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We are pleased to announce that we are now offering a new soldering service for our Raspberry Pi expansion boards.
At AB Electronics UK, we are committed to providing the best tools and libraries for your projects. As part of our ongoing efforts to improve our software offerings, we have made the decision to drop support for Python 2 in our main Python library.
To improve the shopping experience on our website we have decided to use Stripe as our new payment provider. Adding Stripe as a payment provider to our online store not only gives customers an easier, quicker checkout experience but also opens the door to popular express checkout options, such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal.
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our updated knowledge base at AB Electronics UK. We’ve listened to your feedback and worked hard to make our knowledge base more user-friendly, comprehensive, and efficient. Whether you’re a beginner just getting started or an experienced developer looking for detailed documentation, our new layout and features are designed to help you find exactly what you need with ease.
As we celebrate our 12th anniversary in August 2024, we reflect on our journey, the challenges we've overcome, and the milestones we've achieved along the way.
We are excited to announce some fantastic updates to our Electronic Toolbox! Whether you're a seasoned electronics professional, a hobbyist, or just starting your journey into the world of electronics, our toolbox is designed to make your projects easier and more efficient. We've listened to your feedback and made significant improvements to our calculators, ensuring they are optimised for both mobile and desktop use.
Changes to our programming libraries for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment. Since 2016, we have integrated the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment with our products. However, we recently identified an issue with our I2C-based expansion boards, where the I2C bus would not free up after the program closed. This issue was not noticeable when a single expansion board was used, but it became a problem when multiple devices were connected to the I2C bus, as accessing one device would prevent access to the others.
At AB Electronics UK, we have always focused on the Raspberry Pi when developing our development boards. However that does not mean we ignore all the other great small board computers available today.
We test our boards on a wide range of computer platforms from companies like Orange Pi, Odroid and Asus, and if they work together, we add them to the compatibility list on each of our product pages.
One computer that recently caught our eye is the Radxa X2L. Radxa are best known for their Rock series of ARM based computers that share many characteristics of the Raspberry Pi. For the X2L, Radxa took a different approach.
We launched our first Python library in 2013 to provide software support for our first two Raspberry Pi development boards, the ADC Pi, and Servo Pi. Since then, we have made over 300 changes to the Python library adding new development boards and demo files and improving the performance of the code. There were also a few bug fixes as well.
Today we have made another update to the library, adding support for Python Build and Installer. This replaces the setup.py script which was previously used for installing the library.
We have added a new tutorial to our Knowledge Base for Home Assistant.
Our new tutorial goes through the steps needed to integrate 1-Wire sensors with Home Assistant using our popular 1 Wire Pi Plus and 1 Wire Pi Zero development boards. Using a Raspberry Pi or other compatible small board computer you can connect a wide range of sensors and devices to Home Assistant over a 1-Wire network.
We recently had the chance to test the new Raspberry Pi 5 to see if it works well with our expansion boards. Our main goal was to make sure our products are compatible with this latest version of the Raspberry Pi. Here’s what we found out.
We are excited to share that we have added new tutorials for Home Assistant in our knowledge base. These guides are designed to help you set up and use Home Assistant with your Raspberry Pi and our expansion boards.
We've written guides to help you integrate our Raspberry Pi development boards, ADC Pi, ADC Differential Pi, and IO Pi Plus, into the Home Assistant platform.
We have also been hard at work behind the scenes over the past few months, ensuring our knowledge base is up to date with the latest updates to the Raspberry Pi and other small board computer platforms. We've updated all our knowledge base articles to ensure compatibility with the newest version of Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm and other leading distributions on platforms like Orange Pi, Odroid, and Asus Tinkerboard.