I did a mini @PiWarsRobotics competition for my year 10 Engineering class! @SCHSgdst #GirlsInEngineering

TechnoFire taking on The Temple of Doom! #PiWars #Robots

Reactors Nuclear Core, the fuel rods are jumping! #PiWars @microbit_edu

TechnoFire's Fire effect. #PiWars

What a weekend at #PiWars ! So proud of my 2 teams from @GraveneySchool Robotics Club. 1st and 2nd place in the young teams experienced category!

Check out my latest project & @hackaday Prize entry - the $10Robot! hackaday.io/project/190769-1…

Hey @FreeCADNews check out my @hackaday prize 2022 entry. I'm turning old laptops into new usable computers for use in schools. hackaday.io/project/185851-t… Thanks to @HackSpaceMag & @concreted0g for the excellent FreeCAD tutorials!

RIP Sir Clive.

It's open to all age groups, there are different categories depending on age/experience. More info at PiWars.org Check out today's competition: youtu.be/W2MHtadLjho

Picked up this awesome little #raspberrypi touchscreen from @dfrobotcn. It just uses the DSI port, so it leaves all of your GPIO free for other things.

Something like this?

I made a Pico 2 Pi adaptor, then made it work with my RedBoard+ motor controller.

Current spec: •7 - 12 volt battery input, 5V 3A output. •TB6612FNG Dual H-Bridge 1A continuous 3A max. •4 channel 3.3V to 5V level shifter. •Single channel ADC to measure battery level. •RGB led. •Power & reset switch. •4 X servo headers. •UART & I2C Header.

It's actually an old board, I stopped working on it to focus on the RedBoard+ - as that was more suited to #PiWars. It's basically a cut down version of the RedBoard+. I resurrected it recently and was going to change the name to RedBoard Zero...

Testing the #RaspberryPiPico adaptor with a RedBoard+, I needed 14 PWM channels to drive all of the servos and motors. 2 pins were conflicting but this was easily fixed using the PIO - I just created another PWM pin, problem solved. The PIO is a killer feature!

Here's a quick video of my #raspberrypipico adaptor board with one of my motor controllers. It's running 2 motors with PWM speed control, 2 servos and a Neopixel. Just using the MicroPython demo code from @Raspberry_Pi, easy-peasy!