I've taken a break from the fun projects to tidy up my workshop. So that meant using FreeCAD to design and 3D print brackets to tidy up my wires. www.penguintutor.com/projects/wir... #FreeCAD

Using AI to help create code. Including my first attempt at Vibe Coding for a Raspberry Pi Pico. youtu.be/5B9K3hYb7mc?... #CodingVsProgramming

For the last week I've been refactoring my code for my Raspberry Pi Model Railway GUI application. Lots of code changes, but no new features. Making it easier to add new features in future. youtu.be/JKjyQKCgh_M?...

Placed another order with @pimoroni.com for a future project. Along with the usual great service also received bonus stickers. Here's a small selection. Thanks! #stickers

Reverse engineering, packet sniffing using Wireshark and reading opcodes from online documentation. Learning the CBUS protocol to control a model railway, and then creating a GUI app in Python. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oij3... #RaspberryPi #Python

Working on a Raspberry Pi model railway GUI application. Issues with performance, partly due to threading and GIL, but also due to overly complex application when tried multi-processing. Instead looking at simplified Flask API. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3j2...

On Tuesday I'll be giving a talk at Raspberry Pint - in London or Online. Model Railway Layout Control Bus About how I was able to decipher the CBUS protocol with the help of Wireshark and the challenges implementing in Python and/or C. www.eventbrite.com/e/hybrid-ras...

Photo from 9 years ago today - I was given a behind the scenes tour of the Sony Raspberry Pi factory in Wales, thanks to RS @wearers.bsky.social

Further development on creating a GUI application in Pythin Pyside. How to implement threads. This keeps the application responsive when the program needs to do some rendering in the background. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh0y...

I've now installed JMRI on a Raspberry Pi Java Model Railroad Interface Looking at implementing model railway automation for DCC model trains youtu.be/_nGIli5_-ZM?... #modelrailway #raspberrypi

Working on a DCC model railway. This weekend I created a created a 3D printed holder for the traditional controller. In future I'm looking to connect a Raspberry Pi. www.penguintutor.com/projects/mer... #MakerMonday

The MagPi Magazine is now Raspberry Pi Magazine Great to see my website included in the list of maker resources You can see my list of projects at: www.penguintutor.com/projects.php

You learn more from when something goes wrong than if everything works. It can be frustrating at the time, but it is satisfying when it work. youtube.com/watch?v=v55M... #RaspberryPiPico

A YouTube shorts showing my #Christmas Reindeer decoration with Raspberry Pi Pico 2W youtube.com/shorts/r0oOx... #raspberrypi #pico

I've added the Raspberry Pi Pico 2W powered MP3 player into my Christmas Reindeer decoration. Also using the Pico to control blinking lights. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDQL... #Christmas #RaspberryPiPico

I've created a web based MP3 player with a Raspberry Pi Pico 2W and a DFPlayerMini www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuc3... #pico2W

I found a problem is that some commands return 2 sets of responses, which I didn't realise. I've updated the library to improve that and added some extra functions.

a challenge reverse engineering if misunderstand it. With MP3Player it sometimes returns 2 responses instead of 1. Found with testing now improved my library which works much better. Tested with a new Raspberry Pi Pico 2W. www.penguintutor.com/projects/pic... #raspberrypi #pico2w #micropython

I've created an MP3 Player using a Raspberry Pi Pico and a DFPlayerMini MP3 module. I've written a MicroPython module so it can be controlled using Python. Only 2 wires needed from Pico to Player (+power), the buttons were just for testing. youtu.be/9wMI9Eh1eng?... #raspberrypipico

My next video will be on YouTube tomorrow. In the meanwhile here is a quick preview. Anyone like to guess what it is?