Libraries for the Pico: ForsakenNGS PicoLED

The Pico LED library by ForsakenNGS is perhaps the library I have had the most fun using. It is commonly found in the devices I’ve built around my home.

A3144 Hall Effect Sensor with the Raspberry PI Pico

Using the A3144 Hall Effect sensor with the Raspberry PI Pico or RP2040 board.

IT Strategy Drives Worthwhile New Year Resolution

As dark January comes to an end, the New Year's resolutions get forgotten. Aa good time of year to look at the IT Strategy and revise the resolutions that will take the whole IT Team forward.

Libraries for the Pico: FreeRTOS Kernel

FreeRTOS Kernelis the most common library I use in my projects on the Raspberry PI Pico and Pico-W. What brought me to the FreeRTOS and why do I use it so often?

SNTP fromRaspberry PI Pico-W

Using SNTP to synchronize the Pico-W RTC. Using C++, FreeRTOS and the LWIP SNT library.

Managing Technical Debt

Where do you hold your Technical Debt catalogue? Technical debt is the implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy or limited solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer or cost more. Technical debt is critical to being managed by an IT organisation and by the architecture disciplines. … Continue reading Managing Technical Debt →

28BYJ-48 Stepper Motor with Raspberry PI Pico

Driving the 28-BYJ48 stepper motor with the ULN2003 driver IC using a Raspberry PI Pico or RP2040 board in C++ and FreeRTOS. https://youtu.be/VM3S9CiyPzY GitHub Repo for all of the examples in the video: https://github.com/jondurrant/RPIPicoStepperExpTo clone use the command: $ github clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/jondurrant/RPIPicoStepperExp More information: If you want to learn more about the techniques, I … Continue reading 28BYJ-48 Stepper Motor with Raspberry PI Pico →