Raspberry Pi: Stay on schedule with Raspberry Pi Pico W and an e-ink dashboard
Working with a Raspberry Pi Pico W presented a learning curve for Jaeheon. “I’d never seriously worked with embedded programming before,” he says. It took numerous attempts to create the UI he wanted, having tried libraries provided by Pimoroni and developing his own UI library. “Ultimately, I ended up settling on Light and Versatile Graphics Library (LVGL), and it took about a week to figure out how to port LVGL to Pico and Pimoroni’s Inky Frame.”
In the process, he figured out how to lay out overlapping events — “that was a fun algorithm design challenge,” he says. He also needed to create a server to retrieve the latest information, since the Pico wasn’t powerful enough to fetch it on its own. But, because the microcontroller connects periodically (“no more than every 30 minutes or so”) and displays information on an e-ink screen, the project is power-efficient. It’s also rather flexible.
See also Tom’s Hardware: This Raspberry Pi Pico W-powered Inky Frame display will help keep you organized from 5.Jan.2025.
If you want to get a closer look at this Raspberry Pi project, head over to the Inky Dashboard project page where you can find build instructions as well as a full features list. Be sure to follow Shim for any future updates to this handy Pico organizer.
BlogTO: Neurotoxic worms growing up to 3ft long are in Ontario and you should kill them on sight
And these critters can harm animals several hundred times their size, including unwitting pets.
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“If seen, it’s critical to catch them without contacting bare skin and kill them with salt, vinegar, or neem oil, then dispose of them in a sealed container,” said Morton.
Experts also suggest avoiding any method that involves cutting the worms, as these segmented creatures can regenerate into two separate worms if split in two.
BlogTO: The Best Board Game Cafes in Toronto
The best board game cafes in Toronto pair charming menus with a dizzying number of tabletop games. Places to hang midday, unwind at night or head to on weekends, these spots can always be relied on to kick boredom to the curb.
Here are the best board game cafes in Toronto.
The Cooldown: Stanford study makes surprising discovery about electric vehicle batteries — here’s what it means for EV owners
In their new study, published this December in the journal Nature Energy, researchers found that the common way EV batteries have been tested — by quickly repeating a cycle of steady battery drain, followed by immediate recharging — may underestimate these batteries' lifespans.
For this study, the researchers tested a number of batteries under real-world driving conditions, such as heavy traffic, freeway driving, and long stretches of being parked. They found that the more a test mimicked real-world situations, the longer a battery lasted. In fact, these tests showed some batteries “could last about a third longer than researchers have generally forecast,” according to the Stanford Report.
Last Updated: 07.Apr.2025 22:40 EDT
