{"id":14476,"date":"2016-04-07T09:20:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T08:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14476"},"modified":"2016-04-07T09:20:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T08:20:08","slug":"using-the-flotilla-python-library-on-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14476","title":{"rendered":"Using the Flotilla Python library on the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/home.uktechreviews.com\/Raspberry\/Pi%20blog\/files\/flotilla---6.png?resize=560%2C373\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spencer Organ backed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/pimoroni\/flotilla-for-raspberry-pi-making-for-everyone\" target=\"_blank\">Flotilla Kickstarter<\/a>\u00a0by <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pimoroni<\/a>\u00a0and finally received his Mega Treasure Chest in March. He&#8217;s now begun to get to grips with the Python library that comes with it and has made\u00a0a clever light meter and display using three of the add-on boards that came as part of the Chest. You actually don&#8217;t hear much about Flotilla these days, which is a shame as it&#8217;s got a lot of potential, so it&#8217;s good to see someone doing something practical with it! <a href=\"http:\/\/home.uktechreviews.com\/Raspberry\/Pi%20blog\/files\/flotilla1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Take a look here<\/a> &#8211; all the code and set-up instructions are there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spencer Organ backed the Flotilla Kickstarter\u00a0by Pimoroni\u00a0and finally received his Mega Treasure Chest in March. 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