Hel Gibbons

Digital content wrangler at Pimoroni. Rainbow LED, IoT and cosplay enthusiast. Fan of e-bikes, escape rooms and the i lik the bred poem. @jankmammal on Twitter and elsewhere. Pronouns: she/they.

37 articles

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Assembling Pibow Frame for Touch Display 2 - 10.1"

Learn how to put Pibow Frame together and attach your Raspberry Pi.

Tutorial · 15 minutes

Intermediate

Building a Swarm of Sound-Reactive Jellyfish

How we made a bunch of glowing jellyfish for EMFCamp, powered by Raspberry Pi Pico 2.

Project · 45 minutes

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Getting Started with 1.12" Mono OLED Breakout

Learn how to connect our 1.12" Mono OLED Breakout to your Raspberry Pi computer and get started with the luma.oled Python library.

Tutorial · 15 minutes

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Assembling Wireless Plasma Kit

Learn how to assemble your wireless Plasma kit and program it with MicroPython.

Tutorial · 45 minutes

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Getting Started with Inky Frame

Learn how to program Inky Frame with MicroPython and Thonny.

Tutorial · 1 hour

Intermediate

Picade Software Uber-Guide

Get Raspberry Pi OS and RetroPie running on your Picade, with guidance on controls, sound, NVMe storage, and PICO-8.

Tutorial · 1 hour

Intermediate

Assembling your Picade

Build your own mini-arcade cabinet with this friendly, step-by-step guide to the latest Picade, designed for Raspberry Pi 5 with optional NVMe Base support.

Tutorial · 2 hours

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Displaying Comics on Inky Impression

Learn how to download and display comic art on Inky Impression.

Project · 30 minutes

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Getting Started with Inky Impression

Learn how to install and get started with Inky Impression.

Tutorial · 45 minutes

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Assembling the NVMe Base Case

Learn how to assemble our NVMe Base Case for Raspberry Pi 5

Tutorial · 30 minutes

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Getting Started with Pimoroni Presto

Learn how to program Presto with MicroPython and Thonny.

Tutorial · 1 hour

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Getting Started with Raspberry Pi Pico

Learn how to set up your Pico, ready for Pimoroni addons

Tutorial · 1 hour

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Displaying Animated GIFs on Interstate 75 W

Learn how to view your favourite animations on a big LED matrix display.

Project · 15 minutes

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Getting Started with Interstate 75

Enter the (RGB LED) Matrix!

Tutorial · 1 hour

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Getting Started with Home Automation

A beginner friendly introduction to home automation and our smart home range.

Tutorial · 45 minutes

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Assembling Picade Max

Learn how to assemble and set up Picade Max!

Tutorial · 2.5 hours

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Assembling Pibow Frame for Touch Display 2 - 7"

Learn how to put Pibow Frame together and attach your Raspberry Pi.

Tutorial · 15 minutes

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Getting Started with Grow

Learn how to assemble Grow and start monitoring your plants

Tutorial · 45 minutes

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Getting Started with Weather HAT

Learn how to get started with Weather HAT and its Python library

Tutorial · 1 hour

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Getting Started with NVMe Base Duo

Learn how to assemble NVMe Base Duo for Raspberry Pi 5.

Tutorial · 30 minutes

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Building your Pibow 5

Keep your precious Pi safe, cool and stylish in a Pibow Coupé 5.

Tutorial · 15 minutes

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Getting Started with PicoVision

Learn how to program PicoVision with MicroPython and Thonny.

Tutorial · 45 minutes

Intermediate

CO2 Detection with SCD41

Build carbon dioxide sensing devices using our SCD41 CO2 sensor breakout and MicroPython.

Project · 30 minutes

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Getting Started with Badger 2040

Learn how to program Badger 2040 (and Badger 2040 W) with MicroPython and Thonny.

Tutorial · 1 hour