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Raspberry Pi Pico Battery Voltmeter in Python

By Kitronik Maker

In this tutorial we’ll demonstrate how a Raspberry Pi Pico can be used along with some simple electronic components and Python code to record the voltage of a AA battery.

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Raspberry Pi Pico SSTV Decoder- Receive Images Over Radio

By Mirko Pavleski

Raspberry Pi Pico can independently transform SSTV audio signals into viewable images.

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Building the Pixel Ball Frame and LED Arches

By Zach Hipps

Part 2 of Pixel Ball: See how I turned conduit, PEX tubing, and arcade buttons into a massive, glowing game frame.

My 100th Video Was a Total Mystery Build Challenge
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My 100th Video Was a Total Mystery Build Challenge

By Zach Hipps

For my 100th video, my team sent me mystery parts—no plan, just chaos and LEDs. Here’s how I tried to turn it into a working game.

Raspberry Pi Pico 2 vs Original Pico: What’s New?
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Raspberry Pi Pico 2 vs Original Pico: What’s New?

By Travis Foss

Discover the enhanced performance and features of the new Pico 2 and compare Pico 2’s RP2350 microcontroller to the original RP2040.

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NES Emulator for RP2040 DVI Boards

By Adafruit Industries

Three ways to play!

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Making a Cardboard Pico Drawing Robot Arm

By Kitronik Maker

In this first blog of a series we are going to cover how we can create a drawing robot arm out of cardboard using three servos, a Raspberry Pi Pico and the Kitronik Simply Servos for Pico board. Then we’ll move onto how to use the DrawingRobot Python library we created for the Pico.

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CO2 Detection with SCD41

By Pimoroni

Build carbon dioxide sensing devices using our SCD41 CO2 sensor breakout and MicroPython.

Raspberry Pi Announces New RP2040 Pico Variants
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Raspberry Pi Announces New RP2040 Pico Variants

By Nate_Larson

Following on the popularity of the Pico and RP2040, Raspberry Pi has announced three new Pico boards, two of which have onboard wireless LAN and Bluetooth.