Author Archives: Dav Stott

About Dav Stott

Dav Stott is a 30-something computer systems engineer. When he's not getting carried away learning some whizzy new technology, he's taking photos of the things he's cooked up in the kitchen, learning about the world of whisky or out hill walking. Occasionally he writes about it.

Raspberry Pi Infrared Range Sensing

The ultrasound range sensor I’m using has a minimum range of about 16cm, but I thought it would be interesting for my robot to sense objects more closely than that. Sharp have a range of three Infrared Range sensors that are very popular and fairly easy to interface to a Raspberry Pi. I’ve chosen the GP2D120 because it’s got a supported range of 4cm to 30cm.

My Raspberry Pi connected to the Quick2Wire I2C ADC and a Sharp IR Ranger

My Raspberry Pi connected to the Quick2Wire I2C ADC and a Sharp IR Ranger

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Homemade salted caramel and honeycomb ice cream

Homemade salted caramel and honeycomb ice cream, by .

Homemade Salted Caramel and Honeycomb ice cream

Homemade Salted Caramel and Honeycomb ice cream

Spring is finally here! Lambs are gambolling in the field, birds are tweeting and the sun is actually casting a shadow, so that means it’s time for another batch of ice cream. This isn’t the first time I’ve made salted caramel ice cream, nor the first time I’ve made it all from scratch, but this is the first time I’ve written down the recipe so I don’t have to work it out next time. This combines the texture of a frozen custard with the caramel flavour and the popcorn crunch of honeycomb to make a frozen tasty treat that’s packed full of unhealthiness.

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