Being arguably the most popular “maker” board of the past decade, the Raspberry Pi family has been a boon to makers, tinkerers and enthusiasts. Browsing the web this week, I’ve found a few RPi related items to share!
First up, how simple can an ethernet adapter get?
About that simple. Using a trinity of resistors and an RJ45 jack, GitHub user KingyoPiyo has developed a crazy simple ethernet adapter for the Paspberry Pi Pico – the practically portless smallest variant of the RPi. Whilst the configuration only allows for transmit (no receive) at 10Base-T, it’s still a wonder of simplicity. With some code, patience and an eye towards the use case you have in mind for your RPi Pico, once could create an ultra smol IoT device, amongst many other things.
From ultra simple to ultra complex...
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