The Avocado Pi circuit board makes learning Python programming simple, fast, and fun. With the Avocado Pi and a Raspberry Pi (not included), you can learn how to program at a fast and engaging pace.

Requires affordable materials like LED arcade buttons, RP2040 Zero or Raspberry Pi Pico, male-to-male USB cable, soldering equipment, and circuit Python code.

We’ll examine how to connect it to your Raspberry Pi, code in both Python and visual programming and get you set on your way. It’s open source, but there’s a tiered pricing plan.

This was achieved with lashings of Python, a Raspberry Pi, and Apple’s text-to-speech engine. The Raspberry Pi is set up as a wireless hotspot, to which the Dash Buttons are connected.

A new Pi is $35, but we found an old Raspberry Pi 2 in my desk drawer, which was up to the task. (Newer Pis have built-in Wi-Fi and faster processors, but for our simple button project we didn’t ...