{"id":15621,"date":"2016-10-03T09:30:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T08:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15621"},"modified":"2016-10-02T13:31:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T12:31:44","slug":"turn-your-raspberry-pi-into-a-touchscreen-advent-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15621","title":{"rendered":"Turn your Raspberry Pi into a touchscreen advent calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/home.uktechreviews.com\/Raspberry\/Pi%20blog\/files\/img_3935.jpg?resize=560%2C310\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spencer Organ has published the code for a Raspberry Pi-powered touchscreen advent calendar.\u00a0So, get ready for the festive season, <a href=\"http:\/\/home.uktechreviews.com\/Raspberry\/Pi%20blog\/files\/advent-calendar.html\" target=\"_blank\">see more details here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/uktechreviews\/advent\" target=\"_blank\">download the code here<\/a>. 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