Do you want to know how to use the ESP32CAM module in your robotics projects so that you can see what your robot is looking at? I'll also show you how to flash MicroPython onto these boards so that you can create a simple app to capture images and publish…

Do you want to know how to position servos using inverse kinematics in Python or MicroPython? This just requires a couple of steps and some rudimentary Trigonometry to figure out.
I'll show you the theory of how this works and then some example MicroPython…

Do you want to build your own Virtual Pet using a Raspberry Pi Pico, an SSD1306 screen, a couple of tact switches and programmed using MicroPython? Then watch this video.

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Do you want to create your own Virtual Pet code in MicroPython on the Raspberry Pi Pico? Learn how to use SSD1306 displays, animating icons using framebuffers and manage all this in a small memory footprint.

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Do you want to know how I set up my Raspberry Pi 400 for Robot Development?

In this video I’ll show you how to:
- Download, flash and Install Raspberry Pi os
- Install Arduino
- Setup Thorny
- Install Visual studio
- Install Node-red
- Each some chocolate…

Are you an Evil Genius - do you want to meet the author of 30 Arduino projects for the Evil Genius and the Pico Book? Then watch this video.

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Did you know you're probably only using just half the power of your Raspberry Pi Pico or ESP32? Lets look at how to use Threads in Micropython; it's easier than you'd think.

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Have you heard about PicoZero? It's a beginner-friendly library for using common electronics components with the Raspberry Pi Pico, from the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

Watch this video to learn more about it, and how to install it on your Raspberry Pi Pico…

Cyber Glasses are the Raspberry Pi Pico Powered glasses for Shining light on your Soldering Station. Come and find out how to make your own.

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Do you want to scroll colourful text using a Raspberry Pi Pico and Pimoroni Unicorn Pack? Then this is the show for you.

This project uses a Pimoroni Pico Unicorn Pack, a Raspberry Pi Pico, and a 3d printed stand to display messages from the pico. All the…

CircuitPython is one of the easiest way to program microcontrollers. CircuitPython is a programming language designed to simplify experimenting and learning to code on low-cost microcontroller boar…

In this video, I'll share with you why I built BurgerBot, and we'll also take a look at the brand new Pimoroni Motor 2040.

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Learn about the brand new Raspberry Pi Pico W, launched on 30 June 2022. I take you through whats changed and show you a couple of examples of what you can do with it including PiChart - a small dashboard for showing data from an MQTT server.

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In this video we'll upgrade Burgerbot to the Raspberry Pi Pico W so it can now be controlled wirelessly. While we're upgrading we'll also add a Pimoroni Lipo Shim for Pico for battery power, and we'll create a Dashboard in Node-Red so we can control Burgerbot…

Learn how to control a Big Mouth Billy Bass fish using a Raspberry Pi Pico W! Control it via a webpage over wifi using Micropython.

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Here is a quick preview of the Ghostbusters Wifi Scanner, built using a Raspberry Pi Pico W and a couple of parts from Pimoroni. You can build your own by downloading the files here:

https://github.com/kevinmcaleer/ghostbusters_wifi

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What is a Watchdog Timer and how you can use it in MicroPython, on a Raspberry Pi Pico or ESP32.

Watchdog timers are especially important on embedded systems that need to run, unsupervised for long periods of time to ensure they recover from any issues.…

SMARS Inventor - the Pimoroni Inventor 2040W Powered SMARS robot.
In this video, I'll show you how I made a SMARS robot based on the new Raspberry Pi Pico W powered Pimoroni Inventor 2040W.

The robot can self-host an interactive website that displays the…

Do you want to know how to log motion sensor events to Google sheets using a Raspberry Pi Pico W? Then this is the show for you.

We will use a cheap PIR sensor connected to a Raspberry Pi Pico W, using some really simple MicroPython to send events when motion…