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Tony Goodhew has written up a great Instructable<\/a> to help you get the most out of the Pimoroni Pico Explorer<\/a> using the Pimoroni MicroPython firmware.<\/p>\n

He uses the screen to do various drawing exercises at a low level (circles, squares, that sort of thing) and also some mathematical function rendering. He finishes off by taking a potentiometer and an LED, using them in combination with PWM to create a dimmable lamp with a graphical readout of the pot level on the screen. You can take a look at the Instructable here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tony Goodhew has written up a great Instructable to help you get the most out of the Pimoroni Pico Explorer using the Pimoroni MicroPython firmware. He uses the screen to do various drawing exercises at a low level (circles, squares,…<\/p>\n

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