{"id":12127,"date":"2015-03-07T08:31:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T08:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12127"},"modified":"2015-03-07T08:31:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T08:31:50","slug":"neopixel-led-temperature-gauge-with-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12127","title":{"rendered":"Neopixel LED temperature gauge with Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scienceexposure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC3416_sm-1024x570.jpg?resize=560%2C312\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"byline\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceexposure.com\/author\/admin\/\">Ismail Uddin<\/a>\u00a0of <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceexposure.com\" target=\"_blank\">scienceexposure.com<\/a> has written an in-depth tutorial in which he uses a thermistor to track temperature changes and a Neopixel ring to display a temperature gauge. It uses various libraries and work already out there and contains instructions as to what to download and install. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceexposure.com\/raspberry-pi\/neopixel-led-temperature-gauge-raspberry-pi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Take a look here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><i class=\"fa fa-calendar\"><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ismail Uddin\u00a0of scienceexposure.com has written an in-depth tutorial in which he uses a thermistor to track temperature changes and a Neopixel ring to display a temperature gauge. 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