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Articles Tagged “Raspberry Pi Pico

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Cover illustration for ChronoWatch X2040 Is a DIY RP2040 Round-Screen Watch
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ChronoWatch X2040 Is a DIY RP2040 Round-Screen Watch

The ChronoWatch X2040 turns a $23 Waveshare RP2040 board into a DIY wearable with a 1.28-inch round touchscreen, a 3D-printed case, and a 950mAh battery.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 10, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for PICOTTY Turns Pi Picos Into a Networked Serial Console
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PICOTTY Turns Pi Picos Into a Networked Serial Console

PICOTTY pairs a Pi Zero 2 W hub with Ethernet-connected Pico nodes to give four headless machines a browser-based serial console for under $100.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 9, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Waveshare RP2350 Board Adds Ethernet and PoE for $14
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Waveshare RP2350 Board Adds Ethernet and PoE for $14

Waveshare's RP2350-POE-ETH puts hardwired Ethernet and optional 802.3af PoE on a 63mm Raspberry Pi RP2350 board with 20 GPIO, starting at $13.99.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 28, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Moonshine Puts Offline Voice AI on a Pico 2 Chip
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Moonshine Puts Offline Voice AI on a Pico 2 Chip

Moonshine AI fit a full offline voice pipeline — detection, speech-to-text, and neural TTS — onto a Raspberry Pi Pico 2, using just 3.6 MiB of flash.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 26, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Raspberry Pi LoRa Boards: A Long-Range Radio Guide
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Raspberry Pi LoRa Boards: A Long-Range Radio Guide

A buyer's guide to Raspberry Pi LoRa boards and long-range 4G HATs, from a 19 USD Waveshare SX1262 node module to a 149 euros LoRaWAN concentrator.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 19, 20268 min read
Cover illustration for Olimex PICO-EVB Adds Mains Relays to Raspberry Pi Pico
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Olimex PICO-EVB Adds Mains Relays to Raspberry Pi Pico

Olimex's €14.95 PICO-EVB turns any Raspberry Pi Pico into an industrial controller with four 240VAC relays, four optoisolated inputs and ESPHome support.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 19, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Pico W Becomes a Driverless USB Wi-Fi Adapter for $6
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Pico W Becomes a Driverless USB Wi-Fi Adapter for $6

An open-source firmware turns the $6 Raspberry Pi Pico W into a USB Wi-Fi adapter that needs no drivers on Linux, macOS, Windows, or mobile.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJul 16, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for RP2350B 'Bells & Whistles' Board Packs a Debugger and HDMI for $30
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RP2350B 'Bells & Whistles' Board Packs a Debugger and HDMI for $30

The $30 RP2350B 'Bells & Whistles' dev board bundles an onboard debugger, HDMI video out, and microSD into one open-source maker board — removing friction for RP2350 projects.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 25, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Waveshare's $11 RP2350B-Plus-W Packs Wi-Fi and 41 GPIOs Into a Pico-Sized Board
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Waveshare's $11 RP2350B-Plus-W Packs Wi-Fi and 41 GPIOs Into a Pico-Sized Board

Waveshare's RP2350B-Plus-W puts 41 GPIOs, 16MB flash, USB-C, and official Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi into a Pico 2 W form factor for under $12 — a maker's dream.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 8, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Waveshare RP2350B-Plus-W: A Pico 2 W-Sized Board With WiFi and 41 GPIOs
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Waveshare RP2350B-Plus-W: A Pico 2 W-Sized Board With WiFi and 41 GPIOs

The Waveshare RP2350B-Plus-W packs WiFi, dual ARM/RISC-V cores, and 41 GPIOs into a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W-sized maker board for around $10.99.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 3, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Jeff Geerling Builds a Working Macintosh for $20 Using a Raspberry Pi Pico
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Jeff Geerling Builds a Working Macintosh for $20 Using a Raspberry Pi Pico

A Raspberry Pi Pico running Pico Micro Mac firmware delivers 63% more RAM than the original 128K Macintosh — all for about twenty dollars in parts.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitMar 3, 20264 min read