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SparkFun Pro Micro RP2040

SparkFun Pro Micro RP2040

The SparkFun Pro Micro RP2040 takes the new RP2040 microcontroller chip from the Raspberry Pi Foundation and puts it in a minimal form factor. Previously, SparkFun used the Pro Micro form factor with an ATmega32u4 to provide the functionality of an Arduino Leonardo: the usual GPIO, analog inputs and PWM outputs plus native USB support. […]

3D Modeling for Makers

Lydia Sloan Cline is the author of Fusion 360 for Makers, which is out in a new second edition. She teaches 3D design and fabrication at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, where she began as a drafting professor with a degree in Architecture. In this episode of Make:cast, Patrick DiJusto, Make: Books […]

Pimoroni Tiny 2040

Pimoroni Tiny 2040

Everybody’s favorite new-ish processor is showing up to the party again in another brand new costume. The Tiny 2040 is brought to us by our friends at Pimoroni, makers of way too many awesome and must-have microcontroller bits and pieces. This time they’ve put the RP2040 on a shrunken-down board the size of a postage […]