Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He ...

"I want to try making something light up as my first electronics project."The Raspberry Pi "Pico" series of microcontroller boards is the perfect entry point for that. You can make LEDs blink ...

If you have purchased one of the new Raspberry Pi Pico microcontrollers launched by the Raspberry Pi Foundation earlier this month and are a little stuck on what to do next. You may be interested to ...

The Raspberry Pi Pico is a change from the previous Pis that people are used to. This is because it is not a Linux computer, but it is a microcontroller board just like Arduino. The biggest selling ...

**** articles from the second edition not yet updated. The SPI bus can be difficult to make work at first, but once you know what to look for about how the slave claims to work it gets easier. To ...

When it comes to the ESPR32, although there is very little detail regarding this particular device, it is known to be a development board that is equipped with Espressif Systems' wireless ...

My project didn't work out, but at least I picked up a new hobby.

**** articles from the second edition not yet updated. One way around the problem of getting a fast response from a microcontroller is to move the problem away from the processor. In the case of the ...