James Adams

Very proud of this one - just fitting it all onto a 6 layer PCB while keeping it looking pretty was a huge challenge. Not to mention all of the other challenges getting a product like this to launch! Well done to everyone involved, this is a huge step for Raspberry Pi.

🚨New product alert🚨 The Raspberry Pi USB 3 Hub provides extra connectivity for your devices by turning one USB-A port into four. It's compatible with all Raspberry Pi devices, and is priced at just $12. raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry…

@Zarch1972 @plumbers_urban @RichMWPHS @energystatsuk Thanks for this a great write up! Sadly looks like I have the faulty firmware :/ Super annoying it needs a new PCB and not a simple firmware Flash of some sort!

@plumbers_urban @RichMWPHS Article I wrote over on @energystatsuk about why Szymon and I have swapped the PCB on our Arotherms. energy-stats.uk/vaillant-aroth…

My heat pump got a new software without bugs - shame it requires a new PCB - and thank you @RichMWPHS for quick supply

🚨 Meet Raspberry Pi Pico 2, our new $5 microcontroller board 🚨 The next big tiny thing, built using RP2350: a high-performance, secure microcontroller designed here at Raspberry Pi. raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry…

@DavidAGraham UART or SPI depending on how much BW you want...

@JamesAdams314 If I was going to use one of these as a I/O co-processor on a HAT (real time I/O handling), what would your choice of Comms be between a Pi and the RPxxxx? I believe the Build HAT uses plain serial?

Pico 2 on sale now- RP235x with double the SRAM, M33 and Risc-V cores, OTP, new security architecture, new power states and lots more! raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry…

In ep03 of #BritainBehindBars, I introduce @RobbieRinder to the penal treadmill, a hard labour machine invented to punish & rehabilitate. Want to know more? @OUCymru colleagues & I have created a short film on the history of the machine & its legacy. tinyurl.com/ysjdym46

In the final episode of the season, @Lucy_Worsley looks at women who were mad, bad And dangerous to know. Lucy is joined by @rosalindcrone and @helenlewis as they look at what makes women 'difficult' in these final cases. Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley | Listen on BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

@Zarch1972 @Jmrheating @Damon_BPHR @chrisdunham70 @MixergyLtd @Openenergymon @FraserLiam Thanks will take a look- I need more time to play with all this 👍

@JamesAdams314 @Jmrheating @Damon_BPHR @chrisdunham70 @MixergyLtd @Openenergymon @FraserLiam The amount of data will blow your mind James! 🤣 We've got a thread over on @Openenergymon with our experiences. community.openenergymonitor.org/t/ebus-hardwar…

Loving the new Heat Pump Monitor features, especially the hot water / heating breakdown @Damon_BPHR In the last 90 days it shows my @MixergyLtd cylinder has been in the Top 5 with a hot water only COP of 3.4. Heating only also being pretty good at COP 4.1 too. And I know those above me in the table run their hot water slightly cooler than me. Plus, it's been a bit colder here. 😉 The heating / DHW split figures allow me to see that DHW has been 25% of heat output over the past 90 days too. I bet that it higher than most too. Chuffing family of 4 having lots of showers!! 😂 A couple of useful hot water related blog posts on @energystatsuk energy-stats.uk/mixergy-heat-p… energy-stats.uk/hot-water-cyli…

@Zarch1972 @Jmrheating @Damon_BPHR @chrisdunham70 @MixergyLtd @Openenergymon @FraserLiam I need to get an ebus reader! Other than that I am not differentiating heating and DHW (like you we use a lot of DHW and heat the tank quite hot so drags overall COP down). Monitoring the valve would seem the simplest way otherwise, but I haven't looked at that...

@Jmrheating @Damon_BPHR @chrisdunham70 @MixergyLtd @Openenergymon @FraserLiam @JamesAdams314 I've lready got an ebus reader too Mark. 😉 But it's not plug and play. It's nowhere near plug and play. 🤯 Was trying to come up with a simple solution for others to log if they are doing a hot water run. 👍

It's a big day! #Ladykillers with @Lucy_Worsley series 3 lands this morning, 11.30, @BBCRadio4 & @BBCSounds . And we have just released another video in our series on the history of prisons on YouTube: youtu.be/R4wIztX1PO0

From 11.30 today! A brand new #LadyKiller and one of my favourites.  Meet Maria Manning, aka The Lady Macbeth of Bermondsey. This time I’m joined by superstar author @katemossewriter and Professor @rosalindcrone. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Fascinating thread!

Delighted to see Lady Killers with @Lucy_Worsley in the top 10 @BBCSounds podcasts for 2023. A big milestone for women's history, demonstrating its appeal & relevance. More good things to come in 2024 (there's a clue in the slideshow below...)

Batteries are often described as resource-intensive. With a 95% proven recycling rate and a 10yr life, over 50% of battery minerals mined today will still be in use in *130 years*. Add 5% performance improvement per cycle, and they will be delivering services *forever*. Boom! 1/2

@rtomasal I think I see what you are asking and yes this should be fine.

@JamesAdams314 Thanks for the clarification. My question was more about the feasibility to access the RP1 functions from both the PCIe and GPIO at the same time without conflicts. Lets say for example two i2c devices

Want to design PCIe peripherals for Pi5? Or a HAT+? Or a PCIe HAT+? Specifications available now! raspberrypi.com/news/double-st…

@rtomasal Not sure if I understand the question, but the x1 interface on the 16W FFC is separate to the x4 that talks to the RP1 so you can use both at the same time.

@JamesAdams314 So when using the 4x configuration, is it possible to access to all the functions provided by the RP1? If so, would be feasible to use both the PCIe and GPIO at the same time? For example DPI from GPIO and I2C and/or I2S via bridge from PCIe?

@leo60228 Surprisingly, nobody picked up on the HAT+ text on the Pi5 silk...

@JamesAdams314 "HAT+ on the Raspberry Pi 5 silkscreen, sort of gave the game away?" I assumed it was to distinguish it from the old 28-pin header (though also thought doing that around a decade after it was last relevant was kind of weird)

@0xC0DE6502 Need the time to give it a full strip down and clean / inspection before applying power. Perhaps a Christmas holiday project...

@JamesAdams314 You really should! (I had and still have that exact cassette player btw)

First computer I owned myself. Lots of fun memories. I should probably try to get it going again!

@kevsmac Yes I liked the Electron keyboard too, but it was quite noisy. They packed most of the logic into a single ULA chip, which can be a source of problems, it got really hot too! Unfortunately the hobbled memory architecture meant a lot of Beeb programs didn't run properly.

@JamesAdams314 Love the keyboard on the Electron. I seem to remember Acorn did some clever value engineering on the number of chips on the motherboard compared with the BBC Micro