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Accessing Raspberry Pi GPIO Pins (With Swift)
You can do quite a bit with GPIO (general purpose input/output) pins on devices like the Raspberry Pi and Beaglebone. Here I’ll show you how to set it up to perform a couple of simple tasks, like blink an LED and read the temperature from temperature sensor called the DS1820B. If you don’t know much about …
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Compile Swift 3.0 on Your ARM computers (Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone Black, etc)
I often write these blog posts in part to remind my future self how I did something as well as for the benefit others. Today I’m looking at what’s involved with compiling Swift for ARM devices, namely the popular Raspberry Pi. While these are meant for the RPi, they should also apply generally to devices like the …
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Ready Your Raspberry Pi for Swift
I’m working on a series in conjunction with some talks I’m giving this spring/summer at the All Things Swift meetup here in San Diego. As one might expect, many Swift developers don’t have much linux experience. That’s perfectly fine – it doesn’t take a much to get started. I even come back to this setup process …
Currently, Swift on Raspberry Pi3
I’ve taken recent interest in working on the Raspberry Pi now that Swift is open source. Given the amount of products built specifically for the Pi, there’s a huge potential for new, fun projects. DIY electronics have been gaining momentum over the last few years and there’s a lot of information to help you get …
Not Forgotten
It’s been a while since I blogged here regularly. I have the best of intentions, but with life being what it is, I rarely think about it, much less take the time or have the energy to do it. I’m reminded that I do this for us – for me and for you. From time …
Apps As Art
We seem to be on a roll again about this whole “indie is not viable” discussion. Next up, Allen Pike on Supply-Side Blues. If you haven’t read them yet, I posted a couple other articles on this topic [see indie]. Allen’s post is spot-on with my assessment – the AppStore is becoming much like the music …
The AppStore Ice Cream Truck
Charles Perry (no relation), wrote this follow-up to Brent Simmons’ Love post (app store, indies, etc). Here’s the question I posted to Charles – Does it change if the ice cream truck is the only one you’re allowed to sell on, yet the entire menu is only the top-sellers? @mistercameron The App Store only features …
Indie Love
Is going indie on iOS viable? Nope. Don’t bother. First, by Brent Simmons: http://inessential.com/2015/06/30/love Then, Gruber follows: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/06/30/the-love-era Hit the nail on the head. I have an app currently in development that might have a reasonable chance of doing OK, but I can’t see making my entire living off of it. Sounds great, huh? Here’s the thing – …
iBeacons In Real Life
The State of iBeacons (June 2015) This is pretty consistent with my experiences. On observation I’d add about squirrely RSSI values – readings walk around a bit. You’ll do better to calculate a moving average and toss out the occasional 0 reading. Also be mindful of your iBeacon’s power settings – you may need to …