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Les Pounder
Les Pounder

Les Pounder is an associate editor at Tom's Hardware. He is a creative technologist and for seven years has created projects to educate and inspire minds both young and old. He has worked with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to write and deliver their teacher training program "Picademy".

Articles by: Les Pounder

Cytron Maker HAT Base

Cytron Maker HAT Base Review: Low Cost Electronics Lab

By Les Pounder

At $10 this is an exceptional board for those learning electronics with the Raspberry Pi. Experienced users will also press this board into service to “hack” their HATs.

Stream Xbox Cloud Gaming with Raspberry Pi

How To Stream Xbox Cloud Gaming with Raspberry Pi

By Les Pounder

Raspberry Pi OS “Bullseye” sees a hardware accelerated web browser open up the possibilities of the $35 computer. Now we can stream the latest games using Xbox’s cloud gaming service.

Adafruit pink PCBs

Adafruit to Release Pink RP2040 Based Boards

By Les Pounder

Standing out from a sea of RP2040 boards, Adafruit is migrating its RP2040 range of boards to a rather punky pink.

Use Raspberry Pi Camera with Bullseye

How To Use Raspberry Pi Cameras with Bullseye

By Les Pounder

The new Raspberry Pi OS requires you to use the libcamera library instead of raspistill. Here’s how.

Raspberry Pi Bullseye

Raspberry Pi Bullseye OS Tested: You May Want to Wait

By Les Pounder

Based upon Debian 11, the latest Raspberry Pi OS update sees more behind the scenes changes and a few changes for the end user. Both good and bad.

Best Raspberry Pi HATs

Best Raspberry Pi HATs: Expansion Boards for Every Project

By Les Pounder

Raspberry Pi HATs let you add lights, motors, sensors and more.

Upgrade Raspberry Pi OS to Bullseye

How To Upgrade Raspberry Pi OS to Bullseye from Buster

By Les Pounder

The latest Raspberry Pi OS is out and you can easily upgrade your existing installation with just a few commands.

Best RP2040 Boards

Best RP2040 Boards 2021

By Les Pounder

In such a short space of time, the RP2040 has disrupted the microcontroller community and we now have a smörgåsbord of RP2040 boards to choose from.

Raspberry Pi Cases

The Best Raspberry Pi Cases

By Les Pounder, Avram Piltch

Find the right case for your Raspberry Pi.

Cytron Maker Pi Pico

Best Raspberry Pi Pico Accessories and Add-Ons 2021

By Les Pounder

You’ve got the Raspberry Pi Pico, but what accessories do you need to get the most from this board?

The SoC From a Pi 4 Model B

New Raspberry Pi OS Includes Hidden Speed Boost and 64-Bit Option

By Les Pounder

A new Raspberry Pi OS, based upon Debian 'Bullseye' is announced and it sees a number of changes and improvements over the older release.

Bypass Windows 11 TPM

How to Bypass Windows 11's TPM, CPU and RAM Requirements

By Avram Piltch, Les Pounder

A simple utility allows you to upgrade to Windows 11, even if you don't have TPM.

A collection of Raspberry Pi boards

Pi Cast Special: Eben Upton Talks Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

By Les Pounder

The $15 Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W sees the Zero receive a speed boost after six long years

X-ray images of the new Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

New Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Has an Easter Egg

By Les Pounder

Jeff Geerling X-rays the latest Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and spots an Easter egg hidden under a new package.

How to Overclock A Raspberry Pi Zero 2

How to Overclock A Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

By Les Pounder

The latest Raspberry Pi overclocked for the best possible performance.

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Review: The Long Awaited Sequel

By Les Pounder

The long awaited update for the Raspberry Pi Zero W sees the same quad-core CPU as found in the Raspberry Pi 3. But don’t expect the same performance.

Pimoroni PicoSystem

Pimoroni PicoSystem Review: Tiny Console for Big Ideas

By Les Pounder

A pocket sized handheld games console powered by the Raspberry Pi RP2040 and your coding skills.

A corner of the Pi 4 board, showing the SoC.

Raspberry Pi 4 Sees Price Increase, Global Supply Chain to Blame

By Les Pounder

For the first time in its history, Raspberry Pi has revised upward the price of its Raspberry Pi SBC. The global supply shortage is to blame, and Eben Upton offers guidance for industrial customers.

Raspberry Pi Build HAT Tutorial

How to Use Raspberry Pi Build HAT: Create a Color Sensing Rig

By Les Pounder

The latest add on sees the popular Raspberry Pi finally gain official support for Lego accessories so we built a color detecting rig that merges Raspberry Pi, HATs and Lego into one project.

Raspberry Pi Build HAT

Raspberry Pi Build HAT Review: Combine Lego Kits with Pi (Updated)

By Les Pounder

Lego and Raspberry Pi working together is the “superband” of educational electronics.

Rufus Windows 11

How to Run Windows 11 on a USB Drive (and Take it With You)

By Les Pounder

You can create a live, bootable Windows 11 USB and take your OS and programs with you from computer to computer.

A corner of the Pi 4 board, showing the SoC.

Raspberry Pi Launches New Website For Its Hardware

By Les Pounder

Raspberrypi.com will cover hardware while the .org offers educational resources.

Raspberry Pi Sense HAT

How To Use The Raspberry Pi Sense HAT

By Les Pounder

With the news that two Raspberry Pi 4 are heading to space housed inside custom designed “space grade” aluminum enclosures we looked at the Sense HAT, the board which makes all of this possible.

Seeed XIAO RP2040

Seeed XIAO RP2040 Review: $5 Brain Food

By Les Pounder

$5 won’t get you very far, but with Seeed’s latest RP2040 based board it can open a world of electronics and fun.

Windows 11 on a Raspberry Pi 4

How to Install Windows 11 on a Raspberry Pi 4 (Updated)

By Les Pounder

Learn how to install a full Windows 11, tweak the configuration to get the best performance from your Raspberry Pi 4 and get online with a full Windows experience.