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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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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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 …
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 …