{"id":19152,"date":"2018-09-07T09:55:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T08:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152"},"modified":"2018-09-07T09:55:29","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T08:55:29","slug":"stargazing-tapestry-created-using-a-raspberry-pi-enabled-knitting-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152","title":{"rendered":"Stargazing tapestry created using a Raspberry Pi-enabled knitting machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19153\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?resize=560%2C418&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?resize=768%2C574&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?resize=1024%2C765&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?resize=560%2C418&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?resize=260%2C194&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?resize=160%2C120&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Australian software engineer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeartOfPluto_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Spencer<\/a> has taken a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino-compatible board and written some PHP and Python code to interface to hack a\u00a0Brother KM950i knitting machine. The resultant set-up allows her to send an image to the machine over her network\u00a0with more than two colours in any single row of knitting. Her latest project,\u00a0<em>Stargazing: A Knitted Tapestry, <\/em>measures\u00a04.6 metres (15 feet) wide and 2.8 metres (9 feet) high and was displayed at, and was funded by, recent geek festival\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emfcamp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EMF Camp<\/a>\u00a0where I was privileged to see it up-close-and-personal:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing_2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19154\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing_2.jpg?resize=560%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing_2.jpg?w=1113&amp;ssl=1 1113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing_2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing_2.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing_2.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing_2.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing_2.jpg?resize=260%2C195&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing_2.jpg?resize=160%2C120&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The work had been embedded with LEDs that lit up constellations. You could request a light-up from a website which was then sent over to the tapestry. I&#8217;m not sure if this involved a Pi too, but either way it was very clever, though non-functioning when we visited. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/media.ccc.de\/v\/emf2018-29-the-knitting-network-printer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see Spencer giving a talk about the knitting machine at EMF Camp here<\/a>\u00a0and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/software-engineer-sarah-spencer-heart-of-pluto-knitting-machine-night-sky-map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read a bit more here<\/a>, where there are links to her website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian software engineer Sarah Spencer has taken a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino-compatible board and written some PHP and Python code to interface to hack a\u00a0Brother KM950i knitting machine. The resultant set-up allows her to send an image to the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55,56,50,39],"tags":[822],"class_list":["post-19152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arduino","category-art","category-making","category-programming","tag-knitting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stargazing tapestry created using a Raspberry Pi-enabled knitting machine - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stargazing tapestry created using a Raspberry Pi-enabled knitting machine - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Australian software engineer Sarah Spencer has taken a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino-compatible board and written some PHP and Python code to interface to hack a\u00a0Brother KM950i knitting machine. The resultant set-up allows her to send an image to the&hellip;Read more &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-07T08:55:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?fit=2048%2C1530&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1530\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Horne\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@recantha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@recantha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Horne\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Horne\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263\"},\"headline\":\"Stargazing tapestry created using a Raspberry Pi-enabled knitting machine\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-07T08:55:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152\"},\"wordCount\":181,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?fit=2048%2C1530&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"knitting\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Arduino\",\"Art\",\"Making\",\"Programming\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152\",\"name\":\"Stargazing tapestry created using a Raspberry Pi-enabled knitting machine - Raspberry Pi Pod\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?fit=2048%2C1530&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-07T08:55:29+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?fit=2048%2C1530&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?fit=2048%2C1530&ssl=1\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1530},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stargazing tapestry created using a Raspberry Pi-enabled knitting machine\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Raspberry Pi Pod\",\"description\":\"Experiences with the Raspberry Pi micro computer and microcontroller\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Raspberry Pi Pod\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1\",\"width\":800,\"height\":337,\"caption\":\"Raspberry Pi Pod\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/recantha\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/recantha\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCK4F9blabxzmk8Inzhs8tpg\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263\",\"name\":\"Michael Horne\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Michael Horne\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stargazing tapestry created using a Raspberry Pi-enabled knitting machine - Raspberry Pi Pod","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Stargazing tapestry created using a Raspberry Pi-enabled knitting machine - Raspberry Pi Pod","og_description":"Australian software engineer Sarah Spencer has taken a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino-compatible board and written some PHP and Python code to interface to hack a\u00a0Brother KM950i knitting machine. The resultant set-up allows her to send an image to the&hellip;Read more &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152","og_site_name":"Raspberry Pi Pod","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/","article_published_time":"2018-09-07T08:55:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1530,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?fit=2048%2C1530&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Horne","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@recantha","twitter_site":"@recantha","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Horne","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152"},"author":{"name":"Michael Horne","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263"},"headline":"Stargazing tapestry created using a Raspberry Pi-enabled knitting machine","datePublished":"2018-09-07T08:55:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152"},"wordCount":181,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?fit=2048%2C1530&ssl=1","keywords":["knitting"],"articleSection":["Arduino","Art","Making","Programming"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152","url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152","name":"Stargazing tapestry created using a Raspberry Pi-enabled knitting machine - Raspberry Pi Pod","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?fit=2048%2C1530&ssl=1","datePublished":"2018-09-07T08:55:29+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?fit=2048%2C1530&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?fit=2048%2C1530&ssl=1","width":2048,"height":1530},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19152#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stargazing tapestry created using a Raspberry Pi-enabled knitting machine"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"Raspberry Pi Pod","description":"Experiences with the Raspberry Pi micro computer and microcontroller","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization","name":"Raspberry Pi Pod","url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1","width":800,"height":337,"caption":"Raspberry Pi Pod"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/","https:\/\/x.com\/recantha","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/recantha\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCK4F9blabxzmk8Inzhs8tpg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263","name":"Michael Horne","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Michael Horne"},"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stargazing.jpg?fit=2048%2C1530&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2RsaV-4YU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13534,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13534","url_meta":{"origin":19152,"position":0},"title":"Decryption machine reproduction with a Raspberry Pi (Turing-Welchman)","author":"Michael Horne","date":"10 October 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Turing-Welchman Bombe was a decryption machine used in World War II to\u00a0decipher Enigma-encoded German messages. There is a real one running at Bletchley Park: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bZ7cd2tR0Kg New Zealander Simon Jensen visited Bletchley and decided that he wanted to build a replica of the machine, but in desktop form and using\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Arduino&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Arduino","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=55"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/bome.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/bome.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/bome.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/bome.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":768,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=768","url_meta":{"origin":19152,"position":1},"title":"The Social Drink Machine","author":"Michael Horne","date":"16 November 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A drinks machine powered by the Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Facebook, Twitter and, oh yes, Alcohol. :-) The Social Drink Machine : Robofun \u2013 Create.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Silliness&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Silliness","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=48"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17047,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17047","url_meta":{"origin":19152,"position":2},"title":"Real (?) wizarding duels with Raspberry Pi and T.E.N.S.","author":"Michael Horne","date":"5 July 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Allen Pan of Sufficiently Advanced decided that Google's voice recognition service wasn't being used for the right stuff. So, he hooked up a Raspberry Pi to the service for a far more magical mission. Wizard Analogue No-Magic Dueling Simulator (W.A.N.D.S.) is Harry Potter-meets-Laser-Tag - the Pi detects the speaking of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Arduino&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Arduino","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=55"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wands.jpg?fit=994%2C556&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wands.jpg?fit=994%2C556&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wands.jpg?fit=994%2C556&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wands.jpg?fit=994%2C556&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1887,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1887","url_meta":{"origin":19152,"position":3},"title":"Control Google Earth Flight simulator with #Arduino &#8211; maybe with #RaspberryPi?","author":"Michael Horne","date":"5 February 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Two Arduino posts in one morning, what is the world coming to? Here's an Instructable where an Arduino and accelerometer sensor is used to control the Google Earth Flight Simulator on a Windows machine. I wonder if the same can be done on a Raspberry Pi? At the moment, however,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Arduino&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Arduino","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=55"},"img":{"alt_text":"Parts & Kits for Arduino Online, Buy Microcontroller Boards, Electronic Components for Arduino - Control Google Earth Flight simulator with Arduino - Freetronics","src":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/FKQII0CHCJOGJ1G.LARGE_1.jpg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12241,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12241","url_meta":{"origin":19152,"position":4},"title":"Solar eclipse captured by multiple Raspberry Pis","author":"Michael Horne","date":"24 March 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Pi really came into it's own as a piece of scientific equipment last Friday during the solar eclipse. Multiple people set up webcams to capture the\u00a0event, perhaps the best one was at the National STEM Centre in York... which also had the benefit of using one of the Raspberry\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Camera module&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Camera module","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=8"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CAiAtk_XIAAAmhU.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CAiAtk_XIAAAmhU.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CAiAtk_XIAAAmhU.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14641,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14641","url_meta":{"origin":19152,"position":5},"title":"String Art machine creates beautiful masterpieces with a Raspberry Pi","author":"Michael Horne","date":"28 April 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mAPLx17B2AM London-based Laarco\u00a0have developed a machine to create large works of art using a technique known as \"String Art\". This technique uses thousands of nails and a single piece of string to construct a 'painting' of a subject. Laarco's machine, called \"Autograph\", uses a Raspberry Pi at it's core which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;3D printing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"3D printing","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/mAPLx17B2AM\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19155,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19152\/revisions\/19155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}