Anyone fancy a #Picovision?
The board is finally back in stock at Pimoroni: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/picovision?variant=41048911904851
It's a fun gadget to play with, plenty of potential yet to be plundered. And maybe there will be a Compo #001 at some point?
Recommendation: You probably won't need the kit. Everyone here will have a million USB cables, HDMI leads, and spare SD cards, right?... but I do recommend the USB Accessory Injector!
I hold Pimoroni in very high regard. Brilliant gadgets, beautiful packaging, supported by smart and enthusiastic people, but, ehh... I'm disappointed they let the #Picovision competition fall off the table. Entries went in a month ago now 🫤 https://mastodon.social/@jtruk/111428889792791974
On the plus side, I ditched the cheap capture card and bought an Elgato thingy, so I should be able to make a better recording once I figure the tech out.
That's a wrap on my first #Picovision demo, Peak Ambition.
I'm mostly pleased with it, especially for the short timeframe, though there are lots more bits of polishing I was hoping to do, and the sound is... well, it's ok for a DIY fakey tracker, and occasional synth misfire.
Trying to play to platform strengths, I sacrificed framerate on the altar of colour and maths. Also, it's in Python. We don't write demos in Python 😅
Interested to see what else gets put in to the competition! #demoscene
Ha. I don't know what to do with this.
I made a video, but the cheap capture card did horrible things to sound and it could be a while until I can fix that.
So:
I present "Peak Ambition", a first demo for #Picovision in #MicroPython for #Pimoroni Party #000, with the caveat that you shouldn't judge the hardware on the quality of this recording.
Also, extend that pass to me for all the snags I'd be fixing if there was more time 😄
But I'm still proud of it!
Nice review of the #Pimoroni#PicoVision by @biglesp over at Tom’s Hardware. (It’s a shame the Pimoroni folks don’t seem to have a Fediverse presence, unless I’ve missed it). PicoVision is a lot of fun, easy to get started coding for, but lots of capabilities that can be explored with more low-level code. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pimoroni-picovision
I've been collaborating with #Pimoroni on their new #Picovision. This has 2 #RP2040s on a board with the goal of making HDMI video from RP2040 more accessible.
The "GPU" RP2040 drives the HDMI, leaving you free to write application code (in #MicroPython or C++) on the "CPU". Communication is through shared framebuffers - so no need to chase the beam.