It is decided! I know what I’m going to do with the @pimoroni Tiny FX kit - a fire engine conversion from an @Airfix Land Rover - with flashing lights and perhaps sound too. I’ll be designing and 3D printing the stuff for the back and should be able to fit the controller inside.
It turns out my tiny servos are really very fussy about voltages, and as they are designed for RC planes, I’ve gone down the battery route. Fortunately I had a @pimoroni LiPo Amigo Pro knocking around for a rechargeable solution.
@paulwebster I checked Rapid and Pi Hut and those prices are not matching what's on their websites - which doesn't suprise me! Must be an issue with rpilocator!
@paulwebster Zero are having some supply constraints - lots of things are affected by the current AI nonsense. Not sure why rpilocator is showing different prices, our prices are up to date with MSRPs based on current RAM shortage price hikes. :-(
The old 🍞- board made a great job! Finally, it is time for another @Raspberry_Pi Pico 2 W project - using multisensors like the @pimoroni BME680 and PMS5003 to monitor air quality in a outdoor box. All data is clearly displayed on a Pico webserver via #micropython code. #maker
Day 1 with the @pimoroni Tiny FX kit and I’ve already found the rescue_vehicle.py code. The head and tail lights can be set at different brightness, plus flashing green LEDs - which I’ll obviously need to replace with blue - but how cool is that!
Maker pal @LOOKMUMNOCMPUTR is currently in Vienna representing the UK in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest - so we wrote a blog post about why we think he's great 📷 https://t.co/HgrY7jROyi
Happy 13th birthday, @micropython 🎉
We’re really happy to be increasing our GitHub sponsorship to $500/month to help support the project and ensure its future.
If MicroPython’s been useful to you, it’s well worth supporting too: https://t.co/xx7sfsceIX
It's MicroPython's 13th Birthday tomorrow! 🎂 To celebrate get up to 30% off in store for products that work with MicroPython and CircuitPython. Wow! https://t.co/49XXoxI5ZB