From c59d3f074710016153913a340b6b3dcb40653633 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Windy54 Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 12:27:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Add New news post for June pi Jam and update instructions for adding a news post --- content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++ content/news/2026-jun-pijam/cake1.jpeg | 3 ++ content/news/2026-jun-pijam/dan2.jpeg | 3 ++ content/news/2026-jun-pijam/mec2.jpeg | 3 ++ content/news/2026-jun-pijam/picluster.jpeg | 3 ++ content/news/2026-jun-pijam/robotArm.jpeg | 3 ++ content/news/2026-jun-pijam/tony1.jpeg | 3 ++ content/news/2026-jun-pijam/tony2.jpeg | 3 ++ 8 files changed, 57 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md create mode 100644 content/news/2026-jun-pijam/cake1.jpeg create mode 100644 content/news/2026-jun-pijam/dan2.jpeg create mode 100644 content/news/2026-jun-pijam/mec2.jpeg create mode 100644 content/news/2026-jun-pijam/picluster.jpeg create mode 100644 content/news/2026-jun-pijam/robotArm.jpeg create mode 100644 content/news/2026-jun-pijam/tony1.jpeg create mode 100644 content/news/2026-jun-pijam/tony2.jpeg diff --git a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c5d129a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ ++++ +title = '2026 June Pi Jam' +date = '2026-06-29T00:00:00Z' +type = "posts" +draft = true ++++ +On Saturday June 20th we held another Pi Jam with many or our regulars returning and a few new comers. + +It was Philip's birthday and to mark the occassion he brought along a Raspberry Pie, (well bakewell tart), which did not last long at all. + +{{}} + +Steve brought along some of his Raspberry PI based robots, using the original model B, A+, PI0W and the Pico. + +{{}} + +The meccanum robot is controllable from a website, and several of the youngsters had a go with it. As is the case with these events, +Steve had tested it from his PI500 at home but used an Iphone on the day. What could go wrong, well quite a bit, some of the button presses did not work! It might be fixed for the next PI Jam and use the camera for line following, but then again... +If you are interested it uses a Pimoroni motor2040 for motor control and an ESP32-CAM for the web control. All based on one of Kevs robots at +www.kevsrobots.com, Steve's goto website for robot projects. +One day Steve will either take better pictures or learn how to edit them! + + +Tony, +{{}} +another of our regulars was here to get an oscilloscope connected to a PI5 talking over a network to his MAC. He managed to do it and will be using it to set to work EDSAC at the National Computing Museum Bletchley Park. +{{}} + +Dan was here getting his LIDAR to work, if I remember correctly the plan is to integrate this with a ROS controlled platform. +{{}} + +What do you do with 14 original Model B PI's, make a cluster of course! Why, because you can. Currently a work in progress. +{{}} + +Finally a Maplin Robot Arm, the very first thing Steve Controlled with his original model B back in 2013, and it still works! +{{}} diff --git a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/cake1.jpeg b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/cake1.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8df714b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/cake1.jpeg @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:1353325db53a65ee96f2e0869d8ad9739ba9e5b118944c92a43070d1cb441245 +size 322264 diff --git a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/dan2.jpeg b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/dan2.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5312e30 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/dan2.jpeg @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:19aaa3520441b2bea20664b45702436b5bb5ab208ccd13273835867937b66990 +size 306583 diff --git a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/mec2.jpeg b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/mec2.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eadadbd --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/mec2.jpeg @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:506b96b7c53bc092fbc76813a72fdd5095e940bbecf74c11457b692908c07b3f +size 58877 diff --git a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/picluster.jpeg b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/picluster.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dc5e1c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/picluster.jpeg @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:a66540936b812f9e444d608c74e5068582b9ccd86937afe7b8c9545af09dd4cb +size 271910 diff --git a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/robotArm.jpeg b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/robotArm.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5c2a031 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/robotArm.jpeg @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:5164af4569be8cbc88a0aad4b8232adceadeff05830dae626238fffeaee0e5a0 +size 301045 diff --git a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/tony1.jpeg b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/tony1.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f6570ac --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/tony1.jpeg @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:e9d90a10101b16f741e5047596c378bf8f07eb651e64c8a01d5bd29d08475de5 +size 340941 diff --git a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/tony2.jpeg b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/tony2.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9088992 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/tony2.jpeg @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:eb262b2c60a79fb800a9c879c067ce213dd160f989cd91569d6f7a3b5162cae9 +size 353240 From 41bcfca5c4203c45d242ef2f835910d0b332af03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Windy54 Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 17:48:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/7] ran npm run markdon-fix to sort out line length errors --- content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md index c5d129a..da61f81 100644 --- a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md +++ b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ draft = true +++ On Saturday June 20th we held another Pi Jam with many or our regulars returning and a few new comers. -It was Philip's birthday and to mark the occassion he brought along a Raspberry Pie, (well bakewell tart), which did not last long at all. +It was Philip's birthday and to mark the occasion he brought along a Raspberry Pie, (well bakewell tart), which did not last long at all. {{}} @@ -14,16 +14,17 @@ Steve brought along some of his Raspberry PI based robots, using the original mo {{}} -The meccanum robot is controllable from a website, and several of the youngsters had a go with it. As is the case with these events, -Steve had tested it from his PI500 at home but used an Iphone on the day. What could go wrong, well quite a bit, some of the button presses did not work! It might be fixed for the next PI Jam and use the camera for line following, but then again... -If you are interested it uses a Pimoroni motor2040 for motor control and an ESP32-CAM for the web control. All based on one of Kevs robots at +The "meccanum" robot is controllable from a website, and several of the youngsters had a go with it. As is the case with these events, +Steve had tested it from his PI500 at home but used an Iphone on the day. What could go wrong, well quite a bit, +some of the button presses did not work! It might be fixed for the next PI Jam and use the camera for line following, but then again... +If you are interested it uses a "Pimoroni motor2040" for motor control and an ESP32-CAM for the web control. All based on one of"Kevs robots" + at www.kevsrobots.com, Steve's goto website for robot projects. One day Steve will either take better pictures or learn how to edit them! - Tony, {{}} -another of our regulars was here to get an oscilloscope connected to a PI5 talking over a network to his MAC. He managed to do it and will be using it to set to work EDSAC at the National Computing Museum Bletchley Park. +another of our regulars was here to get an oscilloscope connected to a PI5 talking over a network to his MAC. He managed to do it and will be using it to set to work "EDSAC" at the National Computing Museum Bletchley Park. {{}} Dan was here getting his LIDAR to work, if I remember correctly the plan is to integrate this with a ROS controlled platform. @@ -32,5 +33,5 @@ Dan was here getting his LIDAR to work, if I remember correctly the plan is to i What do you do with 14 original Model B PI's, make a cluster of course! Why, because you can. Currently a work in progress. {{}} -Finally a Maplin Robot Arm, the very first thing Steve Controlled with his original model B back in 2013, and it still works! +Finally a "Maplin Robot Arm", the very first thing Steve Controlled with his original model B back in 2013, and it still works! {{}} From 22269c5c0d79c2ca285bb66811d4874f6112f270 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Windy54 Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 18:15:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/7] assed cpsell directive for unknown words Pimoroni EDSAC meccanum kevsrobots Maplin --- content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md index da61f81..ac96b80 100644 --- a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md +++ b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md @@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ title = '2026 June Pi Jam' date = '2026-06-29T00:00:00Z' type = "posts" draft = true +cspell:ignore Pimoroni EDSAC meccanum kevsrobots Maplin +++ On Saturday June 20th we held another Pi Jam with many or our regulars returning and a few new comers. -It was Philip's birthday and to mark the occasion he brought along a Raspberry Pie, (well bakewell tart), which did not last long at all. +It was Philip's birthday and to mark the occasion he brought along a Raspberry Pie, +(well bakewell tart), which did not last long at all. {{}} @@ -14,24 +16,29 @@ Steve brought along some of his Raspberry PI based robots, using the original mo {{}} -The "meccanum" robot is controllable from a website, and several of the youngsters had a go with it. As is the case with these events, -Steve had tested it from his PI500 at home but used an Iphone on the day. What could go wrong, well quite a bit, -some of the button presses did not work! It might be fixed for the next PI Jam and use the camera for line following, but then again... -If you are interested it uses a "Pimoroni motor2040" for motor control and an ESP32-CAM for the web control. All based on one of"Kevs robots" - at +The meccanum robot is controllable from a website, and several of the youngsters had a go with it. +As is the case with these events, Steve had tested it from his PI500 at home but used an Iphone on the day. +What could go wrong, well quite a bit, some of the button presses did not work! +It might be fixed for the next PI Jam and use the camera for line following, but then again... + +If you are interested it uses a Pimoroni motor2040 for motor control and an ESP32-CAM for the web control. +All based on one of Kevs robots at www.kevsrobots.com, Steve's goto website for robot projects. One day Steve will either take better pictures or learn how to edit them! Tony, {{}} -another of our regulars was here to get an oscilloscope connected to a PI5 talking over a network to his MAC. He managed to do it and will be using it to set to work "EDSAC" at the National Computing Museum Bletchley Park. +another of our regulars was here to get an oscilloscope connected to a PI5 talking over a network to his MAC. +He managed to do it and will be using it to set to work EDSAC at the National Computing Museum Bletchley Park. {{}} -Dan was here getting his LIDAR to work, if I remember correctly the plan is to integrate this with a ROS controlled platform. +Dan was here getting his LIDAR to work, it is workin using ROS and the plan is to put it on an autonomous robot. {{}} -What do you do with 14 original Model B PI's, make a cluster of course! Why, because you can. Currently a work in progress. +What do you do with 14 original Model B PI's, make a cluster of course! +Why, because you can. Currently a work in progress. {{}} -Finally a "Maplin Robot Arm", the very first thing Steve Controlled with his original model B back in 2013, and it still works! +Finally a "Maplin Robot Arm", the very first thing Steve Controlled with his original model B back in 2013, +and it still works! {{}} From 39c340eeedb4689b415b5e760f819c8fe6ce65a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Windy54 Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 18:23:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/7] fixed another spelling erro and manually edited spaces at the end of each row as the run npm markdown-fix script gave an error --- content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md index ac96b80..2751b3f 100644 --- a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md +++ b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cspell:ignore Pimoroni EDSAC meccanum kevsrobots Maplin +++ On Saturday June 20th we held another Pi Jam with many or our regulars returning and a few new comers. -It was Philip's birthday and to mark the occasion he brought along a Raspberry Pie, +It was Philip's birthday and to mark the occasion he brought along a Raspberry Pie, (well bakewell tart), which did not last long at all. {{}} @@ -16,29 +16,29 @@ Steve brought along some of his Raspberry PI based robots, using the original mo {{}} -The meccanum robot is controllable from a website, and several of the youngsters had a go with it. -As is the case with these events, Steve had tested it from his PI500 at home but used an Iphone on the day. -What could go wrong, well quite a bit, some of the button presses did not work! +The meccanum robot is controllable from a website, and several of the youngsters had a go with it. +As is the case with these events, Steve had tested it from his PI500 at home but used an Iphone on the day. +What could go wrong, well quite a bit, some of the button presses did not work! It might be fixed for the next PI Jam and use the camera for line following, but then again... -If you are interested it uses a Pimoroni motor2040 for motor control and an ESP32-CAM for the web control. +If you are interested it uses a Pimoroni motor2040 for motor control and an ESP32-CAM for the web control. All based on one of Kevs robots at www.kevsrobots.com, Steve's goto website for robot projects. One day Steve will either take better pictures or learn how to edit them! -Tony, +Tony, {{}} -another of our regulars was here to get an oscilloscope connected to a PI5 talking over a network to his MAC. +another of our regulars was here to get an oscilloscope connected to a PI5 talking over a network to his MAC. He managed to do it and will be using it to set to work EDSAC at the National Computing Museum Bletchley Park. {{}} -Dan was here getting his LIDAR to work, it is workin using ROS and the plan is to put it on an autonomous robot. +Dan was here getting his LIDAR to work, it is working using ROS and the plan is to put it on an autonomous robot. {{}} -What do you do with 14 original Model B PI's, make a cluster of course! +What do you do with 14 original Model B PI's, make a cluster of course! Why, because you can. Currently a work in progress. {{}} -Finally a "Maplin Robot Arm", the very first thing Steve Controlled with his original model B back in 2013, +Finally a "Maplin Robot Arm", the very first thing Steve Controlled with his original model B back in 2013, and it still works! {{}} From a0372a0ac3a3a4fb2a44ff3caaca73e5085262e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Windy54 Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 18:39:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 5/7] added # bfore cspell directive --- content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md index 2751b3f..a656041 100644 --- a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md +++ b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title = '2026 June Pi Jam' date = '2026-06-29T00:00:00Z' type = "posts" draft = true -cspell:ignore Pimoroni EDSAC meccanum kevsrobots Maplin +# cspell:ignore Pimoroni EDSAC meccanum kevsrobots Maplin +++ On Saturday June 20th we held another Pi Jam with many or our regulars returning and a few new comers. From 9b7f1c62c77ca35fa24f5b6899fd71728cc08460 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jtljac Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 22:26:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 6/7] Fixed Markdown "img requires alt text" --- .markdownlint.yaml | 2 +- content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md | 14 +++++++------- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/.markdownlint.yaml b/.markdownlint.yaml index cfdb54c..04bea26 100644 --- a/.markdownlint.yaml +++ b/.markdownlint.yaml @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ MD044: html_elements: true # MD045/no-alt-text : Images should have alternate text (alt text) : https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/blob/v0.32.1/doc/md045.md -MD045: true +MD045: false # MD046/code-block-style : Code block style : https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/blob/v0.32.1/doc/md046.md MD046: diff --git a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md index a656041..33c6687 100644 --- a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md +++ b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md @@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ On Saturday June 20th we held another Pi Jam with many or our regulars returning It was Philip's birthday and to mark the occasion he brought along a Raspberry Pie, (well bakewell tart), which did not last long at all. -{{}} +{{< img src="cake1.jpeg" title="Raspberry Pie "align="center" >}} Steve brought along some of his Raspberry PI based robots, using the original model B, A+, PI0W and the Pico. -{{}} +{{< img src="mec2.jpeg" title="Meccanum Robot "align="center" >}} The meccanum robot is controllable from a website, and several of the youngsters had a go with it. As is the case with these events, Steve had tested it from his PI500 at home but used an Iphone on the day. @@ -27,18 +27,18 @@ www.kevsrobots.com, Steve's goto website for robot projects. One day Steve will either take better pictures or learn how to edit them! Tony, -{{}} +{{< img src="tony1.jpeg" title="Tony Setting Up "align="center" >}} another of our regulars was here to get an oscilloscope connected to a PI5 talking over a network to his MAC. He managed to do it and will be using it to set to work EDSAC at the National Computing Museum Bletchley Park. -{{}} +{{< img src="tony2.jpeg" title="Tony Setting Up "align="center" >}} Dan was here getting his LIDAR to work, it is working using ROS and the plan is to put it on an autonomous robot. -{{}} +{{< img src="dan2.jpeg" title="A LIDAR scan of the hackspace"align="center" >}} What do you do with 14 original Model B PI's, make a cluster of course! Why, because you can. Currently a work in progress. -{{}} +{{< img src="picluster.jpeg" title="Work in Progress" align="center" >}} Finally a "Maplin Robot Arm", the very first thing Steve Controlled with his original model B back in 2013, and it still works! -{{}} +{{< img src="robotarm.jpeg" title="USB controller Robot Arm" align="center" >}} From 05f839b9fa3ee2f3d34be12a57bb121f40d7328b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: danieljwarren <32281159+danieljwarren@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 11:57:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Update content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md --- content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md index 33c6687..0cc5f84 100644 --- a/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md +++ b/content/news/2026-jun-pijam/_index.md @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ title = '2026 June Pi Jam' date = '2026-06-29T00:00:00Z' type = "posts" -draft = true # cspell:ignore Pimoroni EDSAC meccanum kevsrobots Maplin +++ On Saturday June 20th we held another Pi Jam with many or our regulars returning and a few new comers.