Last in my mailbag of Cytron Technologies goodies, this is the Maker Pi RP2040. It has clearly been designed to get you going with your robotics journey and to give you the ability to add all sorts of inputs and…
Also in my review box from Cytron (along with yesterday’s Edu:Bit) was a Maker Pi Pico. This is a board that houses a Raspberry Pi Pico and measures approximately 95mm x 70mm. The version I’ve got is the ordinary Maker…
I’m trying something new out – a sort-of digest of Pi-related things I’ve found this week. Let me know what you think of the idea of these combined posts in the comments! 🙂 Air quality lamp Guillaume Slizewicz has created…
Miguel Grinberg has written a really great beginners’ tutorial to the world of USB HID using the Raspberry Pi Pico. For this project, he adds a Pico to a breadboard then hooks up a simple momentary button. Pressing the button…
David Booth is here with another guest post. This time a custom temperature sensor using a Raspberry Pi Pico and a self-designed PCB. Overview A custom, low power temperature sensor powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico with an LCD display…
Spencer Organ recently went to the virtual Preston Raspberry Jam which had a gardening theme to talk about his project – a Raspberry Pi Pico watering can. You can see the innards above. Costing under £15, the project helps to…
Tony Goodhew has been in touch about some experiments he has run on the new, low-cost Maker Pi Pico from Cytron. TL;DR – here’s the Instructable. In the UK, the Maker Pi Pico is available from The Pi Hut (also…
During March, and for the past week as well, I’ve been working on the latest iteration of my Picorder project. This project, which has been my “go-to project” for the past 9 years (gulp!) is now running from a Raspberry…
It’s always nice when something new arrives in the post and it’s unexpected! Andrew Gale from PocketMoneyTronics has done great things in the past with his subscription-based soldering kits. This time, he has created a carrier board for the Raspberry…
There are, of course, many options when it comes to editing files. Raspberry Pi’s suggested way of coding for the Raspberry Pi Pico is to use Visual Studio Code. I must admit, I struggled to get on with it. In…
