One of the things I missed last week was the release of a new #Pimoroni #MicroPython build with their nice graphics library and fonts, looking forward to playing more with this! https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico/releases/tag/v1.20.5

I've been collaborating with #Pimoroni on their new #Picovision. This has 2 #RP2040s on a board with the goal of making HDMI video from RP2040 more accessible.

The "GPU" RP2040 drives the HDMI, leaving you free to write application code (in #MicroPython or C++) on the "CPU". Communication is through shared framebuffers - so no need to chase the beam.

Can't wait to code for my new #pimoroni seller unicorn

@themagpi I've been adding the more accurate SCD41 sensor breakout from #Pimoroni to my monitoring and comparing it to the SGP30 eCO2 sensor.

On a more "normal" day the eCO2 sensor doesn't do that bad but after opening a bottle of Isopropanol Alcohol there was quite a difference!

#MagPiMonday

20 #Pimoroni Galactic Unicorns play Long Pong at This Museum Is Not Obsolete
https://youtu.be/cm83RIhDbwo

#LEDs #RaspberryPi

Hackaday Links: August 13, 2023 - Remember that time when the entire physics community dropped what it was doing to ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/13/hackaday-links-august-13-2023/ #roomtemperaturesuperconductor #researchplatform #hackadaycolumns #machinelearning #superconductor #termsofservice #hackadaylinks #semiconductor #interconnect #trainingdata #skepticism #spacejunk #pimoroni #scripps #slider #debunk #heist #lk-99 #orbit #theft #eula #flip #zoom #leo #meo #tos #ai

Another #pimoroni sale now on - https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/special-offers
picking up a Badger W ePaper for £21 https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/badger-2040-w?variant=40514062188627

So, finding myself with time on my hands today. I have taken a look at the new (currerntly Patreon only) version of ModBros #Hardware monitoring tool.

That's my current dash and it show on a wireless Raspberry Pi with a #Pimoroni #HyperPixel screen.

#ModBros #HardwareMonitoring

@gadgetoid @andy_warb @Raspberry_Pi

I just want an official way to talk to you lot! I am never going back to the site "x" and have been happier since leaving it. #Pimoroni are the only people I now miss on here! LOL

In the quest to ensure I can pop open my Virgin 360 at the end of my contract - I've ordered a new iFixit kit from the Pirates over at #Pimoroni along with a Plasma Stick 2040 W as everything is better with #LEDs LOL

I finally got round to put together a simple #rp2040 based MIDI/audio setup to play with some of those brilliant #synthio experiments by @todbot .

In this clip I'm checking out polyphony and a couple of #wavetable sounds using a #Pimoroni Pico Lipo hooked up to their Pico Audio Pack and @adafruit's MIDI FeatherWing (via a dodgy and bodgy DIY adapter).

His code can be found at https://github.com/todbot/qtpy_synth (I think I based my experiment on hwtest7).

#synths #CircuitPython

The code snippet for reading (approximate) battery levels for the LiPo SHIM for Pico didn't work on the Pico-W, so I've tweaked it http://karlbunyan.com/2023/07/detecting-pico-w-lipo-shim-battery-charge-level/ #RaspberryPico #Pimoroni

I've been at this for a while...

After working around the #pimoroni PicoDV weirdness, streaming pixels from the camera through the #raspberrypi #pico into HDMI actually works really well! (Didn't expect that tbh 😆)

All would be well if it wasn't for that pesky camera and OmniVisions shitty documentation...

While the pixels come out neat and tidy, the colours are all wrong.
It's not just mixed up channel order. I've exhaustively tried all combinations.

Another box of joy, from the #pimoroni sale last week. I picked the right week to be on holiday 😁 #raspberrypi #electronics

#Rasbperrypi 4's and zero's are back in stock on #pimoroni https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/raspberry-pi

Managed to resist until the last day of #Pimoroni's summer sale but now there are 70% reductions on many items.

Maybe I'll just buy a few more LED displays to add to the thousands of LEDs I already have

Small but significant update to https://www.lionsphil.co.uk/projects/tufty/#software , adding much better battery estimation based on real measurements. (I did this a while back, but it needed monospace fonts to look good, and I got very distracted from even publishing it until the itch scratched tonight and I found #Pimoroni had just made a new firmware release a few days ago including that FR.)

Pimoroni is having a summer sale
https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/special-offers
Ends June 26th

#Pimoroni

I had almost given up on getting the Pi Pico W to work as a captive portal. Today I found one of the Phew files was missing and another did not have the access point routine. Now I'm content. I can use this to control motors etc

#raspberry #raspberrypi #pico #pipico #pipicow #raspberrypipico #raspberrypipicow #pimoroni #phew

Learning #circuitpython - don't know which is worse my sewing or coding 🤔 the butterfly is made using Wireless Plasma Kit from #Pimoroni that is connected to an #Adafruit MPR121 capacitive touch sensor which allows the flowers made with capacitive touch material to change the animations on the LEDs one of the animations takes colours from #cheerlights (the yellow flower) learned a lot from tutorials by @gallaugher