Raspberry Pi"s Pico microcontroller is just $4
The Raspberry Pi foundation on Thursday announced its first microcontroller-class product......»»
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W hits the market for $15
Upton said performance will vary depending on the workload, but in the multi-threaded sysbench test, the new Pi Zero 2 W is nearly five times faster than its predecessor......»»
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W: 5x faster than the original for $5 more
New miniature Pi will fit most cases and accessories made for the first Pi Zero. Enlarge / The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. (credit: Raspberry Pi Foundation) The diminutive Raspberry Pi Zero is getting its first upgrade in nearly fi.....»»
Pi’s The Limit: Eben Upton on Raspberry Pi’s Exciting Year — and Their New Pi Zero 2 W
Raspberry Pi's CEO talks with Make: about custom silicon, the Pico microcontroller, their new Pi Zero 2 W, and lots more. The post Pi’s The Limit: Eben Upton on Raspberry Pi’s Exciting Year — and Their New Pi Zero 2 W appeared first on Ma.....»»
A Chip Is Born: RP2040-Based Boards Go From 0 to 60+ With Impressive Speed
The microcontroller market — where chips designed for real-time embedded use are placed into development boards typically referred to as “microcontrollers” themselves — is rarely shaken up. If you want something friendly to beginners.....»»
Pi’s The Limit: Eben Upton talks about Raspberry Pi’s most exciting year yet — and reveals the new Pi Zero 2 W
Just as this year started, Raspberry Pi flipped 2021 on its head with two surprising announcements: they had begun producing their own chip, called the RP2040, and they were using it to power their first entry into the world of microcontroller dev bo.....»»
Raspberry Pi Suffers First Ever Price Increase
For the first time, the price of a Raspberry Pi single-board computer is increasing and we have the global supply chain shortages to thank for it. PCMag reports: Eben Upton, chief executive of Raspberry Pi Trading, made the announcement today, but al.....»»
Raspberry Pi price to increase for the first time ever due to chip shortage
In February 2020, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced it would discontinue the 1GB Raspberry Pi 4, while the 2GB variant would permanently drop from $45 to $35. Due to global supply chain issues and the shortage of semiconductors, the 2GB Raspberry.....»»
Raspberry Pi"s new Build HAT makes it easier to integrate Legos into projects
It plugs in using the 40-pin GPIO header on the mini computer and can control up to four Lego Technic sensors and motors from the Lego Education SPIKE portfolio......»»
Tiny programable gaming system "Thumby" smashes through its Kickstarter target
Thumby, which comes from TinyCircuits, is a 1.2" X 0.7" X 0.3" device powered by the RP2040 SoC found in the Raspberry Pi Pico. It comes with a 72 x 40 Monochrome OLED, Piezo Speaker, 2MB of storage, and a 40mAh Rechargeable LiPo Battery that offers.....»»
Raspberry Pi gets $45M to meet demand for low cost PCs and IoT
Turns out COVID-19 lockdowns have been good for the indoor hobby of hardware hacking: The UK-based foundational behind the low price microprocessor, Raspberry Pi, announced close of a $45 million funding round yesterday. The cash injection into the t.....»»
SiFive’s brand-new P550 is one of the world’s fastest RISC-V CPUs
Today's RISC-V microcontrollers may lead to future RISC-V phones and laptops. Enlarge / SiFive's "Essential" family is stripped down to the minimal configurations and performance necessary for standard microcontroller duty. "Intelligence" adds A.....»»
Chip shortages lead to more counterfeit chips and devices
Industry analysts recommend businesses take extra care with the supply chain. Enlarge / This pair of FT232RL USB to serial UARTs looks quite similar—but the one on the right is a counterfeit based on a mask-programmable microcontroller and onl.....»»
BehaVR’s CenteredVR Eases Emotional Toll of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers
Nurses at Hoag using a Pico headset for stress reduction CenteredVR was developed in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Medicine Personalized, VR-based stress reduction experience uses mindfulness and coping skills to support the mental health of those.....»»
Building a creator-focused OS
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. A week ago TechCrunch covered Pico’s $6.5 milli.....»»
Hack an Analog TV Into a Geek TV
Salvage obsolete tech with Wi-Fi and a Raspberry Pi Zero .cf_videoshare_referral { display: none !important; } Illustration: James Provost Old consumer electronics often have enough room for ma.....»»
We Can’t Stop Watching This DIY Ferrofluid Bluetooth Speaker
Ferrofluid is a mesmerizing material, there’s no doubt about that. We’ve seen plenty of various ways of displaying it, from simply globbing it into a jar and waving magnets at it to building complex displays with microcontroller brains......»»
Creator monetization and CRM startup Pico raises $6.5M
Pico, a New York startup that helps online creators and media companies make money and manage their customer data, announced today that it has launched an upgraded platform and raised $6.5 million in new funding. In a statement, the startup’s c.....»»
The realization of a new type of information demon that profits from gambling strategies
Researchers at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Italy and the PICO group at Aalto University in Finland have introduced the idea of an information demon that follows a customary gambling strategy to stop non-equilibrium proc.....»»
Play the Piper for Pi Day
Piper is releasing a new product, Shree Bose share a new product, Piper Make, a browser-based coding platform based on the Raspberry PI Pico and a block-programming interface based on Google Blockly. The post Play the Piper for Pi Day appeared first.....»»
Celebrate Pi Day With A Little Bit of Competition!
Show us your awesome Raspberry Pi projects for a chance to win! The post Celebrate Pi Day With A Little Bit of Competition! appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers......»»