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  • Basic graphics on the SSD1351 display

    Basic graphics on the SSD1351 display

    Yesterday I wrote a post on how to wire up and initialise the SSD1351 display with a Raspberry Pi Pico. Today I’m going to delve a little into some routines to display things on the screen. A lot of what I’m covering from here onwards could be easily adapted to work on any graphic display, Read more

  • How to use the SSD1351 OLED display

    How to use the SSD1351 OLED display

    In my previous post, I mentioned that I managed to get the SSD1351 working with a Raspberry Pi Pico. I figured I would write a few blog posts going into detail about how this is done. Read more

  • Interfacing a Raspberry Pi Pico to an SSD1351 OLED Display

    Interfacing a Raspberry Pi Pico to an SSD1351 OLED Display

    I was recently at FOSDEM in Brussels and noticed quite a few people walking around wearing digital badges. So, I thought when I get home I should see if I could cobble together my own one. Read more

  • Adventures with a “working” Pentium III Motherboard

    Adventures with a “working” Pentium III Motherboard

    In my quest to build my perfect early 2000s gaming PC I decided to build it into a tower machine with a full width ATX motherboard so I had all the expansion I could wish for. I bought one from eBay that was “tested working” and found it was anything but… Read more

  • PiStorm32-Lite and JLCPCB Soldering Issues

    PiStorm32-Lite and JLCPCB Soldering Issues

    There is a lot going on right now about PiStorm32-Lite and the delays in production due to some soldering issues. We now know why this is happening, so I figured I would summarise for everyone what is happening and why things are delayed. Read more

  • Acorn RiscPC: Upgrades Part 4

    Acorn RiscPC: Upgrades Part 4

    What is likely the final batch of upgrades has arrived for my RiscPC. This is exciting stuff as I got some games running on it too. Let’s get into it. Read more