{"id":14044,"date":"2016-01-18T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14044"},"modified":"2016-01-18T10:51:04","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T09:51:04","slug":"build-a-physical-dashboard-with-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14044","title":{"rendered":"Build a physical dashboard with the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=14045\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14045\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14045\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/physical_dashboard.jpg?resize=560%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"physical_dashboard\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/physical_dashboard.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/physical_dashboard.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/physical_dashboard.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/physical_dashboard.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/physical_dashboard.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/physical_dashboard.jpg?resize=260%2C173&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/physical_dashboard.jpg?resize=160%2C107&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/physical_dashboard.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/physical_dashboard.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a nice <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/raspberry-pi-physical-dashboard\/overview\" target=\"_blank\">tutorial <\/a>from Adafruit. They&#8217;ve taken several of their own products (as they normally do) and created a physical dashboard with lots of digital numeric readouts and even a swingometer that uses a motor to move an indicator\/pointer. Really nice use of technology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/raspberry-pi-physical-dashboard\/overview\" target=\"_blank\">Read more here<\/a>\u00a0or watch a walk-through of the dashboard below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Raspberry Pi Physical Dashboard\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q19UArD8MO8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a nice tutorial from Adafruit. 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