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Beauty and the Beast

Finally, the last accessory I ordered for my Raspberry Pi Zero (that’s the little red thing behind my keyboard) has arrived – an Acer 43″… Read

Charting Reaction Times on the Raspberry Pi

Earlier this week I collected some reaction timer data on my Pi using the BBC micro:bit as an input device. I only produced an “ASCII art” chart at… Read

micro:bit Reaction Timer in APL on the Pi and BBC micro:bit

I have a bit of a cold today, so I decided that instead of hopping in an icy car and driving to the office in order to spend the day drinking coffee and… Read

Morse Code – Revisited using the BBC micro:bit

As mentioned last week, I have found a new way to provide a front end processor for my Pi, the BBC micro:bit. This week, I have started putting the new system… Read

Raspberry APL Pi and Python on the micro:bit

A couple of years ago I spent many happy hours writing APL code to control robots which each embedded a Raspberry Pi. It was fun but it was a bumpy ride… Read

Turning to a Heading with an MPU-9150

As the odour of fried electronics dissipates in the air, I’m unexpectedly afforded the opportunity to write this blog post a day or two earlier than… Read

Making Controlled Turns with the DyaBot

This blog originally started when I took delivery of the DyaBot, a Raspberry Pi and Arduino based variant of the C3Pi running Dyalog v13.2. The architecture… Read

Dancing with the Bots

Last week the ‘bots were busy preparing for the J Language Conference in Toronto, where they made their first public appearance together. Upon returning… Read

The Blog is Back!

It is now 3 weeks since we shipped Dyalog version 14.0 and released the new Dyalog web site, so it’s probably time to stop celebrating and get back to… Read

APL-Controlled Robot Performs Death-Defying Stunts Using PiCam

Regular readers will remember my whining about the poor precision of both infra-red and ultrasonic sensors. But today, the Raspberry Pi / Dyalog APL –… Read

Comparing Sonar and InfraRed Data

Of course, it was an illusion that I would be able to get straight back to the robot after vacation, there were a few other jobs waiting like the… Read

Return to the Robot

It has been more than a month since my last blog post, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that I’d lost interest in robots. It *is* true that I have been… Read

Sonar Arrives for the Robot

Following the release of Dyalog APL for the Raspberry Pi came a hectic week with no time to play… But now the next sensor has arrived, so it is time to… Read

Elementary Cellular Light-Emitting Automaton

In response to an earlier post on driving an 8-bar LED using the Raspberry Pi, Roger Hui commented that 8 lights should be sufficient to display the output… Read

Dyalog APL now available for the Raspberry Pi!

Although the news had not yet appeared on the Dyalog webpage when this was written, the CTO blog has access to exclusive sources and is therefore able to… Read

Fun with APL on the Raspberry Pi (without a Robot)

The official release of Dyalog APL for the Raspberry Pi now looks as if it going to happen on Friday! In preparation for this, we have been working on some… Read

Visualising Sensor Data using APL on the Robot

As described in a recent post, our robot now has an Infra-Red distance sensor, which allows us to measure the distance from the front of the robot to the… Read

C3Pi Opens Eyes at the APL Moot

This weekend, the Dyalog C3Pi reached the final stop on the European spring tour, attending the British APL Association’s Annual General Meeting and… Read
A Raspberry Pi robot

Raspberry Pi – Experimenting with a Robot for Practical Applications

The first time I heard the term Raspberry Pi – in the beginning of 2012 – I immediately went for a plate and a fork – I LOVE Raspberries! Much to my… Read

Driving my Pi

Back from the APL meeting in Hamburg, where my C3Pi made it’s first appearance on German soil (and a few days meeting with APL users in Milan).… Read

APL – Coming to a Robot Near You

APL on the C3Pi One of the biggest joys of being the CTO of Dyalog is that you get to write code to help evaluate prototypes of proposed language features, or… Read
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