#hardwareprojects

Got lots and lots of solenoids?

We were chatting with a customer and realized we need a better solution for customers with many solenoids or other high-current on/off loads. This breakout will make it easy to control and power many inductive or high-current loads. An mcp23017

https://www.digikey.com/short/nf4pn2rc

expander over I2C provides 8 output pins, each connected to an AO3406 N-Channel FET

https://www.digikey.com/short/rh398zbh

with a 1N4007 flyback diode.

https://www.digikey.com/short/343h9890

Last year, game dev Dylan Bennet tweeted about this project he was working on: the setup of several workstations to teach kids to develop games with PICO-8.

Ladyada's desk gets a scope cart

We've always wanted a portable scope cart

for our workspace to have our test equipment either by the desk for firmware work or at the soldering worktable for rework debugging. At our new office, we finally have space for one! We picked up this 'dental cart'

- It is not super fancy, but it is metal, and it came together fairly easily. We like the mini top shelf for the scope and the second shelf underneath for the power supply and electronic load. The drawer can hold leads or probes. We've locked it next to our desk so we have more desktop space, and it's easy to peek over as we bring up new boards like the metro RP2350

🎉New Pico 2 W just dropped - and CircuitPython is ready to go!🎉

We just got the OK to put the Pico 2 W in the shop. You can pick it up at

, and you might be wondering: hey, do you have CircuitPython built for it? The answer is YES! We have secretly added support, and v9.1.2 has a build ready. We'll be adding it to the

downloads page shortly, but if you've got one in hand before launch somehow, you can check out the builds in the Absolute Latest S3 Bucket

There are many projects, hacks and devices that support PICO-8, either out-of-the-box or with some tinkering required.

The ClockworkPi Gameshell is one of those, and one of the best... Or not. That depends on your needs and your budget.

A few years ago, a user by the name of gradualgames  posted this photo on the BBS of a Raspberry Pi case customized with a 3D printed logo of PICO-8.  Simple, but extremely cool!