panel and battery

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Home Assistant LoRa soil monitor with Raspberry Pi Pico

How we monitor soil moisture levels on our allotment and view the data in Home Assistant using Raspberry Pi Picos & LoRa radio modules for wireless data

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 08/07/2026

Bit warm in our polytunnel today, need to go and water everything later

Home assistant screen shot of allotment sensors

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Learn how to set up the RTC Pi real-time clock on Raspberry Pi OS so the system clock is automatically set from the hardware RTC at boot, keeping accurate time without an internet connection. www.abelectronics.co.uk/kb/article/3... #raspberrypi

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

"Apple, Google, and Meta are very excited to announce the release of new AI-driven products. We guarantee that they will respect your privacy. Unfortunately, these products are not available in Europe, as they have laws to protect your privacy."

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Learn how to use PySerial for RS232 serial communication on the Raspberry Pi with the Serial Pi, covering installation, configuration and sending and receiving data in Python. www.abelectronics.co.uk/kb/article/1... #raspberrypi #python

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 24/05/2026

British people are not built for these temps, 32.3C in the shade, and before anyone says "air con", UK houses dont normally have that. @home-assistant.io is keeping track of everything. 43C in the allotment polytunnel this afternoon. #heatwave

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Learn how to use the I2C Switch with a Raspberry Pi Pico to expand the I2C bus and connect multiple devices that share the same address using MicroPython, with wiring and code examples. www.abelectronics.co.uk/kb/article/1... #raspberrypi #raspberrypipico

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 13/05/2026

Got a pack of 15cm patch cables which has made everything a lot more tidy and got some 3D printed socket covers for the PDU to cover up unused sockets on our updated network, see the latest blog post for more www.briandorey.com/post/custom-...

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

New to electronics? Calculating parallel resistors can feel tricky at first, the total resistance is always less than the smallest one! Let our free Parallel Resistor Calculator do the maths for you instantly. www.abelectronics.co.uk/tools/resist...

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 08/05/2026

If you watch The Chase you get ads for funeral services and cruses, based on the current news on TV you get both with the same service

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Good news! The AB Electronics UK forum is back! Ask questions, share your projects and get help from the community. Head over to the forum and say hello. www.abelectronics.co.uk/forums #RaspberryPi #Electronics #ABElectronicsUK

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 04/05/2026

I’m trying to work on it every other day at the moment to try to keep on top of it

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 03/05/2026

Visited our allotment today after yesterdays rain and found the weeds have grown well after a drink ;(

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 30/04/2026

Thanks to @home-assistant.io our mains voltage monitor captured the time today just before midday when we had a 20 minute power outage and our UPS's all kept the computers running long enough to shut it all down safely.

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Using an ADC Pi with your Raspberry Pi and want to measure higher voltages? Our free ADC Pi Input Voltage Calculator shows you exactly which resistor to add and gives you the voltage multiplier for your code. www.abelectronics.co.uk/tools/adc-pi...

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Just starting out in electronics? Ohm's Law (V=IR) is the first thing you'll learn and our free calculator makes it easy! Just enter any two values and it works out the third. Perfect for beginners! www.abelectronics.co.uk/tools/ohmslaw

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 18/04/2026

Nice sunny day for a ride out to Franks Tank in Rempstone Forest, used to be fully surrounded by trees but now open heathland #mountainbike #dorset #purbeck

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 15/04/2026

The battery is protected by the fairing and the bars sticking out each side stop it falling over completely

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 15/04/2026

Says "Delivery by Evri" - pray to everything that it will arrive and not be lost or smashed up?

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 10/04/2026

Working on the allotment today and had a friendly robin watching me and coming down to eat the bugs and worms from the soil #allotment #growyourown #ukwildlife

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

New to I2C on the Raspberry Pi? This step-by-step guide covers enabling I2C, installing tools and Python libraries, setting bus speed, and finding device addresses. www.abelectronics.co.uk/kb/article/1...

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 31/03/2026

First visit of the year to the Purbeck Dog Park to give Norman our rescued Italian Greyhound a run without seeing any other dogs as he is very reactive to them. Nice sunshine and he went on the different wooden ramps in the adventure zone field.

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 18/03/2026

Sometimes when riding on the smart trainer in Rouvy you get to go fast enough to go back in time #rouvy

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 10/03/2026

Compatibility testing with different Single-Board Computers (SBC) and our Raspberry Pi expansion boards which allow you to add IO, Analogue input and output, serial, rs485 and more. Spring sale with up to 20% off at www.abelectronics.co.uk/ #raspberrypi #sbc

Testing on Single board computers for Raspberry Pi hats

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 07/03/2026

Wet start to the weekend so on #rouvy for a couple of virtual rides this morning, tried a local one to me riders.rouvy.com/route/250963 between Bridport to Abbotsbury on the Dorset coast

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Tutorial Thursday - ADC Differential Pi with NTC Thermistors on Raspberry Pi This tutorial will use the ADC Differential Pi with a Semitec103AT-11 NTC Thermistors to make a digital thermometer www.abelectronics.co.uk/kb/article/2... #tech #technews #software #raspberrypi #arduino #electronics

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 01/03/2026

Another wet weekend so "out" for a nice sunny ride on #rouvy on the bike trainer this morning

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 26/02/2026

Updated the iphone today and it asks for your credit card for #ageverification to confirm you are over 18. As I've used apple products since the iphone 3 which came out in 2008, I would have thought they know I have been over 18 for a long time :(

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Brian Dorey @briandorey.com · 25/02/2026

After a winter riding indoors on Rouvy, its nice to dust off the outdoor bike and take it out for our local loop around the Isle of Purbeck and try to avoid the potholes in the badly damaged roads.

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AB Electronics UK @abelectronics.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Tutorial Tuesday - IO Pi Plus - MQTT Reading the Ports Reading the GPIO pins on the IO Pi Plus using MQTT Message Queue Telemetry Transport www.abelectronics.co.uk/kb/article/1... #tech #technology #technews #software #raspberrypi #arduino #electronics

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