{"id":17061,"date":"2017-07-06T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17061"},"modified":"2017-07-06T15:32:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T14:32:02","slug":"make-a-modern-day-telegraph-with-a-raspberry-pi-and-a-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17061","title":{"rendered":"Make a modern-day telegraph with a Raspberry Pi and a button"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/telegraph.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17062\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/telegraph.jpg?resize=560%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/telegraph.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/telegraph.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/telegraph.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/telegraph.jpg?resize=560%2C372&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/telegraph.jpg?resize=260%2C173&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/telegraph.jpg?resize=160%2C106&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a nice project, but you&#8217;ll possibly need access to a laser cutter or CNC machine, or the know-how to get it done for you over the Internet. The Brothers McKenty have taken inspiration from old telegraph machines and built one themselves out of a Raspberry Pi Zero, a nice arcade button and a 3V button. The enclosure is laser cut (although I&#8217;m sure you could just hack around a plastic box if you wanted to). <a href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/projects\/use-raspberry-pi-modern-day-telegraph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more over at Make<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a nice project, but you&#8217;ll possibly need access to a laser cutter or CNC machine, or the know-how to get it done for you over the Internet. 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