microcontrollers
Someone Squeezed a Generative AI Image Model Onto a $1 RP2350
Five seconds, 520 KB of RAM and about a dollar of silicon: the RP2350 inside the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 is now generating 128x128…
diy projects
A Parody Apple Laptop Reborn: The RP2350 Mactini Actually Works
A 20-year-old Apple parody became real hardware: an RP2350 running FreeRTOS, DMA-driven graphics and an alphabet you tap out on one capacitive pad.
diy projects
Clough42’s GPS Clock Spins Its Numbers with a Pico and TMC2208
A GPS module, a Raspberry Pi Pico, and two TMC2208 drivers spin machined wheels to show time that never needs setting. Here is how…
raspberry pi
HIRO Gen 2: A Raspberry Pi Pico 2 Spider Robot Kit You Wire Yourself
Takamori Robot's HIRO Gen 2 moves to the RP2350 Pico 2, with four SG-90 servos, an MPU-6050 IMU and wiring you do yourself in…
raspberry pi
Build a Pocket Route Finder on Raspberry Pi Pico with Dijkstra
A Pico, an SPI LCD and about 60 lines of MicroPython turn Dijkstra's 1956 algorithm into a handheld that finds the cheapest route between…
diy projects
Raspberry Pi Book of Making 2027: A Weekend Build Queue
The Book of Making 2027 collects a year of magazine builds: origami paper circuits, a PVC-pipe underwater rover, and a first-PCB walkthrough to try.
diy projects
Build a Wi-Fi NeoPixel Art Display with the Raspberry Pi Pico 2W
The Blossom hides a Raspberry Pi Pico 2W and a 16-pixel RGBW NeoPixel ring in a capiz shell, controlled from any browser on your…
diy projects
SPOKE: The RP2040 Touch Controller That Plays Music From Fruit
The SPOKE is a CD-shaped RP2040 board with 27 capacitive touch pads that turns copper tape, pencil lines, or even fruit into a playable…
diy projects
This Giant 16×2 Character Display Runs on an RP2040 and 1,000 LEDs
A maker rebuilt the classic 16×2 character LCD at 7x scale using 1,000+ addressable LEDs and an RP2040 that still speaks I2C to any…
diy projects
Build a Handheld Commodore 64 on a Raspberry Pi 3 and Pico
YouTuber Retro Dad crammed a full Commodore 64 into a Raspberry Pi 3 handheld, with a Pi Pico bridging authentic 9-pin joystick ports. No…
esp32 & esp8266
Get Full-HD Video From a Raspberry Pi Pico or ESP32 Over USB
A new library pushes full-HD 1920x1080 video at 60Hz from a Raspberry Pi Pico or ESP32 using a $20 USB display adapter and just…
microcontrollers
ChronoWatch X2040: An RP2040 Smartwatch That Just Tells Time
An RP2040 and a Waveshare round touchscreen become a distraction-free smartwatch, coded in C on the Pico SDK with custom touch handling and swappable…