This is my new product for 2023! Three trees (left = red, centre = amber, right = green) that you can connect to a Pico and program in micropython.
You can buy it from the Raspberry Pi Store in Cambridge and also from my Etsy store.
You just need a Pico with header pins (e.g. a Pico H), a micro-USB cable and a PC with which to program the Pico.
Each tree has different coloured LEDs:
The Trio comes with printed instructions (crocheted blanket not included!):
You can also buy a version on my Etsy store that needs a small amount of soldering for the 20-way connector (thank you to Stephen Swindley for the photo):
I sent a Trio to Brian Corteil who made a three-button console (below) to connect to the GPIO pins and brought it to the November 2023 CamJam. Whilst there, Rob Bricheno coded a fantastic version of ‘Simon’ for the the tree + buttons…. you can see more in this tweet and find Rob’s code on Github.
@PocketMoneyTron Xmas trees can play Simon, I made a gamepad for it before @CambridgeJam but I did not have time to program it. During #CamJam @rwhb2 aka Rob, did and made a cracking version for it. pic.twitter.com/fk7Y8x2ddW
— Brian Corteil 🤖 (@CannonFodder) November 26, 2023
Finally, Big Les kindly featured the Trio on the first day of his Maker Advent!
Day 1 of #makeradvent is live and I'm building a Raspberry Pi Pico W powered advent calendar which uses NTP to get the current date. https://t.co/ITzseAk0rz
What has two, little ducks got to do with it though? You'd better watch and find out. pic.twitter.com/P8al0SMhCT— @biglesp@mastodon.social (@biglesp) December 1, 2023