The latest board from Pimoroni’s workshop is something of a labor of love. The £24 ($25) Servo 2040 is a Pimoroni product, but it is really the work of Dr Chris Parrott, Roboticist and Product Engineer at Pimoroni. Powered by the RP2040, a chip which is beating the current chip shortage, Servo 2040 wears its…
Spring is already rearing its head for makers in the northern hemisphere and their soldering irons are ready to go. Today’s project comes to us from a developer named Kevin McAleer who is using a Raspberry Pi RP2040 powered board, Servo 2040, to power this custom rabbit-shaped robot known as Bugs the Robo-Bunny. McAleer is…
Although it’s slightly weird-looking, we’re fairly sure that the image above is not an April Fool prank. UK-based seller of useful things Pimoroni has taken to Twitter to announce the Servo 2040, an 18-channel servo controller “for making things with lots of moving parts”. Servo 2040, as you might expect, is a standalone servo controller…
We’re no strangers to a conference badge. We must have a hundred different badges, including an early Raspberry Pi A+ powered E paper display. Pimoroni’s latest RP2040 powered device is Badger 2040, and this $12 board is a showcase for the gorgeous 2.9 inch e-paper display. Don’t be fooled into thinking this is “just a…
The Raspberry Pi Pico, and the RP2040 have been with us for some time now and we have seen typical boards with lots of GPIO pins, smaller boards with curated GPIO pins, and specialist boards which use the power of the RP2040 in an unusual form factor, for example Pimoroni’s Keybow 2040 and Adafruit’s Trinkey…
Pimoroni has said its PicoSystem handheld gaming device is “coming soon” since the Raspberry Pi Pico was released on January 21. Now it seems like the miniature console’s debut might actually be approaching, because today Pimoroni software lead Phil Howard published two videos showing the device in action to Twitter. PicoSystem is based on the…
It has been Mere days since the Pi Foundation announced the availability of Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040 ‘Pi Silicon’ in standalone chips and makers around the world are laying down their $1 for access to the dual core Arm Cortex M0+ and wondering how to use it in a project. Pimoroni, partners in the RP2040…
There are now a slew of RP2040 powered boards on the market. From the smallest, Adafruit’s QT Py RP2040 and Pimoroni’s Tiny 2040, to the largest, Adafruit’s Feather RP2040 and our Editor’s Choice Cytron Maker Pi Pico. The Raspberry Pi Pico itself is a $4 microcontroller, that offers lots of GPIO pins and a programmable…
The Raspberry Pi Pico is missing two key things. The first is a reset button, easily fixed with a DIY hack or you can purchase something more permanent. The second is wireless communications namely Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Pimoroni’s Pico Wireless is a $17 (£12) add-on pack that works like a HAT or shield and provides…
If there’s one thing we’ve noticed over the years, it’s that the Raspberry Pi is deeply intertwined with retro gaming. This project, created by developer Pip Austin, proves this by bringing Pong’s classic game to our favorite microcontroller, the Raspberry Pi Pico. According to Austin, who shared the development on LinkedIn, this is her first…