How To Build a Raspberry Pi Pico W Web App With Anvil By Les Pounder published 9 July 22 Integrate the $6 Raspberry Pi Pico W into a web app with the help of Anvil and a little Python code.
How to Use X Forwarding to Run GUI Apps via SSH By Les Pounder last updated 7 July 22 Forwarding an X session over SSH brings a remote GUI application to your desktop, so now all of your apps are in one place, and not in random VNC sessions.
How To Scan For Devices on Your Network By Les Pounder published 6 July 22 Scan your network and discover the devices that reside within it.
Anvil Announce Secure Raspberry Pi Pico W IoT Toolkit By Les Pounder published 6 July 22 Anvil is a web application development toolkit which uses Python to create applications. The Pico W toolkit brings the $6 microcontroller into the Anvil ecosystem.
How to Use SSH to Connect to Remote Computers Using Windows, Linux or macOS By Les Pounder published 4 July 22 SSH is often taken for granted. It provides a simple and secure means to remotely connect to servers and devices enabling users to control a device from great distances.
Elecfreaks Pico:ed Review: RP2040 in a Micro:Bit Form Factor By Les Pounder published 2 July 22 It may look like a micro:bit but Elecfreaks Pico:ed is powered by Raspberry Pi’s RP2040 and ready to introduce the world of electronics to the classroom.
How to Connect Raspberry Pi Pico W to the Internet By Les Pounder published 30 June 22 Using the latest $6 Raspberry Pi Pico W we find out how many astronauts are on the International Space Station, and learn their names.
Where to Buy the Raspberry Pi Pico W By Les Pounder last updated 30 June 22 Wi-Fi finally makes its way to the Raspberry Pi Pico, and for just $6 we have quite the IoT platform for makers
Raspberry Pi Pico W Review: Built-in Wi-Fi Comes to Pico By Les Pounder last updated 30 June 22 The Raspberry Pi Pico W gives us the same form factor and performance as its predecessor, but adds onboard Wi-Fi for just $2 more.
Resistor Color Code Decoder: 10K, 220 Ohm, More By Les Pounder last updated 28 July 22 Learn how to read the 4 or 5-band resistor color codes that show Ohm value. See specific codes for 10K, 220 Ohm and other popular resistor capacities.
Khadas VIM4 Review: Faster Than a Raspberry Pi By Les Pounder published 14 June 22 More powerful than the Raspberry Pi 4, and just as easy to use. The Khadas VIM4 is more expensive but that cost translates to more power in a familiar form factor.
How to Use Nohup to Run Linux Scripts Unattended By Les Pounder published 13 June 22 Nohup is a command which prevents commands / scripts from stopping should we close a terminal window / SSH session.
Another Mysterious New Raspberry Pi Compute Module Appears By Les Pounder last updated 9 June 22 The Compute Module 3E appears to be a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, but in a SODIMM package.
How To Use Resistors in a Project By Les Pounder published 5 June 22 Resistance is futi… Voltage divided by Current
How to Make CircuitPython Projects on a Chromebook with Raspberry Pi Pico By Les Pounder published 29 May 22 Learning to code with the Raspberry Pi Pico is now even easier thanks to CircuitPython and low cost Chrome devices.
Render Shows New Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Alternative From Banana Pi By Les Pounder published 24 May 22 Banana Pi release a render of its upcoming Compute Module 4 alternative board, designed to be a drop-in replacement for the hard to find board.
How to Create Executable Applications in Python By Les Pounder published 22 May 22 Building your own executable Python applications is now just a matter of a few clicks and a little patience.
How To Control Neopixels with BASIC on Raspberry Pi Pico By Les Pounder published 17 May 22 In the 1980s, the home computer scene was dominated by BASIC, and now the $4 Raspberry Pi Pico gets a taste of the eighties.
Getting To Know the Linux Filesystem By Les Pounder published 14 May 22 It may look intimidating, but the Linux filesystem isn’t a maze of dead ends. Here’s the map that you need to learn more about an OS that runs on computers big and small.
How To Play Steam Games on a Chromebook By Les Pounder last updated 10 May 22 Using a low-cost Chromebook, the Android Steam Link client and a Bluetooth controller we can game in comfort.
How To Install Third-Party Linux Applications with Deb-Get By Les Pounder last updated 14 May 22 Manage your third party applications as easily as software from the official repositories with deb-get.
How to Save Disk Space in Raspberry Pi OS and Purge Bloat By Les Pounder last updated 17 May 22 Identify and remove the packages that bloat your Raspberry Pi OS installation. All you need are a few commands and a little Linux know-how.
Tom’s Hardware Innovation Awards 2022: Game Changers By Avram Piltch last updated 26 April 22 We celebrate the most groundbreaking gear of the last year, highlighting everything from high-tech webcams to handheld PCs.
Pimoroni Servo 2040 Review: Control up to 18 Servos with RP2040 By Les Pounder published 24 April 22 The RP2040 is a jack-of-all-trades, and a master of all. Servo 2040 sees the chip controlling 18 servos, and reading six inputs all at once.
SB Components StackyPi Review: RP2040 Board Looks Like Pi Zero By Les Pounder published 20 April 22 It may not be the first product to use the form factor, but StackyPi offers an interesting, if tricky way to use Raspberry Pi HATs with the RP2040 SoC.