Raspberry 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 MorePiCockpit MQTT currently offline (31.10.2022)
While rebooting our server, the MQTT container has started to experience issues – we are investigating, unfortunately we currently have an unscheduled down-time. The Raspberry Pi Reservation tool is not affected by this. We will update this blog post once the issue is resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience! Update 1.11.2022: problem is solved! The…
Read MorePiCockpit v2.6.0 released
PiCockpit v2.6.0 is here 🙂 It sports a fresh new look, which integrates our main front page with the actual PiCockpit service. This way, you’ll have more space – your screen estate is used in a wiser fashion. Here are some navigation pointers to be able to use the new version effectively: Exciting changes under…
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 MoreWhich programming language should you use for a 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…
Read MoreCoolers, Calculators, and Trackers: Raspberry Pi project ideas
Here are some fantastic Raspberry Pi project ideas! Whisky Flask Cooler What happens if you can’t get a heat sink in time for your project, but want to start immediately? How about liquid-cooling? A guy named Joel posted this cooling solution with the Raspberry Pi 4. According to Joel’s blog, he started using his Raspberry…
Read MoreControl a servo with Raspberry Pi Pico W and PWM
A servo is one of the most fundamental ways to learn to use pulse width modulation (PWM) with the Raspberry Pi. In this article, I’m going to show you how to do this with a Raspberry Pi Pico W. PWM tutorial objectives Parts needed What is pulse width modulation? Children find it amusing to switch…
Read MoreRaspberry Pi alternatives in 2022
At some point in your tinkering journey, you might meet up with the limits of the Raspberry Pi. While the Raspberry Pi’s microcomputers and microcontrollers are very dynamic tools that can help you complete different projects, some other tools are more specialized and are better for specific projects. In addition, there’s still a shortage out…
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