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News and updates from AB Electronics UK

NTP Server using Raspberry Pi and GPS Module

03 Jan 2014

Gavin Andrews has found a very interesting way to use our Com Pi or Serial Pi board with a GPS module to use the Raspberry Pi as a NTP server. Read more at his blog http://aardvarklabs.wordpress.com/2013/12/29/ntp-server-using-raspberry-pi-and-vp-oncore-gps-module-part-1/ ...

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VAT and shop prices

01 Jan 2014

From the 1st January 2014 we will be adding UK VAT at 20% to our orders as we have now had to register for VAT with the United Kingdom tax office. We are currently waiting for our VAT number to arrive but we have been told that VAT will need to be added to our orders from the 1st January which...

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Raspberry Pi with DAC and oscilloscope images

17 Dec 2013

We have been playing with the XY mode on my scope and an ADC/DAC Pi board to generate shapes on the Raspberry Pi and oscilloscope screen. ...

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Customer Email Problems

16 Dec 2013

Due to problems with customer’s not receiving emails from us for their order confirmations and other order related emails we are no longer able to accept orders from customers who are using email services using the following domain names. att.net / .com ameritech.net /...

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New ADC Pi and Delta Sigma Pi kernel driver

15 Sep 2013

Angelo Compagnucci has written a kernel driver for the Microchip's MCP3422, MCP3423, MCP3424 high resolution ADC chips and this is compatible with the ADC Pi or Delta Sigma Pi extensions boards from AB electronics. Detailed instructions for the installation and usage of the new kernel driver...

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Pt1000 thermistor with the ADC Pi V2

12 Sep 2013

This post was submitted by Craig Edwards Dagda who has been using a Pt1000 thermistor with the ADC Pi V2 board and was getting unexpected results and explains how he resolved the problems: Here is what I’m doing. I wanted to use a Pt1000 thermistor to take temperature readings, sounds...

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