This tutorial will introduce you to coding in Python, setup your editor and get started with some basic examples. First, you need an editor that helps you to write code in Python. Two options for editors addressed here are: Thonny is an editor specifically for Python programming, and focusses on beginners. Visual Studio Code is … Continue reading Getting started with coding Python and setup your editor
This is a quick tutorial to get started with AI assisted coding in Visual Studio Code. This tutorial assumes you already have a basic understanding of the working of Visual Studio Code. Since new releases of Visual Studio Code come with the GitHub Copilot extension pre-installed, when you launch Visual Studio Code for the first … Continue reading Getting started with AI assisted coding in Visual Studio Code
This tutorial will introduce you to coding MicroPython on a Raspberry Pi Pico. MicroPython is a version of Python that runs on a microcontroller, like the Raspberry Pi Pico. To get started, you need an editor that helps you to write code in Python and can connect to the Raspberry Pi Pico. Two options for … Continue reading Getting started with MicroPython on Raspberry Pi Pico
This project combines two examples: We will use a Seeed Studio XIAO which is a small microcontroller, but this can be done with any Arduino or ESP module you have at hand. For code generation, GitHub Copilot is used. Setting up the circuit Connect the SCL & SDA pins of the VL53L1X sensor to those … Continue reading Simulation of anxiety: pulsing rainbow heartbeat pattern on a LED strip that intensifies when something get closer…
This tutorial describes how to build an electronic circuit with an RGB LED (a LED that can change color), and change its color using an App. It also demonstrates two-way communication over Bluetooth LE between an App built with Android Studio. Older versions of this tutorial: If you have and Arduino, that can also work … Continue reading Create an RGB Led controller App
In the past, students choose the Figma Design tool as their website hosting platform. Why would I be against that? What could be a good use of Figma in the process of creating a website? Update June 2025: However, good news: you now may use Figma Sites to build & host a website! If for … Continue reading Is Figma suitable to host a website?
This tutorial extends the tutorial of a temperature sensor with a display, and adds data logging to that. This can be realized by logging to an SD card, to the memory of the Raspberry Pi, or by logging to a website (via Wifi). The first part is logging to an SD card. Part 1: Data … Continue reading Data logging with the Raspberry Pi Pico W
This presentation is for a workshop to help first year bachelor students of the study programme Create to get started creating a website for their showcase portfolio. This is part of the course Professional Development. Below you can find the material of that lecture. Video of lecture “Getting started with a digital portfolio”: Download: Presentation … Continue reading Getting started with a digital portfolio
In this tutorial, we will build a laser distance Sensor with a Raspberry Pi Pico and CircuitPython, using a VL53L1X Time-of-Flight (TOF) sensor. In this tutorial you will learn to build a distance sensor. It takes the basic steps to connect electronic components and programming the Raspberry Pi Pico in Python. It uses an laser … Continue reading Tutorial: build a laser distance sensor with a Raspberry Pi Pico
In this tutorial we will go through the steps of reviving an archived (student) portfolio website from the old portfolio server. Focus is on a site that was made using WordPress. We will install a local webserver using XAMPP, a bundle that contains Apache (the webserver), PHP and a MySQL database. So the webserver can … Continue reading How to restore an archived (student) portfolio website