iot & smart home
iroh Mesh Networking Lands on the RP2350 Pico 2 and Presto
iroh's Rust mesh networking stack now runs on the RP2350. See how Pico 2 and Presto boards can link directly over Wi-Fi without a…
esp32 & esp8266
Olimex UEXT-CH390 Adds Wired Ethernet to ESP32 and Pico
Olimex's EUR 4.95 UEXT-CH390 brings 100 Mbit wired Ethernet to RP2040 and ESP32 boards, with ESPHome support. Here is a weekend plan to try…
esp32 & esp8266
Olimex UEXT-CH390 Adds Wired Ethernet to Pico and ESP32
A 4.95 EUR open source UEXT module gives Pico, Pico 2 and Wi-Fi-only ESP32 boards a wired 100 Mbit Ethernet link. Here is what…
diy projects
Sylphide OS Turns Cheap Microcontrollers Into Retro Desktop PCs
Sylphide OS gives ESP32-P4 and Pico 2 boards a windowed desktop with a mouse, built on FreeRTOS. Here's what runs today and what to…
diy projects
Run an SSH Server on an RP2040 Pico with Ethernet
Ricardo Marques runs an SSH server on an RP2040 with a W5500 Ethernet chip, giving a Pico encrypted remote control over the LAN. Here…
diy projects
Raspberry Pi Pico Halloween Builds: Motion-Triggered Spooky Props
Pico-powered Halloween props: LED skulls, a skeleton robot, and a portrait with moving eyes. Here is how to wire a motion trigger without frying…
diy projects
Nokia 3310 Pico Mod: Go Game Engine on an 84×48 Screen
A Pico-powered PCB and a Go game engine bring new games to the Nokia 3310's 84x48 screen. Here is how Hoani Bryson's Jam-winning build…
diy projects
Build an ’80s Brick Phone with a Raspberry Pi Pico and Bluetooth
A Pico, a Bluetooth HFP module, and a keypad turn into a retro brick handset that answers your iPhone's calls. Here is how it…
diy projects
Animate a Halloween Skeleton with a Raspberry Pi Pico and Servos
Turn a ₱150 plastic skeleton into a spooky animatronic with a Raspberry Pi Pico, four 9g servos, and a distance sensor. Wiring and power…
diy projects
Flip-Dot Display Turns Fluid Physics Into Sound on a Pi Pico 2 W
A maker swapped silent LEDs for a room-filling flip-dot panel that physically clacks out real fluid physics, steered by a joystick and a hidden…
diy projects
Raspberry Pi Pico Revives a Discontinued Heathkit Packet Radio Modem
A maker resurrected a discontinued 1980s Heathkit packet radio modem by making a $4 Raspberry Pi Pico run the exact original firmware itself.
microcontrollers
Overclocked RP2350 Pushes 1080p DVI Video With No Framebuffer
A Pico-class chip driving 1920x1080 over DVI, with 520 KB of RAM and no framebuffer. Here is the overclock, the scanline trick, and the…