Tony is a Geek

Well, maybe not quite Aloe-RoboCop-Vera: But, it certainly has now moved into the 21st century. A short while ago (End of Nov 2022), so maybe 4 weeks ago? I was very proud of myself for determining that I shall get a little LCD screen (round) and I shall connect it up to a Raspberry Pi PICO a nd to some soil moisture sensors.... I posted about having "fun" getting the LCd screen to work with the PICO and that it was only a matter of formality to get it hooked up and measuring the soil etc..etc... I made a statement at the end of that article post that I will see this through and it will not go by the way-side, like so many other projects have in the past. Now, after many distractions (and mainly a postal strike or two in the middle), I can admit, I have now done it - albeit with a slight cheat.... but this cheat has / will allow me to do even more! MUWAHAHAHAAAAA! I stripped down one of the capacitive moisture sensors and tried to figure out how it worked: https://shop.pimor...

I highly recommend signing up to the Pimoroni notification email system to be informed when RPi4 devices become available for sale. As some of you may know, getting hold of an RPi4 4GB/8GB device over the past 6+ months has been nearly impossible - you "could" go on eBay or Amazon and fork out £275 for one from a "squatter", but that's just insane, no RPi 4 project is worth that much. https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-4-essentials-kit?variant=39850460086355 So, I did the proper thing and I signed up to get informed and that's exactly what happened.  I received the email yesterday morning, I clicked on the link - I see that Pimoroni have the RPi4 4GB in stock for £54 (basic board), they are limiting purchasing to 1-device for 1-person (totally agree with this approach), so as to be fair to everyone....  A few clicks later and one is winging its way over: I now just have to remember what it was that I needed the RPi4 for in the first place!?!?!?!...