Clarity to the max! No inane chatter, fooling around, high speed gabbling or frantic camera movements just articulate explanation and very clear illustrations - perfection. If all teachers had your abilities the world would be a very much better educated place. :)
@RoboNuggie
Жыл бұрын
Your enthusiasm when doing these projects is infectious... you can tell you love every minute :-) Thank you Chris, another great video!
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your support. I did indeed enjoy making this video. :)
@travnewmatic
Жыл бұрын
Long time listener, first time caller, recent supporter. Your videos are a joy to watch, and an excellent source of inspiration. Currently waiting for my Pico W and some accessories (breadboard, a display like the one in this video, some jumper wires) to be delivered. I can't wait! Thank you for sharing your passion with us!
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your support. Sounds like you have some happy Pico times ahead. Enjoy! :)
@ZenithMusicNet
Жыл бұрын
Brings me back to our LCD school project, that a classmate and I made 23 years ago. Back then we used the pc serial port, Pascal, and a self-designed pcb board. It was so much fun!
@qzorn4440
Жыл бұрын
The best thing about the Raspberry Pi SBC is that they have examples that work. The RPi spin-offs are a waste of time if there are no working examples for dummies like me. 😎 Great Video as always. Thank you.
@ahmad-murery
Жыл бұрын
Besides reading the wind speed we can also read the temperature, the humidity, precipitation and we'll have a full weather station, we can utilize this push button to cycle through all different readings. But since I walk a lot I think I can find a way to count my steps. as always, that was a very nice project Thanks Chris!
@DFX2KX
Жыл бұрын
there's a few different ways one could count their steps, the cheap/easy/old-school way would be to use a weight hitting a microswitch and then a similar count program. measure your stride length and get distance too. though modern pedometers (like the one inside my smartwatch) use a 6-axis Gyro/Accelerometer, which is also doable.
@ahmad-murery
Жыл бұрын
@@DFX2KX Since I like simplicity I think the weight with a microswitch is my way to go. Thanks!
@rdhunkins
Жыл бұрын
Ah, the good old 160X LCD displays. First one I got didn’t have an I2C interface. Very clunky to set up, but I managed. Then found out about I2C. So much easier! Useful little things for simple text based displays.
@fram1111
Жыл бұрын
Good lungs on you not to mention your brain housing group appears to be working exceptionally well. Love how you leave the projects open so others will need to use their creativity to finish a project. Plus the vast amount of recourses you provide us. Until next time keep your gears spinning. Thank you.
@rickster2317
Жыл бұрын
Great Video Chris! A real walk down memory lane with the 1602 LCD display. My 1st micro project was with a PICAXE micro,and 1602, around 10 years ago. I ended up using a pin and code compatible OLED for a much better visual with no backlight, but I have used the 1602 with many projects since then. Nice to see how useful they are. Thanks for the modern adaptation of an old reliable (and inexpensive) display.
@JohnPMiller
Жыл бұрын
I wish Amazon would sell their large, inexpensive Kindle E Ink displays for makers.
@anon_y_mousse
Жыл бұрын
You could probably get more accuracy from your anemometer by using a bearing for the spindle and using a smaller point at the bottom and oiling it.
@johandeklein5253
Жыл бұрын
love to see little project using these little computers. Thanks for sharing, greetings from Missouri/USA.
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Greetings from the UK. :)
@alexmcd378
9 күн бұрын
Have you seen The 8-Bit Guy's video on LCDs? He covers the older standard instead of I2C, builds a box of switches for hand encoding the text, and also drives one using a Commodore 64 user port as gpio. Great stuff
@DRussell8473
Жыл бұрын
I love these project videos. Thanks for making tinkering fun!
@kevinshumaker3753
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Chris. I am always looking for inspiration for displaying Ham Radio data, Grid Square, Lat/Lon, Time, etc. I had a couple of other LCDs but they dies, and 3.5" screens are such a pain. I also appreciate the Waveshare products, as they have proven easy to use/support, cost effective, and very available. The PicoW and Pico W-BT are beginning to draw my attention for inexpensive, dedicated micro-controllers with no bloat, and easy programmability for Ham Radio. I'd like to see something tying an SDR to a Pico for a self-contained package. I was using PiZeros, but we all know about them...
@stephenlewis9159
Жыл бұрын
I agree, this was most exciting. Thrilling, even. Enthused to try one out in my bionic arm.
@technoWZ5598
Жыл бұрын
Wow, I did not think a Raspberry Pi would be handy to make something with a basic LCD screen! This is really cool, you could make a little clock or something out of it. Nice to see some retro tech on modern day tech! Would it be possible to make a radio or something else out of this?
@wayland7150
Жыл бұрын
Nice to see a 35 year old display being used on a modern build.
@bereck7735
Жыл бұрын
@Win32applicationMost high end displays tend to work very well, including high refresh rate and modern display type ( OLEDS, Minileds ) etc etc and they are pricy for that reason, high refresh rate displays and they also deliver a much smoother experience, I wonder what monitor you had used that caused so much issues
@wayland7150
Жыл бұрын
@Win32application I bought 6 of those Dell 24" screen this month! Got three on my computer.
@JamesMiller-ex3ff
Жыл бұрын
@@wayland7150 How many do you go through a year?
@wayland7150
Жыл бұрын
@@JamesMiller-ex3ff Go through? No, I set up a customer with two screens and set myself up with three screens and sold one with a gaming PC.
@JamesMiller-ex3ff
Жыл бұрын
@@wayland7150 Aww, here's me thinking the other 3 were backups for the rage-induced destruction of the first 3
@jerril42
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris. I like the single upside-down 2.2K resistor (@ 2:37). Just to drive some folks nuts. Take care.
@TerraMagnus
Жыл бұрын
I enjoy watching your videos. I’m most interested in the SBC reviews. It would be really interesting to see cool projects with these boards, perhaps as a series. It would be really neat to partner with other channels that are way outside your wheelhouse. So like how about using an SBC as a controller board for a vintage motorbike project with a channel that builds bikes? Using an SBC to control a very novel set of lights for the bike to keep it safe and visible on the roadways. You mentioned maybe looking at ESP32. You could make content for months easily just scratching the surface with how these things are used. Especially if you start seeing it through with home automation use cases.
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. There are indeed many microcontroller and SBC project video possibilities. But I earn my living running this channel, so what is most critical is what the viewers want to watch. And sadly this kind of content does not pay my bills. Today I posted an Arduino video -- my first! But again, not that popular (so far). But I will always return to such content when I can. :)
@patrpatl
Жыл бұрын
Nice LCD module. If I would take that to a project, would attach those LCDs to an air conditioner. So It can basically monitor the amount of electricity used and the literal price that we would pay for. Nice LCD and nice video.
@CASIOTRON
Жыл бұрын
Greetings from Bucharest Romania ! Soon on your way to 1,000,000 subscribers !
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Greetings! And fingers crossed for the 1M subs. :)
@montecorbit8280
Жыл бұрын
At 10:42 Most exciting game in the whole world.... I thought you were going to play Tyrian or EverQuest on it!!!! You did fail to find out the most important question though. That question is, "Can it play Crisis??" *runs off laughing*
@gloiloidn5752
Жыл бұрын
The world's best game made me smile a lot! 😂 Fantastic video!
@richards7909
Жыл бұрын
I was hoping for a game of rock, paper, Mr Scissors! Excellent video, enjoyed it :)
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Classic.
@mangethegamer
Жыл бұрын
Raspberry Pi Pico is amazing. So much easier to work with than aurdino while being much more competent.
@therealdebater
Жыл бұрын
My friend, who's able to tell me about events in the future, told me that in three months' time from now there's this guy called Christopher Barnatt who becomes a multi-billionaire from marketing a game called 'Angry Buttons'. Apparently, the appeal was in the simplicity. :-)
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
:)
@brucehanson4147
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Chris, been looking for a simple, economical way to display measured parameters or what step of a program was in on a PICO. Just an update on the display you used, the current version from them uses a RGB LED back light so you can make it any color you wish...but you do have to add code for that too.
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. The version of the display I used is still sold -- as well as the RGB version. :)
@liontuga155
Жыл бұрын
Does it game?! Are you kidding? “Push That Button” by EC Studios is already #1 on my Steam wishlist! :-) Thank you for another great video, Chris!
@ronaldmarshall5845
Жыл бұрын
Great Video Chris! I think I will make one of those with my Grand Daugther! Would Love to see the screen used with a pi zero, pi 3, or pi 4!
@paterpracticus
Жыл бұрын
Incredibly helpful. Thank you.
@RixtronixLAB
Жыл бұрын
Nice video, well done, thanks for sharing it with us :)
@saintuk70
Жыл бұрын
love the "iot" content
@massimo79mmm
Жыл бұрын
very useful, i'm searching an idea for using an ESP32, this could be a good idea
@Remigrator
Жыл бұрын
You are my favorite SBC 🤗
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. ;)
@Praxibetel-Ix
Жыл бұрын
I second that sentiment!
@koduflower2000
Жыл бұрын
Great video Chris! I really wanna buy this right now.
@leetucker9938
Жыл бұрын
I love this channel nearly as much as I love Linux Mate 🙂
@andrekz9138
Жыл бұрын
My first Arduino project included the same display
@PatrickConstant
Жыл бұрын
One more time, I excellent video. For the "most exciting game probably in the whole world" I'm not sure but for crazy ideas I'm impatient. When I'll be back home, I will try to translate your project on Attiny 85. See you soon.
@tpobrienjr
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, from Victor the multitool.
@HKey_Root
Жыл бұрын
Love these projects. Thanks.
@tupuzzzi
Жыл бұрын
Impeccable timing sir! Was wondering what to do with my Pi. My Raspberry Pi Zero W just arrived after I have burned my old 3b+ somehow. Got a cheaper Pi this time in case I blow this one up too :P.
@sillycoda1084
Жыл бұрын
very good video as usual, but can it run minecraft?
@CCoburn3
Жыл бұрын
Hello Stanley & Mr. Scissors. Chris, I don't know how you managed to publish this video. I'm surprised you aren't so addicted to the game that you can get anything done. You need to watch out -- some people get so addicted to computer games that they even forget to eat.
@spillanemike
Жыл бұрын
Great video Chris, thanks!
@kencreten7308
Жыл бұрын
Another whirl! I get it! heheh. Great video!
@Coding_Monkey887
11 ай бұрын
Hey, would you be able to do a video on the rp02040 watch developer board I can’t find any documentation on it, and I love how you explain computers very easily specially the raspberry pi.
@drowhodis556
Жыл бұрын
Been waiting for this ❤️❤️❤️
@aliasname5518
Жыл бұрын
very nice, thanks
@mikefinn2101
Жыл бұрын
should have said great fun too. made a keyboard mistake typing too fast. sorry Peter
@phildxyz
Жыл бұрын
would love to see how this could be sent over a network to be read on a remote display...
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
The basics for this are covered in my video here: kzitem.info/news/bejne/lKdulmuFnaile2U
@phildxyz
Жыл бұрын
@@ExplainingComputers Many thanks - will take a look.
@BharatMohanty
Жыл бұрын
Greetings sir.. have a nice day..( I don't have pico still watching video :) )
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Greetings! And thanks for watching.
Жыл бұрын
Could be a nice trainer for the mores alphabet ;-)
@Szwagier90
8 ай бұрын
7:36 - Shouldn't the GP0 be pulled down do the GND with pull-down resistor?
@Szwagier90
8 ай бұрын
It is pulled down internally in code :D Nevermind, hahah
@billloveless6869
Жыл бұрын
Is there a set of software set you would recommend for testing/benchmarking a Raspberry Pi? Thanks
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
I tend to benchmark with sysbench for the CPU, hdparm for drives, and then real programs for other comparisons (eg my standard GIMP render test, and Kdenlive render test, as included in many of my videos). I'm not a fan of focusing too heavily on more specialist benchmark software -- I prefer real-world performance comparisons, such as KZitem playback and the aforementioned render tests.
@Praxibetel-Ix
Жыл бұрын
Hello to you and to Mr. Scissors and Stanley too! Their little greetings did not go unnoticed. 😊 This is my second attempt at commenting. I posted my first attempt in the comments of the wrong video! I am stupid this morning. 🥴 Anyway, I learned a few things this morning about using an LCD module with a Pi Pico and counting cups of tea! It was also nice to see the anemometer again. I remember watching that one during one of my mindless EC back-catalog binges. Do you think you'll use an LCD module for a future Pico project?
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Greetings, and thanks for this. I do indeed plan on using an LCD module in a future Pico project. I thought of this as a stepping-stone video. :)
@Praxibetel-Ix
Жыл бұрын
@@ExplainingComputers Hello! I look forward to seeing whatever the next Pico project will be. :) I think if I had an LCD module, a Pico, all the necessary bits, and a lot of free time, I would have endless fun and laughter having it display profanity, rude jokes, insults, and maybe even Duran Duran lyrics. 😈
@ericfielding668
Жыл бұрын
Now I know what to do with my empty 5.25 drive bay. I'll repurpose a broken optical drive case to have a nice display on the front of my pc.
@MicrobyteAlan
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, that was fun.
@parrotraiser6541
Жыл бұрын
The basic elements of a system explaned, now it's just a matter of adapting it to the specific application. Small-scale automation is one possibility. I was once involved in a project to put a counter and communication device into vending machines, so that the owner would know exactly how many units of what had to be sent out to refill it. (Or that the refiller need'nt bother to visit it yet.) It would have been so easy with today's kit. Unfortunately, the trade greeted it with a tsunami of indifference. :-(*
@warrengibson7898
Жыл бұрын
My wife came in the room wearing a bemused smile. “Now what?” She asked, hearing you go on about cups of tea. We yanks say one Mississippi …
@MeysamShojaeeNejad
Жыл бұрын
I wish there could be a project using tensorflow lite, here.
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Noted. :)
@MeysamShojaeeNejad
Жыл бұрын
@@ExplainingComputers a project with RTOS would be a good one too :)
@GroovingPict
Жыл бұрын
dont you measure wind speed in meters per second in the UK?
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
The weather reports here give wind speed in MPH. We have a strange mix of measurement systems -- mostly metric, but all road signs in miles, and of course screen sizes in inches. :)
@ManOutOfTime-ej9yu
Жыл бұрын
wouldnt a full colour micro LCD display module be better and be the same price
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Certainly not the same price for a display of this size. :)
@etjason1
Жыл бұрын
Great video Chris!. Just wondering what the visibility distance is?
@sunsethorizonstudios
Жыл бұрын
Day 6 of asking for attachments and shields for SBC ( also make a video for Arduino lcds and more!!!!!)
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Arduini is coming . . .
@nunyobiznez875
Жыл бұрын
I don't think the question is, 'Can it game?', but rather, 'Can it run Crysis?'. But that's okay, I think we can mark this one down as a firm maybe!
@Praxibetel-Ix
Жыл бұрын
Better yet, can it run Doom?
@nunyobiznez875
Жыл бұрын
@@Praxibetel-Ix Of course it does, Doom runs everywhere! 😉
@Praxibetel-Ix
Жыл бұрын
@@nunyobiznez875I once saw a video of Doom running on a pregnancy test, so it can indeed run on anything. 😂
@trevorbartram5473
Жыл бұрын
I have an application that has not been solved by any commercial device. Sony Blu-ray players do not have a front panel display. When used as an CD transport and NOT connected to a TV there is no way to set up the player or see track info. I need an HDMI to WiFi adapter to display the info (480p widescreen would be fine) on a Fire tablet (also used for music streaming control). Has there been a Rasp Pi project for such a HDMI to WiFi adapter? What Fire tablet software is required? I don't have Rasp Pi experience but do have microprocessor & PC experience. Thanks in advance!
@retrobombstudios1258
10 ай бұрын
Great vids.Im having problems here though and everything is wired and installed correctly. MPY: soft reboot Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 4, in File "LCD1602.py", line 56, in __init__ File "LCD1602.py", line 98, in begin File "LCD1602.py", line 60, in command OSError: [Errno 5] EIO
@3dhYT
Жыл бұрын
_Translator:_ I once saw a Raspberry Pi with such a screen and buttons as a chess computer.
@Xenon777_
Жыл бұрын
Could be used for a desktop RSS feed reader
@TheSillyshyguy
Жыл бұрын
love it!
@davocc2405
Жыл бұрын
Everyone - has anyone found super cheap bezels for these things? The few I have found have been far more expensive than the entire display. I tried making my own and let's just say I suck at cutting thick plastics.
@stephaneedwardson1370
Жыл бұрын
Resealable package… sad day for Mr. Scissors.
@Praxibetel-Ix
Жыл бұрын
Very sad. Give the fella something to cut open!
@Drxxx
Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤
@mihailvormittag6211
Жыл бұрын
👍
@WayneFrancis
Жыл бұрын
22 seconds and first view...lucky me
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Luck is indeed with you today. :)
@itsskyballs
Жыл бұрын
Upgrade your Picroft(just like your previous video )with display so i can see what mycroft saying and also add a time and date
@kousakasan7882
Жыл бұрын
Crazy what time does to tech. A simple LCD screen costs more than an HD touch screen.
@MorrWorm8
8 ай бұрын
How do you find a list of things you can import in code, ie import machine, time etc? Is there a place to see that say on a pi or a website? Sorry total noob
@wiwingmargahayu6831
Жыл бұрын
rmc youtube channel
@geographicaloddity2
Жыл бұрын
"Cup of tea"s? We Yanks use Mississippi's. "Cup of tea" indeed.
@LeeOades
5 ай бұрын
In fairness, I'm English and I'd never heard of counting cups of tea either. I suspect it may be a regional variant.
@preston963
Жыл бұрын
The fact it has 2 blob chips on the pcb & me knowing just how unreliable they are as a pro tech of 40yrs I'll pass because failure is imminent!
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
I will cross my fingers . . .
@wayland7150
Жыл бұрын
One day you might really need to know the wind speed and the thing won't light up!
Great to see you've taken into account the debouncing issue when dealing with button inputs!
@YateyTileEditor
Жыл бұрын
I get that reference! **cough** Mr Eater **cough**
@fjl05
Жыл бұрын
How is the debouncing issue fixed?
@julianopificius6910
7 күн бұрын
@@fjl05 The "while True" is a forever loop. The next "while loop" - "while switch.value()" - means that while the switch is pressed, do what is inside that loop, which is to increment the counter, update the display, and then execute the third "while loop". The third while loop checks to see if the the button has been released, then waits for a tenth of a second and checks again. If the button "bounces" open and closed, it will happen much faster than the tenth second delay, so the third while loop won't "see" the release. In this way, once the counter has been incremented and the counter value displayed, execution is "trapped" inside the third while loop, meaning that execution cannot continue until the button is released for a period of time exceeding a tenth of a second, which implements what we call a "debounce" function. The problem with this method is that execution is trapped inside that inner loop, and nothing else gets done. This is fine for a simple demonstrator, but in the real world - or more precisely, in a real-time application - we couldn't accept the processor simply sitting and waiting for the operator to release the button, because nothing else would get done while the button is down. In the real world, we'd either use a hardware debounce circuit, or use an external timer/scheduler loop to poll the button periodically and wait for it to be released before accepting further down conditions, or use a hardware edge-triggered interrupt driven by the button... the last two creating what is referred to as an event-driven mechanism. It would depend on the broader structure of the program, and the processor structure. An Arduino would lend itself to a hardware interrupt solution, but I don't know if the OS on the Pi would take too kindly to that. Again, this is a perfectly reasonable demonstration, but in a real application with other things for the processor to do, you'd want to choose a method that permits continuous, uninterrupted code execution.
@d.barnette2687
Жыл бұрын
Greetings from across the pond near Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Another idea for this LCD1602: attach a laser module to the pico, set it up in a doorway, and count foot traffic. Also, with some reflective tape and a little programming, determine rpm's for a fan or even a hobby propeller, much like what you did with the weather vane. I think most might be surprised at how fast the pico can measure rotational speed. By the way, my intermittent contributions to this channel are always based on all your work, not just any one video. Thank you for working so hard to be such a great prof/instructor/teacher.
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your support, much appreciated. I like your project ideas. :)
@sbc_tinkerer
Жыл бұрын
Resealable bag!!! Putting Mr Scissors out of a job. Shame
@MrJHDK
Жыл бұрын
Snake? Snake! Snaaaaaaake!!!! Oh well, a timing game works just as well. 😊
@PeterJasper
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video and project. It is great to revisit and expand on old projects as well.
@jaffarbh
Жыл бұрын
The Pico is a natural twin to this display and can be used together in many real-world applications. Thank for sharing the base code Chris. Will make our lives easier when experimenting.
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. :)
@25hztolife14
Жыл бұрын
Hi there EC. Just wanted to check in. I don't really comment much. We do need to see much more of Mr. scissors and Mr. Hamster though.
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking in! :) I'm currently shooting a PC build -- which involves lots of opening for Mr Scissors and Stanley. So I now have to plan for Mr Hamster's return . . .
@bobrowles43
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the content. There seem to me endless number of channels covering Ardunio on KZitem but not many that cater to the pico. I've been working with the pico quite a bit over the last couple of years. Please continue to generating content on the pico and its applications with sensors / motors etc....
@Kw1161
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris for this informative video. Nice to see a little love for Mr Scissors and Stanley the Knife Now my suggestion for useful project for you; Create a staging directions for your Ducks and other wildlife.. while you are filming them....:)! Your anemometer brought back bad memories while helping change them 200+ feet above the harbor in St Thomas Virgin Islands while in the US Navy back in the early eighties.....the frame seemed to unstable and rocked too much for me. Have a nice week. .
@marcse7en
Жыл бұрын
Welcome to another comment from me! ... In this comment, I'd like to say that Mr. Scissors told me that he doesn't like resealable antistatic bags! ... He's worried he'll be made redundant! ... Mr. Scissors is really cut-up about it! 👎😭
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
:)
@video99couk
Жыл бұрын
Pedantic pedant here. You can't say "LCD Display". That's tantamount to saying "Liquid Crystal Display Display". OK I will crawl back under my stone now.
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
True, and tried very hard not to say "LCD display" in the video, but obviously one crept through! :)
@wlorenz65
Жыл бұрын
The real counting game goes like that: One US dollar, two US dollars, three US dollars, and so on. BTW, time is only money if power equals one ;-)
@drummindog
Жыл бұрын
Chris, you need to submit that game design to Steam and make some money. I can see it rivaling Call of Duty as far as fun goes. ;) Thank you for your videos, Chris.
@fjl05
Жыл бұрын
'I' squared 'C'? I always been calling it 'I' two 'C'
@ExplainingComputers
Жыл бұрын
Either is in fine and commonly used. But most people in education (and tech KZitemrs) say "I squared C".
@dnoodspodu1159
Жыл бұрын
How about showcasing of displaying on some small screen of some meta data from a file being played in Media Player Classic or Winamp? Or datastamps or path of selected file?
@WalterMan
Жыл бұрын
I use a pi pico with an oled screen connected to my pc with a custom app I coded to display temperature and cpu usage.
@G.B...
Жыл бұрын
If this was a mini "graphics display" instead of two separated rows of text, one could write a Tetris program, tiny edition. 🙂
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