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lesp / news_app.py

Created May 29, 2026 15:33

Pimoroni Presto News App

	# ICON news
	# NAME News Feed
	# DESC The latest news, direct to your Presto
	import requests
	from presto import Presto
	from picovector import PicoVector, ANTIALIAS_BEST
	from time import sleep
	import qrcode

	presto = Presto()

lesp / index.html

Created August 9, 2022 14:06

Tom's Hardware Raspberry Pi Pico W Web Server: Bootstrap Example

	<!doctype html>
	<html lang="en">
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
	<title>Tom's Hardware...on a Raspberry Pi Pico W</title>
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.0/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-gH2yIJqKdNHPEq0n4Mqa/HGKIhSkIHeL5AyhkYV8i59U5AR6csBvApHHNl/vI1Bx" crossorigin="anonymous">
	<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.0/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-ODmDIVzN+pFdexxHEHFBQH3/9/vQ9uori45z4JjnFsRydbmQbmL5t1tQ0culUzyK" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

	<style>

lesp / button-test.py

Created June 27, 2022 10:58

BMO Playback

	from gpiozero import Button #Much easier way to interact with the GPIO
	from omxplayer.player import OMXPlayer
	from pathlib import Path
	from time import sleep
	from signal import pause

	button = Button(17) #Physical pin 11

	def video_test():
	VIDEO_PATH = Path("BMO_DontSayThings.mp4")

lesp / allie-vlc.py

Created June 26, 2022 18:50

Plays a local video file at 50% volume

	import vlc
	import time

	# creating vlc media player object
	media_player = vlc.MediaPlayer()
	# The video that we wish to play
	media = vlc.Media("PiCast.mp4")
	# Loading up the video ready for playback
	media_player.set_media(media)

lesp / capture.sh

Created May 20, 2022 10:14

Simon says...take a screenshot every minute and use the timestamp as the filename

	#!/bin/bash
	current_time=$(date "+%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S")
	echo "Current Time : $current_time"

	scrot -d 60 "${current_time}.png"

lesp / temp-check.py

Created March 21, 2022 10:20

Using a BME688 Temperature sensor with Pimoroni's Badger 2040. Code is based on the BME688 example, but with added Badger 2040 code.

	"""BME688 / BME680 demo

	This demo will work for both the BME680 and BME688.
	"""
	import time
	from breakout_bme68x import BreakoutBME68X, STATUS_HEATER_STABLE
	from pimoroni_i2c import PimoroniI2C
	import badger2040
	import machine
	badger = badger2040.Badger2040()

lesp / secrets.py

Created March 20, 2021 17:13

Secrets.py

	# This file is where you keep secret settings, passwords, and tokens!
	# If you put them in the code you risk committing that info or sharing it

	secrets = {
	'ssid' : 'YOUR SSID',
	'password' : 'YOUR PASSWORD',
	'timezone' : 'YOUR LOCATION', # http://worldtimeapi.org/timezones
	}

lesp / code.py

Created March 20, 2021 17:12

Wifi on a Raspberry Pi Pico

	import board
	import busio
	from digitalio import DigitalInOut
	import adafruit_requests as requests
	import adafruit_esp32spi.adafruit_esp32spi_socket as socket
	from adafruit_esp32spi import adafruit_esp32spi
	from secrets import secrets

	print("Raspberry Pi Pico WiFi Weather Station")
	JSON_URL = "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=LOCATION&appid=API KEY&units=metric"

lesp / Battery-RGB.py

Created September 13, 2020 09:55

When your battery level gets to a set point, press a key to trigger Terence's RGB keyboard

	#! /usr/bin/env python3
	from pynput.keyboard import Key, Controller
	from time import sleep
	keyboard = Controller()

	while True:
	charge_state = int(open("/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity","r").readline().strip())
	if charge_state < 80:
	keyboard.press("@")
	keyboard.release("@")

lesp / calibration.py

Created January 18, 2020 16:32

This is the code which is not working as expected, the Y value is wildly wrong.

	import smbus
	import time
	bus = smbus.SMBus(1)
	address = 0x48

	print("Please ensure that the joystick is centred, the test will start in...")
	for i in range(3,0,-1):
	print(i)
	time.sleep(1)
	print("The resting value for each axis is as follows...")