PostsCommentsPayoutsrobingreig (52)in STEMGeeks • 2 years agoWell..... 2 years later (grin)Wow! It's been 2 years since I've posted to my blog and the last ~24 months have certainly been eventful (both good and bad)! Here i was posting about the new Raspberry Pico…robingreig (52)in STEMGeeks • 4 years agoRaspberry Pi PicoI just read about the newest member of the raspberry pi family, the pico , at an unbelievable price of $5.24CDN (4USD I believe?)!!! It is the first Raspberry Pi purpose…robingreig (52)in STEMGeeks • 4 years agoNode-Red Tabs on Raspberry PiGood Morning! In my previous post on using mqtt with Node-Red, @mytechtrail had asked how to add different tabs for the different flows that could be on separate Pi's.…robingreig (52)in STEMGeeks • 4 years agoPrototyping and Breadboarding your circuitsGood Morning! Most of my posts have covered the software side of my systems. I did go through wiring up the 12V LED light strips to the Pi with MOSFETS in Part III of the…robingreig (52)in STEMGeeks • 4 years agoUsing the mqtt nodes in Node-Red on the Raspberry PiGood Morning! In my previous post I went over how to install the mosquitto mqtt broker on the Raspberry Pi and a brief explanation of how I use Node-Red to send and receive…robingreig (52)in STEMGeeks • 4 years agoInstalling the Mosquitto mqtt broker on Raspberry PiGood morning! In the previous post we went over the setting up of your first flow with Node-Red and my irl brother Randy @mytechtrail shared his first setup . I was going…robingreig (52)in STEMGeeks • 4 years agoFirst Node-Red Flow on a Raspberry PiGood Morning! In the last post we covered how to install or update the Node-Red software in your Raspberry Pi as well as install the dashboard that will allow us to generate…robingreig (52)in STEMGeeks • 4 years agoInstalling Node-Red on a Raspberry PiToday I would like to go over how to install the Node-Red software on your Raspberry Pi. The Raspbian Operating System comes with Node-Red, but I'm not sure what version, or if…robingreig (52)in STEMGeeks • 4 years agoRaspberry Pi Home Automation Part VIIn my fifth post we went over the basics of Node-Red, how to install it in a Raspberry Pi and some of the webpages generated by it and the controls utilized on the…robingreig (52)in STEMGeeks • 4 years agoRaspberry Pi Home Automation Part VIn part 4 of this series I shared some pictures of the LED light strips in action and the small relay board that I use when I want to control a device with power that is…robingreig (52)in STEMGeeks • 4 years agoRaspberry Pi Home Automation Part IVIn my first post I went over the layout of my Raspberry Pi home automation system. In my second post I went into a little bit more detail on the Power Supply and Raspberry…robingreig (52)in STEMGeeks • 4 years agoRaspberry Pi Home Automation Part IIIIn my second post I shared how easy it was to recycle an old PC power supply. Just don't forget the fuses, my PS can deliver 5V @ 15A & +12V @ 16A & 18A, more than enough to…robingreig (52)in STEMGeeks • 4 years agoRaspberry Pi Home Automation Part IIIn my previous post, I showed the entire Raspberry Pi circuit, including the power supply, Pi, MOSFET Switch Board & the Relay board. Today I'll show close up pics of the…robingreig (52)in STEMGeeks • 4 years agoRaspberry Pi Home AutomationWell I've had some spare time over the last week (hopefully many others have as well!) and wanted to update my gang of Raspberry Pi's that I use for home automation. Right now my…robingreig (52)in #raspberry • 4 years agoHelloIntroduction & Raspberry Pi Light Controller