Raspberry pi touch screen large screen mode

By | October 11, 2024

I have a kiosk product with a 800 x 400 touch screen that I want to use a 1080p headless display in VNC for code debugging. The display on vnc will default to the touch screen resolution which is very low. During dev you will want to use these three commands to set it higher.… Read More »

Change you raspberry pi default username

By | October 7, 2024

First see if you can see your pi using If you get a ping back your raspberry pi is communicating. Then ssh into your pi using You might get an error so just generate another key using. Now you should be able to login Now lets create another user called “tempname”. It will be deleted… Read More »

Make your raspberry pi talk with google translate.

By | October 7, 2024

So I am making a media player and want to be able to hear the songs I add by pressing buttons. So when I add songs I want a mp3 for the song name created. You can do this with gtts a library that will translate text into speach.

Controlling lifx light with raspberry pi.

By | October 7, 2024

So Jimmy Trains is develop train animations. One of the things I want to do is control lifx lights in the trains room to go to scene changes. Make sure you downgrade bitstring so the current lifxlan github project works.

Building Circuit Python on your Mac

By | June 29, 2024

First install virtual box from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads Install ubuntu desktop using this guide Once ubuntu is set up install vscode. Then install git for Install sudu apt-get install git Install sudu apt-get install git Install git hub desktop for linux. I really like github desktop and is helpful for painless stashing. sudo sh -c ‘echo “deb… Read More »

Raspberry Pi 2 W Video player

By | January 13, 2024

Overview I want to create a headless video player using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W and an inexpensive HDMI monitor. The Zero does not have audio output so a i2s amp will be added to the mix. Create a Raspbian image Raspberry Pi run on a operating system based off of linux. The easiest way… Read More »

axe your react

By | July 25, 2022

Accessibility Testing in React with jest-axe Introduction Accessibility in web applications is to make your web app accessible to as many people as possible, in spite of their physical, cognitive and visual abilities. Making your web apps accessible just requires you to follow some set of simple rules like using semantic HTML, using good color… Read More »

Setting a mac up for node development

By | June 17, 2022

First, install Homebrew. Then run brew update to make sure Homebrew is up to date. As a safe measure you should run brew doctor to make sure your system is ready to brew. Run the command below and follow any recommendations from brew doctor. Next, add Homebrew’s location to your $PATH in your .bash_profile or .zshrc file. Next, install Node (npm will be installed with… Read More »

Vue CLI state, routers, testing

By | April 28, 2022

In the previous post we made a simple app. Now let’s use VUE Cli to make a more advanced app with a state store, router and testing. Installation. Add the Vue CLI using the following command in your terminal. You can find more details for Vue CLI installation here Vue installation details . You can… Read More »

Getting a view of Vue.js

By | March 6, 2022

View.js is one of three popular frameworks in use today. The others are react and angular. All my previous apps were done with react. I am excited to see what Vue has to offer. This short tutorial will show you how to get a Vue app up and running from scratch. Setup To use Vue… Read More »