Saturday 8 October 2022

Raspberry Pi Pico W

 

In June 2022 Raspberry Pi released a version of their Pico microcontroller with WiFi (and theoretucakky Bluetooth) capability.

The main pinout is identical, but the placement of the aerial required the debug pins be moved.


Psion Organiser 2

The Psion Organiser was a range of British designed and built Personal Digital Assistants.

This is my Psion Organiser 2 LZ. After 33 years it is fully working and is in semi-retirement as an alarm clock - still waking me up every work day morning.


The lower case slides down to reveal a alphabetic keyboard.
There are two Datapak slots on the back. This one has the Pocket Spreadsheet 
For scale, the Psion with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 in an official case.

More technical descriptions to follow.

I also own a second hand (retired) LZ 64, however it makes a buzzing noise when switched on.

Apple iPod (Third Gen)

 This is my Apple iPod, I have had it since 2007.

It normally lives in a silicon skin, hence it looks a bit dusty.

It is still in working order and I still use it.

Grab Bag Computer

This is my Raspberry Pi Zero 2 Grab Bag. Add a television with an HDMI socket and either a Ethernet socket or WiFi and you have a highly portable computer system.

The bag is an Oceanic Dive Gloves bag.

Inside is a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 in an official case; an HDMI cable; a Three Port USB Hub with Ethernet, a BB Q20 micro-keyboard; a micro USB cable (red)  for power; a USB-C data cable for the keyboard; a CAT 6 ethernet cable.