Easily add Python-controlled GPIO pins to any computer

Reading Time: 2 minutesLet’s say that, hypothetically, you wanted to use your computer to blink an LED or read the state of a button. Could you? Almost certainly not — at least not without additional hardware. Most modern computers don’t provide any interface for direct interaction with low-level components. That’s why Nick Bild developed a device called USBgpio […]

Build a Raspberry Pi music box with Sally Le Page

Reading Time: < 1 minuteConnecting buttons to the GPIO pins of your Raspberry Pi instantly opens up your digital making to the world of clicky funtimes. Our Music Box project teaches you how to connect several buttons to your Raspberry Pi and write code to make them trigger cool sound effects. It’s fun. It’s easy. And we roped Sally […]

GPIO expander: access a Pi’s GPIO pins on your PC/Mac

Reading Time: 4 minutesUse the GPIO pins of a Raspberry Pi Zero while running Debian Stretch on a PC or Mac with our new GPIO expander software! With this tool, you can easily access a Pi Zero’s GPIO pins from your x86 laptop without using SSH, and you can also take advantage of your x86 computer’s processing power […]