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Using the RF24 library for nRF24L01 on Raspberry Pi with Python 3

Update 21. February 2017 Since publishing this post, the RF24 library got updated a lot! A significant change was making the boost python wrapper compatible with Python 3. So the RF24 library now works on system with Python 3 out of the box without any funky hacks! If you want to use the RF24Mesh extension […]

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Developing the ambient lighting system — what I’m actually working on

So I shifted my priorities away from just a ‘boring’ sunrise lamp and am now working towards my very own vision of a powerful extensible ambient lighting system. The project has three major construction sites: a client application which lets the end-user control his light system; the RGB lamp hardware and its electronic circuitry; and last but not least, […]

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Ambient lamp project with more features and more colours!

I announced my ambition to build my very own wake-up lamp à la Philips back in February. I was pretty clueless regarding every aspect involved in such a project and it took me quite a while to figure things out. Thanks to the wisdoms of the internet though, it’s been a raging success so far. At […]