It has been six years since the launch of the Raspberry Pi Zero, a small form factor single board computer. Whilst it got a small refresh in early 2017, with the addition of wireless connectivity, a major update has been a long time coming. Last week the Raspberry Pi Foundation released the Raspberry Pi Zero… Continue reading Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Quick Review
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ANENG AN113D Review – £10 Banggood Multimeter, How Bad Can It Be?
The Aneng AN113D is a £10 (~$13) multimeter available from your favourite budget Chinese retailers, Aliexpress and Banggood. We managed to get ours shipped from a UK warehouse, for free, in a couple of days – a record for these sites. So how much multimeter can £10 give you? Read on to find out! The… Continue reading ANENG AN113D Review – £10 Banggood Multimeter, How Bad Can It Be?
M5Stamp C3 Released Featuring 32-Bit RISK-V ESP-32C3 MCU
M5Stack’s new development board, the M5Stamp, uses an ESP-32C3 MCU. The ESP-32C3 is a RISK-5 based microcontroller with Wi-Fi 4 and Bluetooth 5 LE connectivity. The onboard RSA-3072-based secure boot and the AES-128-XTS-based flash encryption ensure that devices are connected securely. The ESP32-C3 is supported through Espressif’s open-source ESP-IDF SDK. The M5 Stamp C3 comes… Continue reading M5Stamp C3 Released Featuring 32-Bit RISK-V ESP-32C3 MCU
HardKernal discontinues ODROID-H2+ single board computer
The $119 single board computer based on Intel’s Quad-Core J4115 has been discontinued due to ongoing supply chain issues. A statement on the ODROID-H2+’s product page reads: It has not been possible for us to clearly establish the future availability of a main component due to the global chip shortages, we have therefore decided to… Continue reading HardKernal discontinues ODROID-H2+ single board computer
New T-Head RVB-ICE Development Board Features Dual-Core RISK-V Processor
Following the launch of the Nezha single board computer (SBC) last year (article from hackster.io), T-Head and Alibaba are back at it with another linux-capable SBC. The RVB-ICE is a brand new board (available to pre-order) which features two C910 RISC-V cores running at up to 1.2GHz. Packed alongside this CPU is a Vivante GC8000UL… Continue reading New T-Head RVB-ICE Development Board Features Dual-Core RISK-V Processor
SparkFun’s New Breakout Board Brings 60GHz Pulsed Radar To The Raspberry Pi
SparkFun’s new $60 breakout board brings accurate distance-sensing to the Raspberry Pi. A111 Breakout Board is available for $59.95 from SparkFun. SparkFun A111 Pulsed Radar breakout board features the A111 radar chip, with integrated antenna. SparkFun state the primary use case of the pulsed coherent radar (PCR) is distance sensing. However, the board also supports… Continue reading SparkFun’s New Breakout Board Brings 60GHz Pulsed Radar To The Raspberry Pi
Using the RGB LED on the Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect
Introduction This tutorial will teach you how to use the RGB LED on the Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect. We will walk you through how to create three different sketches using the Arduino IDE which will: Alternate the LED colour Pulse the blue LED Create a rainbow effect to fade between colours You can find the… Continue reading Using the RGB LED on the Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect
Debugging the Raspberry Pi Pico using Picoprobe
Video Tutorial Why do you want to debug the Pico? Debugging is an integral part of software development. It offers a peak ‘under the hood’ of your code so to speak by allowing you to inspect variables that are set whilst the program is actually running on your hardware. Debugging also allows you to set… Continue reading Debugging the Raspberry Pi Pico using Picoprobe
BMP280 and Pi Pico over SPI
CmakeLists.txt C File
USB Serial Input on the Pico
C File CMakeLists.txt