Klikaan Klikuit, RFXcom and Raspberry Pi made simple

When I got my RFXcom I spend multiple hours to figure out how to use it together with my klikaan klikuit (KAKU) 433 MHz devices. In the end it appeared to be very, very simple.

Send a message to your KAKU device in python 3:

import serial
message = '0B11000200AAD51E09010F70'
serial_device = '/dev/ttyUSB0'
serial_rate = 38400
serial_timeout = 9
port = serial.Serial(serial_device, serial_rate, timeout=serial_timeout)
port.write(bytes.fromhex(message))

On a windows PC serial_device should be something like ‘COM4’. Continue reading “Klikaan Klikuit, RFXcom and Raspberry Pi made simple”

Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums of all time in Spotify

In September 2020 Rolling Stone magazine published a list with the 500 greatest albums of all time. The list was created by artists, producers, critics, and people from the music industry.

On a lazy afternoon I made a script that creates a sortable list of these albums with links to Spotify. This is the only list you need if you want to explore new music. Sorry, I meant old music of course. There’s a histogram of release years at the bottom. The albums are predominantly from a few decades ago.

Thanks to the developers of spotipy. Enjoy! Continue reading “Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums of all time in Spotify”