Articles by: Les Pounder

Les Pounder 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 programme "Picademy".

Cosmic Unicorn Harnesses the Power of Raspberry Pi Pico W

By Les Pounder published 2 March 23

The latest Unicorn from Pimoroni sees the Raspberry Pi Pico W controlling 1,024 RGB LEDs in a densely packed board.

Neural Chip Plays Doom Using a Thousandth of a Watt

By Les Pounder published 1 March 23

Syntiant's NDP200 chip has learned to play Doom using just 1/1000th Watt of power.

Arduino Announces GIGA R1 WiFi, Its Most Powerful Board Yet

By Les Pounder published 1 March 23

Arduino announces the GIGA R1 WiFi, a board they claim is its most powerful yet and features a dual core Arm microcontroller.

Darko Mesaros deploys Kubernetes using a TRS-80 Model 102 and a Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Helps TRS-80 Model 102 Deploy Kubernetes

By Les Pounder published 27 February 23

The TRS-80 Model 102 is a classic computer from the mid-1980s and with the help of a Raspberry Pi and an ESP32 it is capable of much more exciting things.

TinyTVs Offer a Bitesize Raspberry Pi Dose of Television

By Les Pounder published 24 February 23

Two tiny televisions, powered by the Raspberry Pi RP2040 play up to 40 hours of video and can stream your desktop.

Raspberry Pi Powered PiBoy Mini Brings the Arcade to Your Pocket

By Les Pounder published 24 February 23

Now taking pre-orders, ExperimentalPi's latest handheld shrinks the Game Boy form factor but loses none of the fun.

Karl Buchka's IBM Thinkpad 701C with Framework Motherboard

IBM Thinkpad 701C Receives 21st Century 'Brain Transplant'

By Les Pounder published 23 February 23

'it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE!'

Raspberry Pi Pico C SDK Now Has One-Click Installer

By Les Pounder published 22 February 23

Raspberry Pi announces a one-click installation package for Windows users wishing to write Raspberry Pi Pico projects in C.

Harry Potter Wand Dual with Raspberry Pi

Harry Potter and the Raspberry Pi Powered Wand

By Les Pounder published 20 February 23

You too can be a witch or wizard with this "charming" project that merges, Bluetooth, Raspberry Pi and USB HID with real magical movements.

Raspberry Pi Release $12 Plug-and-Play Pico Powered Debug Kit

By Les Pounder published 20 February 23

Raspberry Pi release a surprise new RP2040 based board. This new board is more about debugging our code than creating robots.

How To Install Tiny11 for Arm64 on Raspberry Pi 4

By Les Pounder published 18 February 23

A lean Windows 11 install for Raspberry Pi

Enterprising Maker Creates Custom Star Trek PC Case

By Les Pounder published 17 February 23

Made using 21st Century Replicators

We Tested Tiny11 for Arm on a Raspberry Pi

By Les Pounder published 16 February 23

NTDev claims that this Arm64 release of Tiny 11 is compatible with Raspberry Pi, Apple M1 / M2 and other Arm64 single board computers

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Powers Budget Friendly NAS

By Les Pounder published 16 February 23

This $35 Raspberry Pi powered NAS merges 3D printing, Linux admin skills and a little electronics to create a delightfully simple project.

Raspberry Pi Serves Up News and Weather, Retro Style

By Les Pounder published 15 February 23

Serving the news in a retro style, this Raspberry Pi project uses an old CCTV monitor and a little Python programming to get the latest news.

Raspberry Pi Powered Compute Blade Makes the Cut

By Les Pounder published 13 February 23

A kickstarter that has been over 18 months in the making, Compute Blade distils all of the features that we need into a single "blade" designed to slot straight into your infrastructure.

How To Remove Thermal Paste From a CPU

By Les Pounder published 30 January 23

Replacing thermal paste is a 10-minute job that can keep your PC running smooth and cool.

How To Create a Bluetooth Raspberry Pi Camera Trigger

By Les Pounder published 29 January 23

Use your smartphone to trigger the Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 to take photos using a simple Python library and accompanying Android app.

How To Make a DIY Mouse Jiggler with Raspberry Pi Pico

By Les Pounder published 28 January 23

If you need your boss to think you are online or your PC not to sleep, a $4 Pico can make a great, DIY mouse jiggler.

New Features Added to PrusaSlicer 2.6 Alpha Release

By Les Pounder published 26 January 23

PrusaSlicer 2.6 is set to offer new features to edit models directly in the slicer. Add text to a model, cut models into pieces and use new organic supports to save time and plastic.

Moonshake's virtual reality headset render

This Raspberry Pi VR Headset is Virtually From the 1990s

By Les Pounder published 26 January 23

A gorgeous render shows what a Raspberry Pi VR headset would've looked like in the 1990s

Robert Wallhead's Pico powered Die Hard prop

Raspberry Pi Pico Powered Prop Is an Homage to Die Hard

By Les Pounder published 25 January 23

Scratch built, this Raspberry Pi Pico powered Die Hard prop looks good enough to protect the Nakatomi Corporation's millions

Raspberry Pi Pico Powered Dosing System Keeps Fish Happy

By Les Pounder published 24 January 23

For under $20 worth of parts, this Raspberry Pi Pico dosing system is accurate and looks great.

PanicAcid's initial tests to send POCSAG messages to a pager

Raspberry Pi Hacking Like Its 1995

By Les Pounder published 23 January 23

With cool handles, a little code, and some retro tech, the Raspberry Pi project is ready to hack The Gibson!

How to Run ChatGPT on Raspberry Pi or PC

By Les Pounder published 23 January 23

Use the power of ChatGPT’s AI on the humble Raspberry Pi, all thanks to a clever Python library and a few lines of code.

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