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7x5 E Paper METAR Display

7×5 E-Paper METAR Display

Being a avid aviation buff and pilot, and wanting to learn how the E-Paper display worked I set out to create a METAR Display. It snowballed into a full blown application with multiple display layouts to choose from. This project uses the 7×5 3-color E-Paper display available from Waveshare. The 3rd color added a lot of

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Infinity Macro Pad Using Pi Pico 1

Infinity Macro Pad Using Pi Pico

Hello DIY makers and coders…. Today I’m presenting my version of a custom Macropad with a Raspberry Pi Pico…. I named this as “Infinity Macropad 1.1″….the project is based on the adafruit Circuit Python and runs HID functionality onboard…. This Macropad has 20 individual tactile push buttons 3 Rotary encoders 1 Joystick 1 Ws2812b Status

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INSTEON GETS ANOTHER CHANCE

INSTEON GETS ANOTHER CHANCE

It would appear that, sometimes, miracles happen. A few days ago, an update graced the website of Insteon, a company whose abrupt shuttering we covered in detail two months ago. An entity described as “small group of passionate Insteon users” has bought what was left of the company, and is working on getting the infrastructure back up. Previously, there

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Raspberry Pi Pico STEAM Robot Low Cost Programmable Robot

Raspberry Pi Pico STEAM Robot: Low-Cost, Programmable Robot

Introducing the Raspberry Pi Pico STEAM Robot, a low-cost, programmable car suitable for young learners to build, program, and customize on their own! It utilizes Raspberry Pi pico at the core and is paired with simple electronics and recycled material. The movement of the car is programmable using the simple Scratch-like block coding from make.playpiper. Supplies RaspberryPi Pico

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Ubuntu Linux 22.04 arrives with new desktop features and full Raspberry Pi 4 support

Ubuntu Linux 22.04 arrives with new desktop features and full Raspberry Pi 4 support

Ubuntu probably isn’t the most popular desktop Linux distribution at this point, but it’s still one of the top options for corporate use, and it serves as the technical foundation for projects like Linux Mint and Elementary OS. Ubuntu always has two major releases per year, and right on schedule, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is now

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