Comments on: Celebrating Pi Day with some of your greatest hits /news/celebrating-pi-day-with-some-of-your-greatest-hits/ From industries large and small, to the kitchen table tinkerer, to the classroom coder, we make computing accessible and affordable for everybody Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:31:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: rclark /news/celebrating-pi-day-with-some-of-your-greatest-hits/#comment-1601300 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:31:01 +0000 /?p=135035#comment-1601300 I worked a bit with python on two RPI-5s here on PI Day. Concept was simple. From my ‘old’ Startrek console RPI-5, when a certain button is pressed, the other PiDP-1 RPI-5 would see it and and know that a simulated ‘paper’ tape was loaded. Then I could simply flip the ‘read-in’ switch on the front panel of the PiDP-1 to read it in. This avoids having to login via ssh, or have a local HDMI connection to read a new tape… That’s it in a nut-shell. I use another RPI-5 running my network redis server as the middle-man (used for a lot of projects) for data repository. Simple enough project for PI Day!

]]> By: Brian Jepson /news/celebrating-pi-day-with-some-of-your-greatest-hits/#comment-1601299 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:10:06 +0000 /?p=135035#comment-1601299 I have so many to choose from, but I’m a big fan of the Pico-powered SidecarTridge (https://sidecartridge.com/), which emulates a wide assortment of devices for Atari ST, STE, and Mega through the cartridge port. The developer keeps adding interesting enhancements and capabilities in software, too.

]]> By: Kritish Mohapatra /news/celebrating-pi-day-with-some-of-your-greatest-hits/#comment-1601298 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:42:44 +0000 /?p=135035#comment-1601298 Just crossed Day 66 of my 100 Days 100 IoT Projects challenge — building and documenting real-world IoT projects daily using MicroPython on ESP32, ESP8266 and Raspberry Pi Pico W. Everything is open source and beginner-friendly. Would love some feedback! 🔧
Repo: https://github.com/kritishmohapatra/100_Days_100_IoT_Projects

]]> By: Kritish Mohapatra /news/celebrating-pi-day-with-some-of-your-greatest-hits/#comment-1601297 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:39:27 +0000 /?p=135035#comment-1601297 I Built micropidash: a @micropython library that turns your ESP32/@Raspberry_Pi Pico W into a real-time web dashboard over WiFi. Zero dependencies, fully non-blocking 🚀
https://github.com/kritishmohapatra/micropidash

]]> By: John B Sandlin /news/celebrating-pi-day-with-some-of-your-greatest-hits/#comment-1601296 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:39:21 +0000 /?p=135035#comment-1601296 I built a “MiniDexed” pi synth. It is like 8 Yamaha DX-7 synthesizers (minus keyboards) in one system. This used a Raspberry PI 4.

I have four blog pages describing the project:
https://sandlinsplace.net/?p=212
https://sandlinsplace.net/?p=240
https://sandlinsplace.net/?p=286
https://sandlinsplace.net/?p=291

]]> By: Ripple Qubits /news/celebrating-pi-day-with-some-of-your-greatest-hits/#comment-1601295 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:21:36 +0000 /?p=135035#comment-1601295 Happy Pi Day everyone! To celebrate, I wanted to share a recent build of mine powered by the awesome Raspberry Pi Pico. It’s a fully 3D-printed, hand-wired 6-axis Space Mouse and Macro Keyboard designed for CAD software like Fusion 360. I put together a complete step-by-step guide with the CircuitPython code and schematics here:
https://www.instructables.com/Open-Source-Space-Mouse-and-Macro-Keyboard-Fusion-/
I’d love to hear what the community thinks of it!

]]> By: Jon Durrant /news/celebrating-pi-day-with-some-of-your-greatest-hits/#comment-1601294 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:24:32 +0000 /?p=135035#comment-1601294 Great that PI Day falls on a Saturday. Going to do a live build on my YouTube channel, https://YouTube.com/@drjonea
It will be based on Pico 2 W and how far i will get i just don’t know. Projects are a journey but fun.

]]> By: PhilE /news/celebrating-pi-day-with-some-of-your-greatest-hits/#comment-1601292 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:03:01 +0000 /?p=135035#comment-1601292 In reply to bsimmo.

So did I – I bet my way was more complicated than yours.

]]> By: bsimmo /news/celebrating-pi-day-with-some-of-your-greatest-hits/#comment-1601291 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:58:57 +0000 /?p=135035#comment-1601291 I made an LED blink today !

]]> By: Jeunese Payne /news/celebrating-pi-day-with-some-of-your-greatest-hits/#comment-1601290 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:46:46 +0000 /?p=135035#comment-1601290 I like to sort my Lego by colour and shape, so it was fun to find out about Lego sorting using Raspberry Pi: /news/raspberry-pi-lego-sorter/

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