Introduction SteelSeries is a Denmark-based peripherals company founded in 2001. The Aerox 3 Wireless is essentially a lightweight, more premium, rechargeable version of the Rival 3 Wireless (click here for our review). Equipped with the same 18,000 CPI TrueMove Air sensor, the Aerox 3 Wireless is capable of wired and wireless operation over either low-latency… Read more
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The Raspberry Pi Pico is a fantastic piece of technology, but it does have one flaw: there is no reset button. How important is this omission? Sometimes our code can go awry, or we need to flash new firmware to our Pico. When this happens we have to unplug the Pico and plug it back… Read more
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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
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read more...Cytron Announce Raspberry Pi Pico Beginner Breakout Board
Home News (Image credit: Cytron) Malaysian manufacturer Cytron are working on their first Raspberry Pi Pico accessory and so far it looks like it could be a winner. The Maker Pi Pico is a carrier board for the Raspberry Pi Pico which breaks out all of the GPIO pins, along with a few extra features,… Read more
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