Author: Frank Delporte

Author of Getting Started with Java on Raspberry Pi" which is for sale on Leanpub (ebook) and Elektor (paper book). Software developer/technical lead/writer with more than 20 years of experience in video, multimedia, technical project management, digital signage, and (web) programming. Since 2010 I work for Televic Rail in Izegem, Belgium. My current work tools are Java/Git/Atlassian/IntelliJ IDEA/Visual Studio Code, but also use/used ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, Angular, SQL Server, Flex, CSS, HTML5, Eclipse, QT,… I love to KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) and try to do this in everything I do.

Controlling a LED number display with JavaFX and Python on Raspberry Pi

In my book I explain the use of bits and bytes by using a shift register SN74HC595 IC and 5101AS LED number display.

Controlling Arduino with Mosquitto and JavaFX on Raspberry Pi

One of the example applications in my book “Getting started with Java on the Raspberry Pi” combines a JavaFX application with Mosquitto on the Raspberry Pi to control a LED strip with an Arduino. All wireless and independent of each other as the Mosquitto-queue is dealing with exchange commands between all applications.