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FergusG Jan 2021 3:44pm, 9 Jan 2021 4,156 posts	0 FergusG Glad it turned out to be straightforward once you’d gone to the hassle of hooking up the monitor!
bigleggy Jan 2021 4:28pm, 9 Jan 2021 6,642 posts	0 bigleggy Yeah, easy when you can see Pi-hole is fully operational again
ZenTaoPlurp Jan 2021 2:30pm, 24 Jan 2021 362 posts	0 ZenTaoPlurp The Pico looks interesting. raspberrypi.org It's "free" on the cover of Hackspace issue 39 - if you stumble across it on the shelves. I've ordered one from pimoroni and am looking forward to learning more about it. The size, price, power consumption, ability to run Micropython and level of support make it look like a useful and powerful alternative to the Arduino.
fetcheveryone Jan 2021 3:59pm, 24 Jan 2021 25,540 posts	0 fetcheveryone I’ve ordered one from Pimoroni - would be nice to free my Pi from plant watering duties.
ZenTaoPlurp Jan 2021 8:01pm, 24 Jan 2021 363 posts	0 ZenTaoPlurp A perfect fit for the purpose; although data logging will need a new avenue.
FergusG Jan 2021 8:16pm, 24 Jan 2021 4,215 posts	0 FergusG Yep. Interesting that they didn’t include Wi-Fi capability (like the various ESP8266 boards) considering how big a thing the Internet of Things is likely to be for their customer base. Almost everything that I’ve automated in my house takes instructions from, or sends results to, another device.
ZenTaoPlurp Jan 2021 2:40pm, 25 Jan 2021 364 posts	0 ZenTaoPlurp Picos are now out of stock at Pimoroni, The Pi Hut, RS and CPC. My order didn't go through and so, Fetch, is it possible that you have my Pico?
fetcheveryone Jan 2021 2:43pm, 25 Jan 2021 25,548 posts	0 fetcheveryone Eeep. Sorry ZTP - hopefully they will make some more.
fetcheveryone Jan 2021 11:30am, 26 Jan 2021 25,555 posts	0 fetcheveryone It's here!
fetcheveryone Jan 2021 11:33am, 26 Jan 2021 25,556 posts	0 fetcheveryone My plan is to use this to switch a relay for a few seconds at a specific time each day to water my plant. I have the Python script to control the relay, but not sure whether I'll be able to set up a cron job on this. Any ideas? I guess the other alternative is just to run an infinite loop that includes a time check.