Raspberry Pi Dispatch: Have the “Million-Unit Months” Begun?
Roughly two months ago, David Bombal interviewed Eben Upton on his YouTube channel. In the interview, he made it clear that in the first quarter of 2023, production was lower than it had been since 2015. However, Upton stated that things were turning around last quarter and would be in full swing by July. We…
Read MoreParagon Project: Feeding Birds with a Raspberry Pi
Birders (and birds) rejoice! With this smart bird feeder, you can now feed birds and inconspicuously watch them, while even learning about them – all with your Raspberry Pi! On Reddit, hermy65 came up with this fantastic project – a smart bird feeder using WhosAtMyFeeder, a popular app that uses images from Frigate, an open-source…
Read MoreWhat’s the difference between CPython, MicroPython, & CircuitPython anyway?
CPython, MicroPython, and CircuitPython hold a dear place in the hearts of many a tinkerer. But it’s not always clear what the differences are. And if you’re messing around with microcontrollers for the first time, these distinctions can play a key role in understanding what’s up with your code. So, in this article, I will…
Read More9 Tricks with the Python REPL
Of course, the Pi in Raspberry Pi comes from Python, one of the most popular programming languages in the world and especially popular among tinkerers and makers. In this post, I want to give you 9 tricks and tips with the Python REPL – but don’t worry if you’re not super familiar with Python or…
Read MoreEverything about Bluetooth on the Raspberry Pi Pico W
The Raspberry Pi Foundation recently announced Bluetooth support with the release of the C/C++ SDK version 1.5.1 with a new release of the C/C++ SDK and of Micropython on the Pico W. And guess what! If you have a Pico W, you don’t need to purchase a new one. And if you don’t have a…
Read MoreEverything about Sound Output Using the Pico W
The Raspberry Pi Pico W is a powerful microcontroller board built around the Raspberry Pi’s very own microcontroller chip, the RP2040. You can check out a selection of RP2040-based microcontroller boards here or keep reading to find out everything you need to know about sound output using the Pico W. Have you ever considered making…
Read MoreRaspiGPT – Build an AI assistant
With the meteoric rise of language models such as GPT-4 we wanted to bring the power of AI to PiCockpit. So our developer Chloe designed the new RaspiGPT Tool for PiCockpit, which is a GPT based AI assistant. It’s purpose is to answer Rasperry Pi related questions right here in PiCockpit. Of course if you…
Read MorePiCockpit v2.7.3 released
A new month, and a new PiCockpit release! Behind the scenes, we’ve hired a new developer to work on PiCockpit, so speed of development should pick up now, and many great things are planned. But first, some more housekeeping-type of work needs to be done. This release is such a release – it is the…
Read MorePiCockpit v2.7.2 released
PiCockpit v2.7.2 is here, and the interface is faster and smoother yet again! Important Be sure to empty your browser cache / force-reload the page, as PiCockpit requires new JavaScript code to run! Translation updates The translation buttons have been updated to show the currently active translation. More German translation has been added, the entire…
Read MorePiCockpit v2.7.1
This is a small bug-fix release, as we noticed that the reset user password feature kept running into a snag. So with v2.7.1, the reset user password feature should now work again! The necessary code to fix this bug was introduced in v2.7.0 already, but there was still one line of code which was working…
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