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Recent Posts
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25 May 2026 » Tearing down a Coder Dojo Kingston University robotOur Coder Dojo at Kingston University runs a fleet of 11 Raspberry Pi RP2040 robots — a design that evolved from my Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico book. After a recent session, one robot came back needing repair: a sheared standoff and some wiring attention. I figured I’d document the design while I had it apart. more… -
Another SG90 servo failed on me today. more… -
28 Mar 2026 » How to Record audio with i2s on Raspberry Pi PicoFollowing on from my post on i2s playback with Raspberry Pi Pico, this is a write up of the recording lab notes I made in 2023. This was actually the trickier bit - getting an i2s MEMS microphone to capture audio and write it to a WAV file on an SD card. I completed this in 2023, but only got round to writing it up in 2026 - better late than never! more… -
11 Sep 2025 » Worlds undiscoveredI still hear phrases like “ruining the magic” when it comes to understanding how stuff like technology, natural processes or cosmic phenomena work. However, I’ve a different take on this. more… -
11 Sep 2025 » Tiny toolkit 4mm bit holderI am currently getting my Tiny Toolkit into a better state, as I use it frequently when doing robot tweaks in the office and out of the lab. This Tiny toolkit is designed for robot repair or improvements, either in my office away from my workshop, or out in the field. more… -
29 Jul 2025 » Reconfiguring headless Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm WiFiIf you have set up a headless Raspberry Pi using Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm, you may have found that the WiFi configuration has changed from previous versions. The trick with putting the SD card into antoher computer and updating wpa_supplicant.conf no longer works, as the file is no longer used. more…
