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by WMc
Fri May 31, 2013 4:16 pm
Forum: Nuts & Volts Magazine Discussions
Topic: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio
Replies: 20
Views: 33374

Re: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio

@Ben & Jerry ' Sorry for the long delay. ' I got the new SD card and I had the same problem. I then used "sudo apt-get updates; sudo apt-get upgrades". This took about 30 mins to complete, But it helped to get me going. It also freed-up about 13.5 MB of card space...cool. ' I'm now usi...
by WMc
Wed May 15, 2013 6:24 pm
Forum: Nuts & Volts Magazine Discussions
Topic: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio
Replies: 20
Views: 33374

Re: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio

@Ben ' I hate to sound dismal, But this isn't working either. ' I think the SD Card is corrupt. When the PI boots up, I see a lot of files ignored because of errors. ' I'm gonna order another SD Card with the RaspberryPi O.S. on it and see what happens. ' Thanks for all the help...I'll report back w...
by WMc
Tue May 14, 2013 7:10 pm
Forum: Nuts & Volts Magazine Discussions
Topic: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio
Replies: 20
Views: 33374

Re: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio

@Ben ' I have typed everything as you posted above. ' "sudo idle" then a Python pop-up window opens >>> from set_LED import * ' Now I get a " ImportError: No module named set_LED " ' I have noticed that the properties of IDLE say Python 2.7.4.tgz but the pop-up window shows 2.7.3...
by WMc
Mon May 13, 2013 5:29 pm
Forum: Nuts & Volts Magazine Discussions
Topic: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio
Replies: 20
Views: 33374

Re: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio

@Ben ' I think I have a complier settings issue. ' I used the code you posted with out the returns an I rem'd (#) out the GPIO.setwarnings(False). I also tried it with this active. ' Now I'm getting a NameError: name 'color' is not defined ' I see ' Python 2.7.3rc3 (default, May 6 2012, 20:02:25) [G...
by WMc
Sun May 12, 2013 11:40 am
Forum: Nuts & Volts Magazine Discussions
Topic: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio
Replies: 20
Views: 33374

Re: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio

New problem ' Python keeps kicking me to the curb with a [ "return 0" outside of the command error in line 15]. This is the first return in the code. I checked spelling, indentation, replaced colons with semicolons, Nothing seem to work. ' I've tested the code "led.py" in IDLE an...
by WMc
Sat May 11, 2013 7:15 am
Forum: Nuts & Volts Magazine Discussions
Topic: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio
Replies: 20
Views: 33374

Re: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio

Thanks Ben
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I needed the update as that fixed the problem.
by WMc
Thu May 09, 2013 6:26 pm
Forum: Nuts & Volts Magazine Discussions
Topic: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio
Replies: 20
Views: 33374

Re: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio

Thanks for the reply
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I'll try the above and report back 5/10/13
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Thanks for the info and help
by WMc
Wed May 08, 2013 6:09 pm
Forum: Nuts & Volts Magazine Discussions
Topic: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio
Replies: 20
Views: 33374

Re: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio

I was really hoping the Aurthur would had chimed in by now.
by WMc
Sun May 05, 2013 5:39 pm
Forum: Nuts & Volts Magazine Discussions
Topic: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio
Replies: 20
Views: 33374

Re: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio

Jerry
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Many Thanks for the reply and the e-mail you sent.
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I'm new to linux as well...So I'll keep reading.
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Thanks again
by WMc
Sun May 05, 2013 1:31 pm
Forum: Nuts & Volts Magazine Discussions
Topic: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio
Replies: 20
Views: 33374

Re: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio

Jerry'
I tried your "sudo apt-get install python RPi.GPIO"
I'm still getting an error "E: Unable to locate package RPi.GPIO" ?
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I can see the file but it's in the setup folder...Not sure where to go from here?
by WMc
Sat May 04, 2013 8:07 am
Forum: Nuts & Volts Magazine Discussions
Topic: Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio
Replies: 20
Views: 33374

Raspberry Pi-Python-rpi.gpio

Hello all
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I'm trying to find the "python-rpi.gpio" library used in the May2013 article of N/V's p.36.
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I have downloaded Python 2.7.4 in the Rasp-Pi
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The article link says the page has been moved, And Google returns no usable results.
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Any help would be great.
by WMc
Thu May 02, 2013 2:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to find article links on the N/V home page?
Replies: 3
Views: 3125

Re: How to find article links on the N/V home page?

I see their embedded in the PDF.
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Thanks
by WMc
Wed May 01, 2013 6:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to find article links on the N/V home page?
Replies: 3
Views: 3125

How to find article links on the N/V home page?

Hello
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I'm looking for the "code" links for the Raspberry Pi article.
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All I see on the home page is the PDF, Same as the magazine print.
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I am a subscriber.
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by WMc
Wed May 01, 2013 5:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Raspbberry Pi computer
Replies: 9
Views: 6074

Re: Raspbberry Pi computer

The Raspberry Pi is about the size of a credit card
by WMc
Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: TV/Sat remote control repair? REPAIRED!!
Replies: 17
Views: 8714

Re: TV/Sat remote control repair? REPAIRED!!

I'm a newbie here...But take a look at this...
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forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?89830-SIRC-commandsCached
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I hope it's helpful!