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Tag Archives: python
Source code formatter in Python
This is the latest version of the script I use to format the code blocks on this blog.
Translating a DECnet address to a MAC address
There are several web sites that will do this for you, but I decided to put together a python script to do the job for me.
A Python class for the MCP9801 Temperature Sensor
Having brought a couple of Temperature Sensors based on the Microchip Technology MCP9801 to use with my Rasperyy Pi. I decided to see if I could write a simple class to encapsulate the code needed to control them.
Setting up I2C on a Raspberry Pi
How to load the necessary kernel modules, configure user access, and install the necessary packages to allow python programs to use the I2C bus is documented in several different places. I just thought I’ll pull together the various steps I … Continue reading
Python dumping data in hex using list comprehensions
Recently I wanted to display the contents of a buffer in hex using Python, and ended up writing a short routine to dump the contents of a string in hex and ASCII, to which I added a few more lines … Continue reading
Bouncing Balls in Python
Another python class! This time I’ve created a class to represent the position and motion of a ball in two dimensions. The graphical effect created when a number of balls are dropped together is strangely mesmerising…
Working with cookies in a Python CGI script
If you are using server side scripting then sooner or later you are going need to store some information somewhere, and the most convenient way to do this is to use a cookie which is a small named block of … Continue reading
Where it all began…
Sometimes it take me a little longer than planned to finish a project, but in this case a it has taken me a LOT longer. I decided to start writing the blog around the same time as I received my … Continue reading
Implementing ‘i2cdetect’ in Python
Having discovered that the simplest way to check to see if a device was present on an I2C bus is to simply try reading from it, I decided to see if I could implement a version of ‘i2cdetect‘ in python.
An analogue clock in Python
It probably still needs a bit of tidying up but this is one of my first attempts are writing a python class which I wrote in order to be able to draw an analogue clock face using ‘pygame‘.
Notes on Linux 