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by nick9000
Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:44 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: SD cards - the Pi's greatest weakness
Replies: 87
Views: 10770

SD cards - the Pi's greatest weakness

I have six RPis running in my home - I love them - but to me the Pi is let down by its use of SD cards; I've had many fail on me. :( If we had a range of Pis with on-board memory that would be perfect. Failing that I wonder if anyone has any success with 'Endurance' SD cards used for video (e.g. das...
by nick9000
Sun Feb 07, 2016 6:57 pm
Forum: Interfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.)
Topic: Controlling a TV via HDMI-CEC. Change Channel?
Replies: 3
Views: 5799

Re: Controlling a TV via HDMI-CEC. Change Channel?

DougieLawson wrote:I'm surprised you didn't find http://www.cec-o-matic.com/
Yes, I saw that but it's not clear to me from that how to change the TV channel. But if you have done it please let me know!

Thanks
by nick9000
Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:37 am
Forum: Interfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.)
Topic: Controlling a TV via HDMI-CEC. Change Channel?
Replies: 3
Views: 5799

Controlling a TV via HDMI-CEC. Change Channel?

So out of interest I installed LIBCEC and can use it to send CEC command from my Pi to my Sony TV via HDMI. Using this I can turn the TV off and on and...well, that's about it. :| I've been Googling to see if there is anything more useful I can do (e.g Change channel) and can't find anything. Has an...
by nick9000
Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:32 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Recommendation for touchscreen monitor
Replies: 1
Views: 834

Recommendation for touchscreen monitor

I'm looking for a largish (20"+) Rpi compatible touchscreen monitor that can be used to scroll by touch in a web browser.

I found this one - but I'm not sure if the the Rpi would work with it for touch control.

Any ideas or suggestions welcome

Thanks.
by nick9000
Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:52 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Making An Auto SMS System
Replies: 22
Views: 6071

Re: Making An Auto SMS System

I use http://www.textlocal.com/ A bit of python to talk to their API and you're on your way. My pi sends me an SMS when it detects motion on the camera. I can also send it an SMS to turn on electrical equipment via my pi-mote http://www.raspberrypi.org/controlling-electrical-sockets-with-energenie-p...

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