Category Archives: Development board hardware

Update and notes .. Developing an SQL database server/client system.

Posted on July 24, 2019 by nigel borrington

Its already been a couple of weeks since my last post, I had hoped to post more often in the last couple of days but putting the fine details for my SQL database project in place has taken a lot … Continue reading →

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New development projects for 2019 – SQL Data-base management, Psion Series 5 second life, Element 14 PiDesktop

Posted on January 26, 2018 by nigel borrington

I have three news Development projects and Study areas that I have been working on in January 2018 as follows: Asus Tinker Board SQL Data base server. Almost all computer based projects including those in the Makers community at some … Continue reading →

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Device IRQ’s (interrupt requests) a Definition.

Posted on April 27, 2016 by nigel borrington

Definition of : IRQ (interrupt request) An IRQ (interrupt request) value is an assigned location in memory where the computer can expect a particular device to interrupt it when the device sends the computer signals about its operation. Note that … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi light sensor controlled LED lamp Project

Posted on April 25, 2016 by nigel borrington

Project Plans and notes I am currently working on a background PI project to replace the on/off switch on a desktop LED lamp that I needed to repair. The Lamp is made by electronics company called “AM Tech” and cost … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi GPIO programming

Posted on April 21, 2016 by nigel borrington

GPIO – Starting from the pins up During the last week of study I have spent a lot of time looking at many online references that relate to Coding for GPIO input and output on the Raspberry PI along with … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi development projects and GPIO coding

Posted on April 13, 2016 by nigel borrington

Ever Since the launch in early 2015 of the Raspberry Pi 2 and followed one year later in early 2016 with the Pi 3, the Raspberry PI development board is now with out question a fully usable desktop computer, provided … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi 7inch HDMI LCD screen and case, Setup and installation

Posted on April 7, 2016 by nigel borrington

This week I received and installed one of the final elements for my Raspberry pi 3 project , a 7 inch LCD touch screen from Waveshare.com , this is a great addition to my Raspberry pi hardware. it can also … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Sense Hat

Posted on March 16, 2016 by nigel borrington

Having installed and configured my new Raspberry pi 3 this week, I am ready to start my first project with it. At the same time as I purchased the Pi-3 I also purchased the Raspberry Pi Sense hat, so I … Continue reading →

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ARM (SOC – system on a chip) CPU’s , Programming from the ground up …….

Posted on June 18, 2015 by nigel borrington

Having spent the last three weeks deep in programming language study, reclaiming some C++ and Assembly language skills, I am more than overdue a post here 🙂 These three weeks however have prepared me very well to start sharing some … Continue reading →

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Radxa Rock and Banana pi BPI-M2 quad core single-board computers

Posted on May 19, 2015 by nigel borrington

Two new Additions to my Arm processor Linux development project …… During the last two week I have managed to add two more ARM based Development boards to my Linux OS development Project , the first being the Banana Pi … Continue reading →

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