Les Pounder

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".

Articles by: Les Pounder

Raspberry Pi Chia Coin

How to Use Raspberry Pi to Farm Chia Coin

By Les Pounder published

The Raspberry Pi 4 is the ideal low power device for farming Chia Coin. After you’ve made your plots on a powerful PC, you can keep them online at a fraction of the power usage.

Adafruit Keeb Board and KB2040

Adafruit's RP2040 Powered Keyboards Are Your DIY Keyboard Crafting Shortcut

By Les Pounder published

Adafruit's two new RP2040 boards are shortcuts to building your own USB keyboards, but in typical Adafruit style they pour on the RGB and offer lots of extra features.

Raspberry Pi Pico Wireless

Your Raspberry Pi Pico Could Soon Be Online

By Les Pounder published

Pimoroni's Pico Wireless connects to the GPIO of a Raspberry Pi Pico and brings WiFi and Bluetooth to the $4 micro-controller.

Pimoroni Keybow 2040

Pimoroni Keybow 2040 Review: Programmable Keyboard with Pi Silicon Inside

By Les Pounder published

A bespoke programmable keyboard based around the RP2040 ‘Pi Silicon’ which aims to save power users time and keystrokes.

CircuitPython on Pi

How To Use CircuitPython on a Raspberry Pi

By Les Pounder published

CircuitPython is not just for microcontrollers, it can also be used to control the GPIO of a Raspberry Pi.

ItsyBitsy RP2040

Adafruit ItsyBitsy RP2040 Review: A Surprising Compromise

By Les Pounder published

Adafruit’s latest RP2040 board is “the middle child” of an excellent range of boards. Luckily it isn’t a problem child.

Stemma - qwiic - Grove

Stemma, Qwiic and Grove Connectors: Which is Right for You?

By Les Pounder published

With so many connectors on offer, which one is the right one for your project?

OLED Display With Raspberry Pi Pico

How to Use an OLED Display With Raspberry Pi Pico (Updated)

By Les Pounder published

Update OLED displays are a cost effective way to add small text output to a project. They are super small but with a bright and clear display.

Ubuntu 21.04

Ubuntu 21.04 'Hirsute Hippo' Released For Desktops, Servers and Raspberry Pi

By Les Pounder published

The latest version of Ubuntu comes with a new display server, recent kernel and enhanced user security

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi Pico

How to Set Up and Program Raspberry Pi Pico

By Les Pounder published

The Raspberry Pi Pico is the latest board from Raspberry Pi, and it once again disrupts the market.

Adafruit QT Py RP2040

Adafruit QT Py RP2040 Review: A tiny board for great projects

By Les Pounder published

Adafruit’s smallest RP2040 board may lack GPIO pins but it brings plenty of power and flexibility to your projects.

Seeed reTerminal

Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Machine Learning With Seeed's reTerminal

By Les Pounder published

Seeed's reTerminal packs the power of the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 into a compact package.

Arduino vs Pico

Official Raspberry Pi Pico Support Added to Arduino IDE

By Les Pounder published

Official support for the Raspberry Pi Pico's RP2040 chip arrives in the Arduino IDE, offering a simpler means to write C++ projects.

A reel of RP2040 chips

Raspberry Pi Sends 6,400 RP2040 Chips to Arduino for Upcoming Board

By Les Pounder published

The Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect is nearly with us thanks to 6400 RP2040 SoC sent from Raspberry Pi to Arduino.

RP2040 stamp

Maker Creates RP2040 Stamp for Drop-In Pico Powered Projects

By Les Pounder published

Arturo182 has designed an RP2040 board that's ready to be dropped into a project with the minimum of fuss.

Apple II Emulation

How To Emulate An Apple II On Your PC

By Les Pounder published

Emulate the Apple II computer, a machine which launched the career of many bedroom coders.

M5Stack and a Raspberry Pi Pico

M5Stack Raspberry Pi RP2040 Board Could Be On The Way

By Les Pounder published

M5Stack look set to release their own RP2040 board, but right now details are scarce.

Akasa Maze Pro

Akasa Releases Maze-Themed Raspberry Pi 4 Case

By Les Pounder published

Akasa is no stranger to wacky Raspberry Pi cases and its latest, the Maze Pro, is no exception.

Adafruit QTPy Rp2040

Adafruit Demos Tiny RP2040 Board Ahead of Release

By Les Pounder published

Adafruit's smallest RP2040 board, the QT Py RP2040, is almost ready for release. In a new video, the company showed off its latest board running the Arduino IDE

Sourcekit PiTray Mini

Sourcekit PiTray Mini Review: Brings Ports to Raspberry Pi CM4

By Les Pounder published

PiTray Mini offers an upgradeable Raspberry Pi for not a lot of money, but is this too much to hope for?

Shield for Seeed Wio RP2040

Seeed Teases New RP2040 Board With WiFi

By Les Pounder published

Seeed teases its own RP2040 based board and hints that it will come with WiFi

Elektor Livestream

Upton Talks Raspberry Pi SoC: Why We Named it RP2040

By Les Pounder published

In a recent webinar, Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton and SparkFun founder Nathan Seidle discussed the future of the RP2040 and reveal some of its secrets.

Industrial Pi CM4-70-EM

Feature Packed Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Squeezed Into A Seven Inch Display

By Les Pounder published

Intended for industrial applications, the Industrial Pi CM4-70-EM packs plenty of power and a great selection of features.

Program Raspberry Pi Pico with Arduino IDE

How to Program Raspberry Pi Pico With the Arduino IDE

By Les Pounder published

A recent community project has beaten Arduino to the punch and we can now write code for the Raspberry Pi Pico via the Arduino IDE.

Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 and NVMe Drive

Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 NVMe Boot Enters Beta

By Les Pounder published

Quietly announced, the NVMe boot beta enables the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 to boot from cheap and fast SSD drives.

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