Windows includes a number of tools to get you out of a fix if your computer starts misbehaving. In this post I’ll run through the repair process. If you suspect your Windows 10 system may be damaged, the first step[…]Click to read more..
RTL-SDR Server as a service on Raspberry Pi
NB: Updated 21st Aug 2018: Changes to the rtlsdr.service file to add a start-up delay to ensure an IP address has been allocated before starting the server. NB: This post assumes that you have already installed the RTL-SDR server on[…]Click to read more..
Raspberry Pi – Running a Python program after the desktop starts
To automatically run a python program when the LDXE environment loads, you need to add a command to the lxsession autostart file. Here’s the process: Open the autostart file: sudo nano /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart Add this new line: @python yourscript.py NB: Obviously, you replace[…]Click to read more..
RSGB Convention 2017 – Pi in the Shack Slides
The link below will take you to a PDF copy of the slides that I used for my presentations at the 2017 RSGB Convention. Pi in the Shack-Mike Richards RSGB 2017
Raspberry Pi Stretch – GPS Dongle as a time source with Chrony & Timedatectl
The latest release of Raspbian Stretch for the Pi has replaced the familiar NTP application with a lightweight solution using timedatectl. As a result many of the online tutorials for adding a GPS USB dongle are out of date. After some[…]Click to read more..
Red Pitaya – Buyer Beware
My Red Pitaya failed recently after about 2 years of occasional use. It’s probably a 3.3V power regulator fault but the Red Pitaya team won’t supply component details and don’t have a repair option! So that’s £250 gone and not[…]Click to read more..
Raspberry Pi – Fixing a slow mouse
I recently changed my keyboard/mouse combo to a Perixx Periduo-712. When I restarted the Pi, I found that my mouse pointer had become very slow. A quick look around the Internet revealed a fix as follows: To speed-up the mouse,[…]Click to read more..
Packet Radio with the Raspberry Pi
Packet Radio TNC with the Raspberry Pi ** Updated 21-2-18 The Pi plus a USB soundcard is all you need to get started with Packet Radio. Instead of using a dedicated hardware TNC, the Pi can be coaxed to do[…]Click to read more..
PiFace on the Raspberry Pi – Problem Solved!
Introduction I recently wasted many hours trying to get the PiFace board to work with Python. I eventually discovered the root cause of the problem, so have documented it here, both for my own reference, and for anyone else who might[…]Click to read more..
Raspberry Pi – Running Spy Server as a service
Updated 8th Aug 2018 to add a start-up delay to the rtlsdr.service file. This is to ensure that an IP address has been allocated before the Spy Server starts. The excellent Airspy Spy Server can easily be used as[…]Click to read more..
Airspy – Spy Server Scripts
I’ve had Spy Server working very successfully with the Pi 3 for a while now and have written a few time-saving scripts that others might find useful. These can be found in the attached zip file. Here’s a quick run[…]Click to read more..
Recover Damaged Mac HFS+ disk with Linux
A friend of mine recently set me a challenge to recover 2TB of photo files from a Mac external drive that had failed. Fortunately, it was the USB to SATA converter that failed, so I could extract the bare drive[…]Click to read more..