In this article we connect an Pico Sense hat to our Raspberry Pi Pico We will then use the on board LCD to display the temperature Parts Required I used a Pico sense hat which has 4 sensors Name Link Pico Raspberry Pi Pico Development…

In this article we connect an SGP40 air quality sensor to our Raspberry Pi Pico The SGP40 is Sensirion’s new digital VOC (volatile organic compounds) sensor designed for easy integration into air purifiers or demand-controlled ventilation. SGP40 is Sensirion’s new digital VOC (volatile organic compounds)…

In this article we connect a bme280 to our Raspberry Pi Pico and The BME280 Humidity sensor measuring relative humidity, barometric pressure and ambient temperature   Technical data Parameter Technical data Operation range Pressure: 300…1100 hPa Temperature: -40…85°C Supply voltage VDDIO Supply voltage VDD 1.2…

In this article we will show you how to control the onboard LED of the Pico W using a Web Server. Code At the most basic we simply create a html web page which will be served up when an IP address is assigned We…

In this example we will create the most basic Web Server using our Raspberry Pi Pico W. This Web Server will display a simple Web Page when we navigate to the IP address assigned to our Pico W. The HTML is embedded in the code…

In this article we will fetch a web page using a Raspberry Pi W running micropython, we will display the source code of the web page in the REPL window You need to download the latest micropython firmware, you can get this from the following…

In this article we look at an expansion board which I purchased, the board is called the Pico Sense Hat and is made by SBcomponents It has a 1.14″ LCD Display which is controlled by a ST7789, the addition of this LCD allows you to…

As the owner of a RP2040 site and one that covers many products it obviously gives me great pleasure to see new products being launched and especially products from the Raspberry Pi foundation. The latest board is the Raspberry Pi Pico W which adds wireless…

In this article we look at something slightly different for the Raspberry Pi Pico, a BASIC Interpreter called Picomite This was developed by the same person who invented the MaxiMite which Lets see what the website says about PicoMite PicoMite is a Raspberry Pi Pico…

In a previous article we looked at the Pico Explorer Base and in this article we look at using circuitpython on the attached display. The 240 x 240 display fitted which is controlled by a ST7789 chip using SPI. the pins used are tft_cs =…