In addition to enhanced performance, the Raspberry Pi 5 also comes with some new hidden functions, including options for time-controlled and remote start-up and shutdown.
Parking meters and vending machines detect and count the coins you insert, but how do they work? We’ll show you how to mimic the functionality with some particleboard, a Raspberry Pi Pico, a few extra chips, and some Python code.
In the photographic method of light painting, you expose a subject over an extended period of time while moving the light sources. With a little technical support from a Raspberry Pi Pico, you can achieve sophisticated results.