Monitors are one thing I am in short supply of. My main Windows PC is using three monitors. And I'm in no hurry to reallocate any of those to something else. My one spare HDMI monitor gets cycled...

Spotted a link to this on the Pi Forum.
Raspberry Pi showcase AI camera kit, new screen and long awaited M.2 HAT at Embedded World conference | Tom's Hardware

Just a moment...

There is a...

Missed this the first time through this guide.
Scroll to the bottom, object tracking and following.
MicroPython and VL53L5CX
I should be able to edit / tweak it to run on my Inventor....

Catnip
It's early days yet. Took a break from it today. The pain in my neck and shoulders is brutal. And a pinched nerve in my neck is causing pain all the way down my left arm. Little finger and...

The guy that helped me sort out the encoders did up a custom test build for the Inventor 2040W with ULAB in it. That has got it working. I just finished soldering it in place on the front of my...

I have my speed sensing code sorted out thanks to ZodiusInfuser on GitHuB
Inventor 2040 W, some examples don't work correctly? . Issue #922 . pimoroni/pimoroni-pico . GitHub
New problem, the...

I measured it, it was 3.141592653589793238462643 inches long. Definitely a Micro Python. ;)

On a more serious note. Decided to have a salad today. Needed a bit of a change from the usual something and French fries. Ripped the plastic bag open and and dumped it into a bowl and a bloody snake...

Had a scary one today. Daughter and Grand Daughter came for a visit. Grand daughter almost drowned. :eek: She just managed to get a hand hold before being sucked under. I don't think it would have...

The -rpm just means it thinks the motors are running in reverse. You can set the speed from -6 to +6. The default value is -1 to +1, if you don't set a speed scale. I want to use 6 RGB LED's for each...

Catnip. I can control the motor speed no problem, near as I can tell anyway. They look to be turning in the correct direction and the correct speed. Where things fail is trying to read the rpm etc...

import time
import math
from inventor import Inventor2040W, MOTOR_A, MOTOR_B, NUM_LEDS
from pimoroni import PID, NORMAL_DIR, REVERSED_DIR
from encoder import Encoder, MMME_CPR
from encoder...

All I've been doing is :banghead: trying to read the motor RPM from the Motor Encoders. The read_encoders.py file works, and both encoders show the position from 0 to 360 degrees. So they must be...

POE for a Pi has been around for a while. The 3B and 4B have that option. It can be expensive to implement though. The POE Hats plus a special POE switch.
I saw that new doable NVMe base. One isuue...

I do, I have a look see almost daily.

Going to be a pain getting the LED's to show motor speed the way I want. The orientation isn't the best, it goes
0----11
1----10
2----9
3----8
4----7
5----6


board.leds.clear()

Making some progress. I did up a test file that runs the motors and reads the speed from the encoders. Next step is to display the speed on the RGB LED's. The Inventor has built in LED's that show...

I got the encoders, Micro Metal Motor Encoder (MMME) (pack of 2) - Sideways
and the mounting brackets, Long Micro Metal Gearmotor Bracket (pack of 2)
They help keep the dust, pet hair, etc, out of...

I have a couple of 2 wheel drive Pi Zero + ExplorerpHat sitting on a shelf gathering dust. :o
Explorer pHAT
I had them running and controlled with a wireless keyboard. It was a bit of a PITA...

This is what I'm tinkering with at the moment. Early days though. It's up on stands so it doesn't scoot across my desk while testing code. I know the motor encoders work, and the motors run. Also...

I'm tinkering with something pretty well weekly. More Pico than Pi these days. Mostly coding versus building. My background is in electronics, as you know I'm a retired electronic technician. That...

My Pi 400 got used quite often, pretty much daily. My Pi 5 is in its place now. I had a spare keyboard and mouse.

Spoiled, I am. My RGB USB HID keypad decided not to work this morning? I had to actually mouse over to the icons in the tray to launch things. The horror!! :eek: :D

Had to reload Circuit Python,...

Don't worry about it Jack. I'll pick up another Pi 4 at some point. The camera works fine with a 3B, a 4B will just get me a few more frames a second in my Video Feed. I just figured I'd see what you...

I have two 1.54" SPI LCD breakouts on mine. They display CPU info, clock speed, CPU temp, etc. And a RTC and trackball breakouts. At some point I'll likely move them over to my Pi 5. It's not at the...