Arduino

Raspberry Pi Pico Powered Open Source E-Book Reader

Home News (Image credit: Joey Castillo) The Open Book Project from Joey Castillo is an amazing piece of work, a DIY open source e-book designed so that anyone can solder up their own reader. The project has been with us for some time, and the past version has been based upon a SAMD51 processor commonly… Read more

Best Raspberry Pi Accessories of 2021

Home Best-picks (Image credit: Amazon) Raspberry Pi Models, Tutorials and More You can purchase a Raspberry Pi for as little as $5 (for the Raspberry Pi Zero) or more likely $35 (for the Raspberry Pi 4), but you’ll need a few extra products to make it run. And, beyond that, there’s a whole world of… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico vs Arduino: Which Board is Better?

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Before the Raspberry Pi Pico arrived, there was a sharp distinction between the Raspberry Pi and Arduino ecosystems. The Pi is a Linux computer that boots up into a full operating system and the Arduino is a microcontroller that just runs one program at a time. With the arrival… Read more

Staples’ Easy Button is a cheap toy that envisions a perfect button

As buttons go, there are few as well-known as Staples’ “Easy Button” — a bright, Staples-red button that was featured in a series of ad campaigns beginning in 2005. The ads were so popular that Staples ended up actually selling real replica versions of the Easy Button shortly after they debuted — and it’s since… Read more

The Raspberry Pi Pico is a tiny $4 microcontroller running off the company’s very own chip

The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s tiny computers can be used for anything from homemade cameras to cucumber sorters, and now, the group is branching out into microcontrollers and custom silicon. The Raspberry Pi Pico is the first step. It’s a new $4 microcontroller that’s smaller than the average Pi, features a custom chip powerful enough to… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico: Tutorials, Pinout, Everything You Need to Know

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The Raspberry Pi Pico is a radical change from previous Pis, because it’s not a Linux computer, but a a microcontroller board like Arduino . The biggest selling points of the Raspberry Pi Pico are the price, $4 and the new RP2040 chip which provides ample power for embedded… Read more

The Raspberry Pi Pico costs only 4 dollars and integrates its own SoC RP2040

by Antonio Delgado Ago 10 minutes … Practically by surprise , Raspberry has released a new “miniPC” in card format, the Raspberry Pi Pico . This time it is a considerably smaller model than the conventional Raspberry Pi like the Pi 4 and that, in addition to costing only 4 Dollars, is the first to… Read more

‘Pi Silicon’ Partners Reveal RP2040 Boards and Accessories

Home News (Image credit: SparkFun / Pimoroni) SparkFun and Pimoroni, partners in the recent Raspberry Pi Pico project, have announced their own RP2040 ‘Pi Silicon’ based boards with extra features and changes to the Pico form factor. Pimoroni is also the first partner to have add-on boards available for purchase for release day. This follows… Read more

RP2040 microcontroller board: Raspberry Pi Pico costs from 4 euros

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has presented the Raspberry Pi Pico, the first microcontroller miniboard developed in-house. While the classic Raspberry Pi is getting faster and bigger in performance and storage capacity, the Raspberry Pi Pico should be used where another Pi board would be too big, too consumption-intensive and simply oversized. A RP 2017 microcontroller… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico: microcontroller board for 4 euros

The Raspberry Pi Pico is aimed at projects for which a Raspberry Pi is too big, too power-hungry, too complicated – or too expensive. The Pico costs 4 euros, is a little bigger than an Arduino Nano and has the economical 32 – Bit microcontroller RP 2040 developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation itself Has…. Read more

Arduino To Release Board Based on Raspberry Pi Silicon

Home News (Image credit: Arduino) With the news of the Raspberry Pi Pico still fresh in our minds, we see that Arduino are also releasing their own board, a board that is based upon Raspberry Pi’s new RP2040 SoC, as confirmed by Arduino co-founder and chairman Massimo Banzi and CEO Fabio Violante. Banzi and Violante… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico Review: ‘Pi Silicon’ Debuts on $4 Microcontroller

Our Verdict A first for Raspberry Pi, the Pico microcontroller provides an affordable and simple way to control lights, motors, sensors and other electronic components. For Low cost Small size Ease of use Built-in ADC Against C workflow is tricky No built-in wireless No 5V output Raspberry Pi has a history of disrupting the status… Read more

YARH.IO Micro 2 Raspberry Pi Handheld Unveiled

Home News (Image credit: YARH.IO) Fans of the YARH.IO handheld we covered late last year should appreciate this new edition: the YAHR.IO Micro 2. Like its predecessor, it uses a Raspberry Pi and functions as a small, all-in-one computer that fits in the palm of your hand. This new edition is designed to use a… Read more

heise + | Entry into microcontroller programming: DIY macro keyboard

For little money you can build a macro keyboard to send commands or text modules to a Mac or PC. We show you how to do it step by step. Entry into microcontroller programming: DIY macro keyboard The ingredients The Arduino project Alternative microcontroller Blink -Sample project, solder rows of pins Simulate key, read out… Read more

Best Last-Minute Digital Gifts You Can Give Right Now

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) In prior years, if you needed a last-minute gift, you might run out to the store and brave the crowds, but in this year of pandemic, that’s not a good idea. Besides, it might not even be safe or practical to visit your giftee in person. Fortunately, there are a… Read more