October 03, 2022
Elmwood no more, long live Elmwood! Elmwood Electronics and PiShop are now together! Please see our blog for more info.
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August 10, 2021
The Pico is a great board with a lot of excellent compact build options. For this project I’ll be making an automatic plant watering system with the help of the Pico to keep it running.
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July 28, 2021
Raspberry Pi Pico’s are a great microcontroller that has a fair amount of range, despite the slightly more tricky set up process, once it’s ready to go there’s a lot you can do.
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June 29, 2021
As we delve into larger projects with more components and potentially less instructions, schematics become more important. If you’re like me, schematics haven’t played a huge role in your life since 9th grade science class.
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June 23, 2021
Circuit Playground Express really streamlines a lot of the things you can do with boards when learning. By having so many built-in components and so many alligator clip pads there’s not soldering required and it has minimal set up requirements.
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June 15, 2021
After all the soldering instructions I wanted to actually show a project with light soldering that’s relatively simple and uses minimal components.
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June 08, 2021
Soldering is a good skill to learn and improve throughout your making and DIY-ing, there’s quite a few situations where it will be the best option for a more permanent build.
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