Saturday, 20 February 2021

A Tiny Board

Well, it took me quite a while but i've  finally managed to write some Python and even vaguely understand how it works. By a strange quirk of timing, I received two of the new Pico boards within the last two weeks and, as they cost me nothing I decided to have a bash at writing some MicroPython to make them do stuff. I needed to have some sort of display so I bought a Unicorn Pack from Pimoroni and have been playing with it.
It took me a couple of hours but the proof is above, I even made a mistake copying a bit of code and was able to debug it myself. The pack colours are a bit basic because the the leds are so tiny, Magenta is not good at all, but the value for money really cannot be questioned. I'm most impressed with all the hardware and I'm beginning to like the software too now. 
 

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