Raspberry Pi

CircuitPython Libraries Slither Into MicroPython on the Raspberry Pi Pico

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Adafruit has shared a new guide detailing the process for using CircuitPython libraries with MicroPython using our favorite microcontroller, the Raspberry Pi Pico. The layer between CircuitPython and MicroPython is known as Blinka. It’s a compatibility library designed to work with Linux SBCs like the Raspberry Pi Pico and… Read more

Darth Vader Raspberry Pi Pico PCB Tracks Cryptocurrency

Home News (Image credit: TheAmplituhedron) If one thing is certain, it’s that Raspberry Pi fans have a taste for science fiction. Some of the best Raspberry Pi projects we’ve seen were inspired by franchises like Harry Potter and Stargate. Today, we’re sharing a cool Darth Vader-shaped PCB created just for the Raspberry Pi Pico by… Read more

Raspberry Pi 4 Passive Cooling Case Has Cooler Hair Than You

Home News (Image credit: DeSalvo Systems) Chunks of aluminum that keep your Raspberry Pi cool are not exactly unusual, but rarely do they look this good. DeSalvo Systems’ new heatsink case for the Raspberry Pi 4 offers over 10.5 ounces (300g) of metal to passively cool your Pi, whipped into what are either rather beautiful… Read more

Adafruit Squeezes the Power of the RP2040 Into a USB key

Home News (Image credit: Adafruit) Adafruit has a lot of love for Raspberry Pi RP2040 SoC. Adafruit are partners in the RP2040, and have already released a slew of boards based on the powerful SoC. For the latest prototype, presented via Twitter we see Adafruit founder Limor “Lady Ada” Fried demonstrate the QT 2040 Trinkey,… Read more

Seeed Debuts Wio RP2040 Mini Wireless Dev Board

Home News (Image credit: Seeed) Just this week, Seeed has debuted a brand new, not-yet-available, wireless Raspberry Pi RP2040 board called the Wio RP2040 mini Dev Board. This new mini Dev board is the first third-party board to feature both the RP2040 chip and wireless support. The first partner board to feature WiFi, Arduino Nano… Read more

Arduino Releases Its WiFi-Enabled RP2040 Board

Home News (Image credit: Future) Arduino may be the last of the official partners to release its RP2040 powered board, but it seems it may have left the best till last. Here we see the Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect, the first official Raspberry Pi Pico alternative with onboard WiFi. Image 1 of 3 (Image credit:… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico Pong Plays on Pimoroni Unicorn

Home News (Image credit: Pip Austin) If there’s one thing we’ve noticed over the years, it’s that the Raspberry Pi is deeply intertwined with retro gaming. This project, created by developer Pip Austin, proves this by bringing Pong’s classic game to our favorite microcontroller, the Raspberry Pi Pico. According to Austin, who shared the development… Read more

How to Use Raspberry Pi to Farm Chia Coin

After you’ve gone through the process of building Chia Coin plots on a PC (see how to farm Chia Coin), there’s no need to waste the electricity and tie up expensive computer hardware keeping those plots connected to the Internet. Instead, it’s best to take an external drive or drive(s) with the plots on them… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico Soap Dispenser Keeps Things Squeaky Clean

Home News (Image credit: Mellow Fire) If you’re looking for a useful Raspberry Pi project to work on this summer, why not make something you can use every day? The world of DIY home automation is very accessible thanks to projects such as this automatic soap dispenser project, created by a developer known as Mellow… Read more

Custom Raspberry Pi Pico Shield Is The Reference That You Need

Home News (Image credit: Nathan Mangar) Tinkering on the Raspberry Pi Pico is always fun but it can be tricky to make sure you’re using the right pin. The Raspberry Pi Foundation was definitely on the right track when deciding to print the GPIO labels on the Pico board but, unfortunately, their choice to place… Read more

That’s No Moon! Callisto II DIY PC Hits the Right Retro Note

Home News (Image credit: Pigeonaut) If Tim Cook was more into retro computers, then the newly redesigned iMac might have looked like this. It doesn’t of course, but that doesn’t matter – we’ve got Pigenoaut’s Callisto II, as spotted by Hackaday. Within that lovely late 1970s / early 1980s 3D printed shell sits a Raspberry… Read more

Robotic Raspberry Pi Co-Host Streams Games Live on Twitch

Home News (Image credit: HotSparkLab) One maker’s Raspberry Pi is another maker’s fun robotic co-host. Chris from HotSparkLab is all about streaming cool games like Star Citizen but it turns out his stream was missing something—a custom Raspberry Pi-powered counterpart to help liven up the show! This custom robot co-host is named Hot Spark and… Read more

Snake Slithers Onto Raspberry Pi Pico

Home News (Image credit: Hari Wiguna) The worst thing about modern smartphones and handheld videogame consoles is the lack of Snake. If you can’t play a quick game of Snake during meetings, then what’s the point? Enter Hari Wiguna, who has, via Hackaday, got the game running on a Raspberry Pi Pico and a tiny… Read more

Preliminary Apple M1 Support Added To Latest Linux Kernel

Home News (Image credit: Apple) Linux Torvalds has announced availability of Linux kernel 5.13 release candidate that adds preliminary support for Apple’s M1 system-on-chip along with a number of improvements to the operating system itself, reports 9to5Linux.com. The most interesting addition to Linux kernel 5.13 is preliminary support for Apple’s M1 SoC, something that developers have been working on… Read more

This Raspberry Pi CM4 Carrier Board is Built for Cryptocurrency Nodes

Home News (Image credit: Mirko_electronics) The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) is known for its improved processing power and thanks to this new project from Mirko_electronics, it’s easier to apply that power to the world of cryptocurrency. The development is known as the BitPiRat—a custom carrier board created just for the CM4. The new… Read more