Raspberry Pi now a reality?

Yesterday, I was able to order a Raspberry Pi from RS. It may well be with me within two months. Wow!

Another milestone

We have just hit our first 1000 visitors. Not bad for such a small, tightly focussed blog. At the same time, 44 countries have now come to look and I have added the Google Translation Service to the side panel, top right. From now on, you will be able to read this blog in your own choice of language. Ian and I are still working on our own projects with some success but I now need my work bench even more than before. I am off on holiday soon so there will be no work done for about three weeks but, upon my return, I will be forging ahead as fast as I can. Also, by then, I may be able to get my hands on a Raspberry-Pi to play with. The first thing to be done when I return will be to buy the wood to build the supports of my bench. Once that is done, I will be able to move forward with the work that needs to be done in a nicely structured way, I hope.

One more for the pot...........

I have added another supplier to the list on the left. This is CityNight209. I have been buying from them for quite a while but was wary of adding them to a recommended list due to some of the problems they and I had with delivery. I have put them in now because I am certain that any problems I may have had with deliveries were not of their making. You will see that, in fact, most of their negative feedback is from people who didn't communicate with them first. I did and ended completely satisfied with my goods and their service. Buying from China isn't for everyone, I understand that, but if you make allowances for distance and  cultural differences, the end result is that you can buy the same - or better - goods at much cheaper prices. The down side is a longer delivery period. I have no problem waiting as long as I am dealing with a good supplier, that's why I buy from CityNight209.

Oh, arduino it!!!

I have just spent two hours attempting the most simple thing imaginable and failed miserably. All I want to do is to toggle an led on and off with one push of a button. This is, essentially what the 'De-bounce' sketch does. Just not for me.......I can get the led to toggle on ok, it just won't toggle off for me. I have followed the instructions to the letter, I think, but no joy. Anybody got any bright ideas?
I should mention that I am using a Nano 328 for this but I cannot conceive that this should make any difference.

Where did they go?

The eagle eyed amongst you will notice that VIVID STOCK have disappeared from our list of suppliers we recommend. This is because they have left Ebay and we have no other address for them. There seem to be no suspicious circumstances, they have simply left without any reasons being given.