The Adafruit NeoPixel (WS2812) is an RGB LED that you can program via a serial protocol. We show you how to control the LED with a few lines of MicroPython.
Parking meters and vending machines detect and count the coins you insert, but how do they work? We’ll show you how to mimic the functionality with some particleboard, a Raspberry Pi Pico, a few extra chips, and some Python code.