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.
Vizy Review: Raspberry Pi Computer Vision Made Simple By Les Pounder published 16 April 22 Starting at $259, Vizy provides a fun introduction to AI, machine learning and computer vision wrapped up in a bright green case.
Raspberry Pi Barcode Reader HAT Review By Les Pounder published 3 April 22 The humble barcode is an amazing form of input, and the latest HAT from SB Components takes advantage of it for our Raspberry Pi projects.
Cyntech Raspberry Pi 4 Case and Heatsink Review By Les Pounder published 27 March 22 A low cost case for your Raspberry Pi 4 which boasts an aluminum heatsink but sub par cooling performance.
Pimoroni Badger 2040 Review: A Wearable Screen By Les Pounder published 20 March 22 The latest RP2040 board from Pimoroni is crowned by a gorgeous 2.9-inch e-paper display. But this is much more than just a geeky conference badge, this is a tiny, low power information console.
Argon EON Review: Turns Raspberry Pi Into a NAS By Les Pounder published 6 March 22 Resembling a sci-fi prop, Argon 40’s latest Raspberry Pi case is much more than a case. It is a full NAS solution powered by the mighty Raspberry Pi 4.
RP2040 Stamp Review: Condensed Pico Platform By Les Pounder published 26 February 22 Powered by the RP2040, Solder Party’s RP2040 Stamp is designed to be the heart and soul of your next project. We get all of the GPIO pins, convenient LiPo support and a NeoPixel to sweeten the deal.
Cytron Maker Nano RP2040 Review: Small and Feature Packed By Les Pounder published 6 February 22 Cytron’s Maker Nano RP2040 is a small, RP2040-powered microcontroller that is packed with features for new and seasoned makers.
Adafruit KB2040 Review: Custom Keyboard Creator By Les Pounder published 9 January 22 A $9 RP2040 based board that brings CircuitPython to the keyboard world. Build your own custom keyboards with extra features thanks to Stemma QT.
Pimoroni Trilobot Review: Powerful and Affordable Pi Robot By Les Pounder published 28 December 21 Simple to build and code, Trilobot from Pimoroni is an excellent platform for building your first, or your latest Raspberry Pi powered robot.
Pimoroni Interstate 75 Review: Control LED Matrixes with RP2040 By Les Pounder published 26 December 21 Powered by an RP2040 SoC, this board can light up to four HUB75 LED matrixes.
Retroflag SuperPi 4 Case Review By Les Pounder published 4 December 21 Inside this lovely Super Nintendo case is the Raspberry Pi 4 and with this much power we can emulate many classic consoles and computers from the 1980s to the early 2000s.
Arducam High-Resolution Auto-focus Camera for Raspberry Pi Review (Updated) By Les Pounder published 30 November 21 One camera to rule them all
Cytron Maker HAT Base Review: Low Cost Electronics Lab By Les Pounder published 21 November 21 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.
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Review: The Long Awaited Sequel By Les Pounder published 28 October 21 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 Review: Tiny Console for Big Ideas By Les Pounder published 23 October 21 A pocket sized handheld games console powered by the Raspberry Pi RP2040 and your coding skills.
Raspberry Pi Build HAT Review: Combine Lego Kits with Pi (Updated) By Les Pounder published 19 October 21 Lego and Raspberry Pi working together is the “superband” of educational electronics.
Seeed XIAO RP2040 Review: $5 Brain Food By Les Pounder published 25 September 21 $5 won’t get you very far, but with Seeed’s latest RP2040 based board it can open a world of electronics and fun.
MakerDisk Review: microSDs and SSDs Made for Raspberry Pi By Les Pounder published 12 September 21 We test out MakerDisk’s line of microSD cards and SSDs, all of which come with Raspberry Pi OS preloaded.