Raspberry Pi Pico – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Mon, 31 Jul 2023 09:38:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Teaching with Raspberry Pi Pico in the computing classroom https://noise.getoto.net/2022/05/12/teaching-with-raspberry-pi-pico-in-the-computing-classroom/ Thu, 12 May 2022 09:30:40 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=79457 Raspberry Pi Pico is a low-cost microcontroller that can be connected to another computer to be programmed using MicroPython. We think it’s a great tool for exploring physical computing in classrooms and coding clubs. Pico has been available since last year, amid school closures, reopenings, isolation periods, and restrictions for students and teachers. Recently, I…

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]]> Get kids coding and learning electronics with Raspberry Pi Pico https://noise.getoto.net/2022/05/11/get-kids-coding-and-learning-electronics-with-raspberry-pi-pico/ Wed, 11 May 2022 09:56:18 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=79496 Since the release of the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller in 2021, we have seen people all over the world come up with creative Pico-based inventions. Now, thanks to our brand-new and free ‘Introduction to Raspberry Pi Pico’ learning path, young coders can easily join in and make their own cool Pico projects! This free learning…

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]]> See what the sounds around you look like with Raspberry Pi Pico https://noise.getoto.net/2021/10/01/see-what-the-sounds-around-you-look-like-with-raspberry-pi-pico/ Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:45:27 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=76077 Raspberry Pi Pico powers this real-time audio spectrogram visualiser using a digital microphone to pick up the sound and an LCD display to show us what those sounds ‘look’ like. First things first OK firstly, let’s make sure we know what all of those words mean, because ‘audio spectrogram visualiser’ is a bit of a…

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]]> Automatically tune your guitar with Raspberry Pi Pico https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/21/automatically-tune-your-guitar-with-raspberry-pi-pico/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:55:34 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74579 You sit down with your six-string, ready to bash out that new song you recently mastered, but find you’re out of tune. Redditor u/thataintthis (Guyrandy Jean-Gilles) has taken the pain out of tuning your guitar, so those of us lacking this necessary skill can skip the boring bit and get back to playing. Before you…

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]]> Free computer science courseware and hardware for American educators https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/14/free-computer-science-courseware-and-hardware-for-american-educators/ Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:58:30 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74512 Today we’re announcing two brand-new, fantastic, free online courses for educators in the USA. And to kickstart their learning journey, we are giving qualified US-based educators the chance to get a free Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller hardware kit. This is all thanks to our partners at Infosys Foundation USA, who are committed to expanding access…

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]]> Add 57,600 pixels to your Raspberry Pi Pico https://noise.getoto.net/2021/08/19/add-57600-pixels-to-your-raspberry-pi-pico/ Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:37:52 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=73975 In the latest issue of HackSpace magazine, Ben Everard tests whether a bit of kit from Spotpear can turn Raspberry Pi Pico into a games machine. The snappily named Raspberry Pi Pico display 1.54-inch LCD by Spotpear ($11.89) brings in a 240×240 pixel IPS screen and ten buttons in a joypad-like arrangement. There’s four for…

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]]> Raspberry Pi Pico – Vertical innovation https://noise.getoto.net/2021/03/03/raspberry-pi-pico-vertical-innovation/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 07:48:28 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=68583 Our Chief Operating Officer and Hardware Lead James Adams talked to The MagPi Magazine about building Raspberry Pi’s first microcontroller platform. On 21 January we launched the $4 Raspberry Pi Pico. As I write, we’ve taken orders for nearly a million units, and are working hard to ramp production of both the Pico board itself…

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]]> Make an animated sign with Raspberry Pi Pico https://noise.getoto.net/2021/03/02/make-an-animated-sign-with-raspberry-pi-pico/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:27:23 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=68489 Light up your living room like Piccadilly Circus with this Raspberry Pi Pico project from the latest issue of HackSpace magazine. Don’t forget, it’s not too late to get your hands on our new microcontroller for FREE if you subscribe to HackSpace magazine. HUB75 LED panels provide an affordable way to add graphical output to…

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]]> How to get started with FUZIX on Raspberry Pi Pico https://noise.getoto.net/2021/02/23/how-to-get-started-with-fuzix-on-raspberry-pi-pico/ Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:07:57 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=68179 FUZIX is an old-school Unix clone that was initially written for the 8-bit Zilog Z80 processor and released by Alan Cox in 2014. At one time one of the most active Linux developers, Cox stepped back from kernel development in 2013. While the initial announcement has been lost in the mists because he made it…

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]]> Keeping secrets and writing about Raspberry silicon https://noise.getoto.net/2021/02/10/keeping-secrets-and-writing-about-raspberry-silicon/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:36:09 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=67882 In the latest issue of The MagPi Magazine, Alasdair Allan shares the secrets he had to keep while working behind the scenes to get Raspberry Pi’s RP2040 chip out into the world. There is a new thing in the world, and I had a ringside seat for its creation.  For me, it started just over…

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]]> The journey to Raspberry Silicon https://noise.getoto.net/2021/02/08/the-journey-to-raspberry-silicon/ Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:26:04 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=67789 When I first joined Raspberry Pi as a software engineer four and a half years ago, I didn’t know anything about chip design. I thought it was magic. This blog post looks at the journey to Raspberry Silicon and the design process of RP2040. RP2040 has been in development since summer 2017. Chips are extremely…

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]]> Raspberry Pi Pico balloon tracker https://noise.getoto.net/2021/02/03/raspberry-pi-pico-balloon-tracker/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:05:00 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=67608 Dave Akerman of High Altitude Ballooning came up with a stratospherically cool application for Raspberry Pi Pico. In this guest blog, he shows you how to build and code a weather balloon tracker. Balloon tracking My main hobby is flying weather balloons, using GPS/radio trackers to relay their position to the ground, so they can…

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]]> How to add a reset button to your Raspberry Pi Pico https://noise.getoto.net/2021/02/02/how-to-add-a-reset-button-to-your-raspberry-pi-pico/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:55:05 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=67736 We’ve tried to make it as easy as possible for you to load your code onto your new Raspberry Pi Pico: press and hold the BOOTSEL button, plug your Pico into your computer, and it’ll mount as a mass storage volume. Then just drag and drop a UF2 file onto the board. However, not everybody…

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]]> How to blink an LED with Raspberry Pi Pico in C https://noise.getoto.net/2021/01/29/how-to-blink-an-led-with-raspberry-pi-pico-in-c/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:53:47 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=67530 The new Raspberry Pi Pico is very different from a traditional Raspberry Pi. Pico is a microcontroller, rather than a microcomputer. Unlike a Raspberry Pi it’s a platform you develop for, not a platform you develop on. But you still have choices if you want to develop for Pico, because there is both a C/C++…

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]]> Raspberry Pi engineers on the making of Raspberry Pi Pico | The MagPi 102 https://noise.getoto.net/2021/01/28/raspberry-pi-engineers-on-the-making-of-raspberry-pi-pico-the-magpi-102/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:39:44 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=67480 In the latest issue of The MagPi Magazine, on sale now, Gareth Halfacree asks what goes into making Raspberry Pi’s first in-house microcontroller and development board. “It’s a flexible product and platform,” says Nick Francis, Senior Engineering Manager at Raspberry Pi, when discussing the work the Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) team put into designing RP2040,…

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]]> New book: Get Started with MicroPython on Raspberry Pi Pico https://noise.getoto.net/2021/01/26/new-book-get-started-with-micropython-on-raspberry-pi-pico/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:04:47 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=67361 So, you’ve got a brand new Raspberry Pi Pico and want to know how to get started with this tiny but powerful microcontroller? We’ve got just the book for you. Beginner-friendly In Get Started with MicroPython on Raspberry Pi Pico, you’ll learn how to use the beginner-friendly language MicroPython to write programs and connect hardware…

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]]> Raspberry Pi Pico – what did you think? https://noise.getoto.net/2021/01/25/raspberry-pi-pico-what-did-you-think/ Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:44:26 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=67415 The best part of launching a new product is seeing the reaction of the Raspberry Pi community. When we released Raspberry Pi Pico into the world last Thursday, it didn’t take long for our curious, creative crew of hackers and tinkerers to share some brilliant videos, blogs and photos. If you’ve spotted other cool stuff…

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]]> NeoPixel dithering with Pico https://noise.getoto.net/2021/01/22/neopixel-dithering-with-pico/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:51:10 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=67368 In the extra special Raspberry Pi Pico launch issue of HackSpace magazine, editor Ben Everard shows you how to get extra levels of brightness out of your LEDs with our new board. WS2812B LEDs, commonly known as NeoPixels, are cheap and widely available LEDs. They have red, green, and blue LEDs in a single package…

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]]> Meet Raspberry Silicon: Raspberry Pi Pico now on sale at $4 https://noise.getoto.net/2021/01/21/meet-raspberry-silicon-raspberry-pi-pico-now-on-sale-at-4/ Thu, 21 Jan 2021 06:59:06 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=66914 Today, we’re launching our first microcontroller-class product: Raspberry Pi Pico. Priced at just $4, it is built on RP2040, a brand-new chip developed right here at Raspberry Pi. Whether you’re looking for a standalone board for deep-embedded development or a companion to your Raspberry Pi computer, or you’re taking your first steps with a microcontroller,…

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