In this tutorial, I will show you how to connect and use 4 gear motors with Raspberry PI Pico using MicroPython and get the 4 main directions performed with single-line commands by defining the related custom functions. Gear motors are the basis for every Raspberry PI Pico-based robot project. Managing them with a simplified code […]
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In this tutorial, I will show you how to use a WizFi360-EVB-Pico microcontroller with MicroPython. In some special periods, the market may lack enough offer capacity to get the Raspberry PI Pico W available. The WizFi360-EVB-Pico can be an excellent alternative to get your MicroPython projects running with WiFi. WizFi360-EVB-Pico features WizFi360-EVB-Pico is a microprocessor
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This tutorial will show you how to connect the Raspberry PI Pico with batteries, focusing on the related requirements. When the RPI Pico runs portable projects (without a power plug), you may need a way to power your microcontroller safely. In these cases, knowing how to power the Raspberry PI Pico with batteries is a
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This tutorial will show you how to use a Pulse Sensor with Raspberry PI Pico and MicroPython. Checking heartbeats has more applications than one could think. For example, it is a required feature in projects involving sports IoT devices. The Pulse Sensor with Raspberry PI Pico gives a cheap way to perform this task. Before
Pulse Sensor with Raspberry PI Pico: Hearth Beat Chech with MicroPython Read More »
This tutorial will show you how to connect and use an IR Reflective Sensor with Raspberry PI Pico, also explaining the related MicroPython code. Infra-Red reflective sensors usually give robotic projects the ability to detect if an obstacle is near your robot and help avoid collision damages or to walk along a line with different
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This tutorial will show you how to create a Raspberry PI Pico-based battery checker and test the charge status. It also makes use of an OLED display to show the measurement results. Checking old batteries to verify if you can still use them is a good practice to help nature and avoid trashing materials that
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This tutorial will show you how to create a very simple Raspberry PI Pico W web server exposing HTML pages together with javascript and css files, using MicroPython. With the built-in WiFi chip, we can create a very cheap Raspberry PI Pico W web server running MicroPython, to host very simple HTML pages and create
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This tutorial will show you how to use WiFi with Raspberry PI Pico. The Raspberry PI Pico W added a WiFi connection to the microcontroller from the Raspberry PI Foundation, enabling our projects to connect to the Internet world With the release of Raspberry PI Pico W, adding the Infineon CYW4343 module to the RP2040-based
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