A snake with no name – Lambdas in Python (also functions and list comprehensions)

A snake with no name – Lambdas in Python (also functions and list comprehensions)

Sweet and short: Instead of a function you can write a single statement in Python as a lambda. Either is one either better or worse nor does one replace the other. They both have their place and intended use. Functions hopefully have describing names, are probably used multiple times and handle a specific part which…

“You won’t get IN with THIS E-Mail” – Python Regex to validate email (formally)

“You won’t get IN with THIS E-Mail” – Python Regex to validate email (formally)

Currently did some text analysis with Python and Regex. Came up with an E-Mail format validation method which could help you with the same problem and remind me of it in the future. Import package re and use the compile method to get a regex pattern with which you can match your desired String.For evaluation…

Knock-knock- a door or window sensor prototype in (Micro)Python on the Pico, D1 mini and Pi Zero

Knock-knock- a door or window sensor prototype in (Micro)Python on the Pico, D1 mini and Pi Zero

Jump to: Pico – D1 mini – Pi Zero Raspberry Pico A short Python implementation of a magnetic switch turning on a LED when it is not connected (e.g. window is opened). For simplicity reasons I used the builtin LED on the Pico. You have to use the pull=Pin.PULL_DOWN parameter for the input pin (sensor)….

It’s about time – how to auto-run your Python scripts on Raspberry Pi OS with Cron jobs

It’s about time – how to auto-run your Python scripts on Raspberry Pi OS with Cron jobs

This is a step by step reminder how to get your Python scripts run automatically on your Raspberry. We will be creating a cron job that is run once when booting. (This should be possible like this or pretty similar on every Linux distribution where Cron is available and is not limited to Python scripts…