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Three Flavours of Development: IoTAS, pure Python and Native
photo – camknows When writing apps for Holiday, there are three paths you’ll be able to take, as we will be defining, implementing and documenting three different APIs. Each has their strengths and...
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MooresCloud Proudly Sponsors PyConAU
It’s no secret MooresCloud depends heavily on Python and local Python talent, so we’d like to announce our first official corporate sponsorship: as a Conference Contributor for PyConAU 2013. It’s our...
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MooresCloud events at PyConAU 2013
photo – gjcross If you’re attending PyConAU 2013 (and really, why wouldn’t you?), MooresCloud will be doing three separate events during the conference. Saturday Evening Dinner: MooresCloud co-founder...
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Powering Holiday from batteries
Our Holiday lights are designed to normally run from a 5V 3A mains power supply (we’ve been using the excellent Phihong PSAA15W-050V), but it is certainly possible to power them off a battery pack if...
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Holiday Hardware is Open Source
The Holiday controller is an open source hardware design, originally inspired by the Olimex OlinuXino (https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/iMX233/) – a Freescale iMX233 based embedded linux...
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Holideck – Development and Simulation for Holiday by MooresCloud
We want everyone to be able to develop applications for Holiday by MooresCloud; but we’re still about 12 weeks away from shipping our first units. In order to speed development (both internally and...
View ArticleUsing the RESTful API via PHP
There are two APIs you can use to manipulate the Holiday: the RESTful API, which has a bunch of methods or the SecretAPI, which uses crafted UDP packages to paint colours onto the Holiday light string...
View ArticleUsing the SecretAPI via PHP
There are two APIs you can use to manipulate the Holiday: the RESTful API, which has a bunch of methods or the SecretAPI, which uses crafted UDP packages to paint colours onto the Holiday light string...
View ArticleControlling a Holiday from a LEAP Motion
William Southers (@shoerust on Twitter) has connected his LEAP Motion device to Holiday by MooresCloud. The results are breathtaking: Minority Report, anyone? Update: Southers has posted the code on...
View ArticleA bit of NYE colour for Holiday!
Here’s a small Python program that uses the SecretAPI to send a stream of randomly coloured lights scrolling down your Holiday. Usage: python nye.py ip-address-of-holiday optional-frame-rate And here’s...
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