I received the PicoSystem by Pimoroni today. It’s tiny, hardly bigger than a keychain. The instructions for setting up the SDK seem slightly outdated for this system as well, but I did get it running. I hope it’s possible to get the Rust SDK working.
Messing around with a #PCB I designed last year.
It's a small, simple, cheap #RP2040-based gamepad, mostly compatible with the Pimoroni #PicoSystem.
There's a two colour red/blue LED at the back. I had hoped to write a game about nature, where balance was indicated by the shine-through lotus turning/staying purple.
The screen placement doesn't quite fit with the wiring, but I want to test everything else and then maybe do a revision.
The really cool hackable dev handheld #PicoSystem is back in stock at @thepihut!
PicoSystem is a pocket-sized handheld games console with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 chip and has tutorials (https://learn.pimoroni.com/article/getting-started-with-picosystem-and-c++) and libraries and examples to build your own games (https://github.com/pimoroni/picosystem).
There are also a bunch of games you can install like Super Square Bros (https://scorpion-games-uk.itch.io/super-square-bros) and Rocks and Diamonds (https://github.com/32blit/rocks-and-diamonds/).
Another fun #gamejam event soon! Get to try out a new development platform which has options for #pokitto #32blit #ESPboy #GamebuinoMeta #PicoSystem and a #GalacticUnicorn (details in the link).
I primarily will target Pokitto but the emulator for #MicoJS makes it easy to see how the games would look on other platforms too!
My latest plaything is a #Pimoroni #PicoSystem, a tiny gaming handheld reminiscent of the Nintendo Game Boy Micro. The PicoSystem has a 240 x 240-pixel colour display, an RP2040 (Dual Arm Cortex M0+ running at up to 133Mhz with 264kB of SRAM) and 16 Mbytes of Flash.
It's programmable in MicroPython, CircuitPython, or C++. Unfortunately, it has been years since I've written any serious Python 3 code, so I will need some quality time with Pluralsight.
Decided to go with this "psychedelic tartan" for #LoveByteTCC day 3 on #pimoroni #PicoSystem.
#LoveByteTCC day 2 on #Pimoroni #PicoSystem.
Took advantage of the built in sprites to keep some decorations while reclaiming enough bytes for the (rather basic) snow.
Thought I'd try some #LoveByteTCC but on the #Pimoroni #PicoSystem!
I'm using PicoSystem Micropython, which is probably not that dissimilar to using LUA on the suggested fantasy consoles.
This is day 1 in 253 characters:
p=pen
c=fcircle
def t(y):fpoly((60,y),(60-y,y+y),(60+y,y+y))
p(240)
clear()
p(41200)
i=9
while i<50:t(i);i+=9
p(252)
frect(50,91,20,20)
c(25,94,3)
c(55,40,3)
p(49404)
c(45,76,3)
p(3312)
c(70,58,3)
c(95,94,3)
p(61695)
hline(58,9,5)
vline(60,7,5)
flip()
Kinda excited about this #pimoroni handled gaming system called #picosystem. it can also run #circuitpython so it's got that going for it. The construction and packaging are top notch.
RT from Bernhard Strobl (@blstrobl)
Master's thesis is nearing completion: Open world 3D game on a microcontroller #PicoSystem #RP2040 #raspberrypi @pimoroni @Raspberry_Pi
[Video embedded in original tweet]
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/blstrobl/status/1591030370040164352
