Posts by Xuyun Zeng
Why are Raspberry Pi prices so high? Will it improve?
Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton has released some good news about supply gradually returning to normal levels in 2023. That’s good news for all of us because Raspberry Pi enthusiasts have paid inflated prices for Raspberry Pis for a long time. Pandemic prices of the Raspberry Pi Let’s look at the prices of various Raspberry…
Read MoreWhat does 2023 look like for Raspberry Pi stock?
Raspberry Pi has just released an optimistic outlook for non-business customers looking to buy Raspberry Pi stocks in 2023. Of course, by stocks, we don’t mean ETFs or something like this. We mean real, solid hardware: Raspberry Pis! Writing this on Dec. 12, 2022, CEO Eben Upton has spelled out various forecasts for 2023. Here’s…
Read MoreRaspberry Pi projects: Alpakka game controller, blackout logger & light meter
Check out these three cool Raspberry Pi projects! Alpakka controller for the Pico If you’ve ever wanted a controller, you could of course go out and buy one. But we’re Raspberry Pi enthusiasts! We’ll do stuff that’s 100 times harder because it’s 100 times more fun! So, scrap that Logitech gamepad order and build an…
Read MoreQuo vadis, Raspberry Pi? Eben Upton’s 2022 interviews
2022 is a special year for the Raspberry Pi as it reaches its 10th year of existence and we thought it high time to talk about the future of Raspberry Pi by covering some interview highlights from Eben Upton. It remains one of the most unusual years in its history too. If you wanted one…
Read MoreRaspberry Pi Pico W captive portal (hotspot access point pop-up)
I took the time to figure out how to create a captive portal for the Raspberry Pi Pico W for you! What does a captive portal do? When you log onto a Pico W that’s acting as an access point, you will not get a web page served to you. If you wanted to visit…
Read MoreRaspberry Pi Pico W beginners’ components tutorial
This Raspberry Pi Pico W Beginners Components Tutorial will teach you how to interact with the microcontroller to interact with simple components such as LEDs, ultrasonic sensors and many other items found in a beginner’s kit. If you are a complete beginner, this tutorial will help you understand MicroPython so that you can read, write…
Read MoreRaspberry Pi project ideas: Reanimating the Retro!
Here are some new and exciting Raspberry Pi projects that find ways of reanimating the retro! Interactive fiction games with Raspberry Pi Pico Eric Badger has created the BadgerFrotz, which allows you to play Interactive Fiction games like Zork. Eric built this system by porting the Frotz Z-Machine port which is an interpreter for all…
Read MoreIs it better to fly to the UK to buy a Raspberry Pi?
Have you heard of a term called “medical tourism” where people fly to a place to get treatment that’s out of reach in their home countries? What about “fly to buy a pi” tourism? Raspberry Pis have certainly gone out of reach with the shortages in 2022 which will probably bleed into 2023. So, is…
Read MoreRaspberry Pi project ideas: increase your productivity
There are too many distractions out there and sometimes I wonder if what I need is a Pomodoro timer. No matter what – I know that what I really need are more Raspberry Pi project ideas! In this article, I will examine the different approaches to building a Pomodoro timer with the Raspberry Pi and…
Read MoreWhat programming language should you use with the Raspberry Pi?
If you are new to the Raspberry Pi, you might find yourself at the crossroads of choosing a programming language to learn. There are so many languages out there and what you decide to learn will have a profound effect on what you can do. So, let’s take a look at the languages you can…
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