At the moment, I am trying to combine several different products – sensors, displays – into a project for the Raspberry Pi Pico. One of them is the Breakout Garden 11×7 Matrix from Pimoroni. I’ve chosen to use CircuitPython as…
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Using CircuitPython with the Raspberry Pi Pico’s PIO functionality
Jeff Epler over at Adafruit has written an excellent guide to using the Pico’s PIO functionality in combination with CircuitPython. As he points out, CircuitPython sometimes interacts differently with the PIO than standard MicroPython, so this guide was necessary to…
Your horse runs like the wind with this Raspberry Pi Pico-driven animation
Hari Wiguna has taken a Raspberry Pi Pico and a small SSD1306 OLED display and created a lovely animation project. It features the stop-motion frames from the galloping horse animation cards by Eadweard Muybridge and uses CircuitPython to do the…
Using a DS18B20 one-wire temperature sensor with a Raspberry Pi Pico
I’ve just found this simple tutorial for using a “one-wire” temperature sensor with the Pico. The author has used a breakout module that includes the necessary resistor to stabilise the signal, but has also given instructions for wiring up the…
Play Hunt the Wumpus with your Raspberry Pi Pico
Tony Smith (aka SmittyTone) has created a version of the game Hunt the Wumpus for the Raspberry Pi Pico, programmed in C. He’s used an 8×8 LED matrix display (with I2C backpack) for the display then added a joystick, another…
Drive servos, steppers, DC motors and solenoids with the Raspberry Pi Pico and CircuitPython with this great guide from Adafruit
Adafruit have produced some exceptional tutorials/guides over the years and it appears that they are doing a sterling job on new guides for the Raspberry Pi Pico. Their latest guide shows you to how to hook up a Raspberry Pi…
Run a v7 Unix clone on your Raspberry Pi Pico – take a look at this experiment using Fuzix
David Given has been working on porting the Fuzix operating system to various microcontrollers and he wondered if he could get it working on the Raspberry Pi Pico. He’s described Fuzix in the following terms: Fuzix is a proper Unix,…
Add LoRaWAN support to your Raspberry Pi Pico with this tutorial
Mauro Riva has written an excellent tutorial on adding LoRaWAN support to the Raspberry Pi Pico using a cheap Lora board and custom MicroPython firmware. He details how to connect the Lora board up to the Pico before going on…
Conway’s Game of Life on a Pimoroni Pico Scroll Pack (and other accessories!)
Tony Goodhew got in touch and told me about Steve Baines’ effort to get the famous Conway’s Game of Life running on the Raspberry Pi Pico with a Pimoroni Pico Unicorn Pack attached. You can see Steve’s original script on…
Use an MCP3008 analog to digital chip to expand the Raspberry Pi Pico’s analog reading capabilities
Back in 2013, I covered Matt Hawkins’ excellent post about using an MCP3008 analog-to-digital chip with a Raspberry Pi to read analog values, something that the Pi was previously incapable of doing. Now, we have the Raspberry Pi Pico which…