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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…