Leon Heller
leonheller.bsky.social
Leon Heller
@leonheller.bsky.social
Retired engineering psychologist and embedded systems designer. Long-term sufferer from Crohn's disease. Living in St. Leonards-on-Sea, E. Sussex, UK. Licensed radio amateur - G1HSM.
@g1hhh.bsky.social HERC website:

Hastings Electronics and Radio Club - Hastings Electronics and Radio Club - HERC share.google/TX8AhFPUesty...
Hastings Electronics and Radio Club - Hastings Electronics and Radio Club - HERC
Hastings Electronics and Radio Club - Hastings Electronics and Radio Club - HERC
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October 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
@g1hhh.bsky.social The club's website:

Hastings Electronics and Radio Club - Hastings Electronics and Radio Club - HERC share.google/DkvRbnvQxdZ1...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
www.science.org
July 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
My old Yahoo Geocities website has been archived here:

geocities.ws/leon_heller

Don't look at it with an Android phone, it's been infected by a virus and will try to put malware on your device. A Windows machine is fine. I've told them about it. A Windows system is fine.
I am an engineering psychologist who enjoys playing about with computer hardware and software.
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December 6, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Two of the new Pimoroni Tiny2350s delivered today. Tried overclocking one of them - 300 MHz was OK, but 400 bricked the board. Recovered with flash_nuke.uf2.
December 6, 2024 at 10:15 PM
The latest MicroPython file from Raspberry Pi also works with WiFi on the Pico 2 W. Shouldn't be long before it is released officially by MicroPython.
December 4, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Got WiFi working on the new Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W board. Needed the latest uf2 file from Pimoroni:

github.com/pimoroni/pim...
Release v0.0.11 - Pico 2 W Is Officially A Thing Now · pimoroni/pimoroni-pico-rp2350
This is an experimental release, cleaning up our Pico 2 and Pico 2 W builds now there are - reasonably - final authoritative configurations for these in Pico SDK 2.1.0 and almost-in-MicroPython. Pi...
github.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:06 PM
My new HP Pavilion X360 laptop has been delivered! Windows 11, of course. Very easy to get it going. I'll be putting Linux on my old Dell laptop.
November 27, 2024 at 1:34 PM
New Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W received from Pimoroni. MicroPython installed - flashing LED.
November 26, 2024 at 9:51 PM
November 25, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Greylag goose in St James Park, London.
November 23, 2024 at 3:46 PM
My late cat, Babbage. He could be quite vicious, but I miss him.
November 23, 2024 at 3:39 PM
I collect embarrassing pics of Donald Minihands, my nickname for the President-Elect, and his acolytes. Here's a couple:

The second one is Vance at high school.
November 22, 2024 at 4:20 PM
I'm a big fan of Powell and Pressburger. The BBC has been streaming their films as well as a two hour documentary by Scorcese.
November 22, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Just created @g1hhh.bsky.social for the Hastings Electronics and Radio Club (HERC). G1HHH is one of the club call signs.

Club website: www.hastings-electronics-radio-club.com
Hastings Electronics and Radio Club - Hastings Electronics and Radio Club - HERC
Hastings Electronics and Radio Club - Hastings Electronics and Radio Club - HERC
www.hastings-electronics-radio-club.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:01 AM
@gx3bay.bsky.social

Hello Linda.

I'll add our club to Bluesky.
November 22, 2024 at 9:02 AM
My blog with several items about the low-cost Sipeed FPGA boards:

G1HSM.blogspot.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:12 PM
My Sipeed Tang Primer 25K FPGA system.
November 20, 2024 at 1:35 PM