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Friday 12 February 2021

Issue #347 - Getting to know your Raspberry Pi Pico

Blink on Pico

Howdy,

We’re getting back to normal [what is this? – Ed.] after the explosion of excitement Raspberry Pi Pico brought. Now we’re able to share some cool things you can do with our first ever microcontroller.

Newbies can get started by learning how to blink an LED on their Pico. Or you might want to add a reset button to streamline uploading new code to your board, without the need to unplug and re-plug. Plus dozens more projects from our community.

We’ve also got the code to recreate your own Tron-style minigame, and an opportunity for young makers to share their coolest projects.

If you want to get your hands on Raspberry Pi Pico, head to the HackSpace magazine subscriptions article – new subscribers will have one sent to them for free!

Ashley

  • How to blink an LED with Raspberry Pi Pico in C

    (raspberrypi.org) Getting started with C/C++
  • How to add a reset button to your Raspberry Pi Pico

    (raspberrypi.org) You don't have to unplug and replug if you don't want to
  • Raspberry Pi Pico balloon tracker

    (raspberrypi.org) Up, up and - no... too high
  • The journey to Raspberry silicon

    (raspberrypi.org) Do you believe in magic?
  • Keeping secrets and writing about Raspberry silicon

    (raspberrypi.org) Writing the documentation for RP2040
  • Get inspired by Raspberry Pi projects

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  • Code a Light Cycle arcade minigame

    (raspberrypi.org) Code a homage to Tron's Light Cycle minigame
  • Machine learning and depth estimation using Raspberry Pi

    (raspberrypi.org) Very small, or just very far away?
  • Idea registration is open for Coolest Project 2021!

    (raspberrypi.org) The sky is the limit!
  • Visual Studio Code comes to Raspberry Pi

    (raspberrypi.org) Let's get visual, visual, I wanna get visuaaaal
  • Wireframe #47 out now

    (wireframe.raspberrypi.org) Lift the lid on video games
  • The MagPi — Issue 102 out now

    (magpi.raspberrypi.org) Build the ultimate media centre
  • Creative projects for young digital makers

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    Free, creative project resources for you to keep young digital makers occupied
  • What does equity-focused teaching mean in computer science education?

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    From our series of six free online research seminars focused on diversity and inclusion

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