Learn to Make

When you combine electronics with computers you can make some fantastic projects. In these pages I’ll show you how to use and program small, single board computers which allow you to control and monitor real world electronics. Build colourful lighting effects, motorised, intelligent buggies, handheld games, computer controlled robots. The limit is your imagination.

It quick, easy and cheap to get started so what are you waiting for! Pick a tutorial below.

Arduino Tutorials

Getting Started With Arduino

Learn how to use these great little microcontroller boards.

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Xbox 360 RGH3 mod

How to hack your Xbox360 and play any game you want – RGH3 mod

How to solder

How to solder electronic circuits – build projects and fix devices

Elecrow ESP32 7in touchscreen

ESP32 + 7in LCD + Fast RGB Interface – 30 fps frame rate

Make your own computer art

Make Your Own ZX Spectrum Computer Artwork

Temu and AliExpress Good Or Bad

Temu and AliExpress – Good or Bad?

Make your own replica ZX Spectrum

Make Your Own Replica ZX Spectrum – Bare Metal Emulation + Original Case and Keyboard

ZX Spectrum Bare Metal Emulation

Bare Metal Emulation of the ZX Spectrum With ZXBaremulator

Build your own Commodore 64

How to Make a Replica Commodore 64 – Original Case and Keyboard plus a Raspberry Pi

Batocera full install

Batocera Full Installation to Portable USB and Hard Drive

Bare metal emulation BMC64

Bare Metal Emulation on the Raspberry Pi – Commodore 64

Start coding with the Pi Pico

Everything you need to start with the Pi Pico – Beginners guide for the Raspberry Pi Pico

Raspberry Pi 5 Launched

Raspberry Pi 5 Launched

Build your 256 pixel RGB LED lightbox

How To Build Your 256 Full Colour LED Lightbox – DIY Project

DIY RGB LED Lightbox

Make and Code Your Own 256 Full Colour LED Lightbox – DIY Project

Raspberry Pi Android Table

Raspberry Pi Android Tablet – Elecrow touchscreen + RPi + LineageOS

ESP32 Camera With LCD Panel Image Processing Overview and Setup and Motion Detection

Web Control Panel

Web Control Panel – Building the Web Page – Raspberry Pi Pico, ESP32, Arduino

Micropython asyncio and dual core web server

Web Control Panel – Non Blocking Web Server Using Asyncio and Dual Cores – Raspberry Pi Pico, ESP32, Arduino

Web Control Panel - Web Server

Web Control Panel – Building the Web Server – Raspberry Pi Pico, ESP32, Arduino

Control your project over Wi-Fi

WiFi Control Your Micropython Project Using a Web Interface – Raspberry Pi Pico, ESP32, Arduino

Fix an unreadable sd card

Fix unreadable SD cards and flash drives

Wimaxit 10 inch Raspberry Pi Display

Great 10 Inch Raspberry Pi Display With 5 Point Multitouch

multi threading on pi pico

Multi Thread Coding on the Raspberry Pi Pico in Micropython

Pi Pico SPI with frame buffer

Pi Pico SPI LCD Driver Using RAM Frame Buffer – ILI9341 and ST7789

Use your old laptop as a development system

Don’t Scrap Your Old Laptop. Upcycle It! Use 1 – Coding Development System

Play Atari ST in RetroPie

Installing Atari ST Emulation in RetroPie Using a Pi Zero 2W, 3, 4 or 400

Connect an SPI LCD to Raspberry Pi Pico

Connect an SPI LCD Display to Your Raspberry Pi Pico Using MicroPython – ILI9341 Driver

Wimaxit 7in touch panel

7in touchscreen display with sound for your Raspberry Pi or laptop

Recalbox 8

Recalbox 8 Released for the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W – Full install and Nintendo 64 test

Raspberry Pi Pico MicroPython getting started

Raspberry Pi Pico MicroPython – Getting Started

ESP32 Bluetooth Keyboard As A Retro Game Controller

RetroPie on the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Get RetroPie running On The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W at 1.4 GHz

Overclock your Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Overclock Your Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W – RetroPie at 1.4 GHz

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Overview and Emulation Performance Boost – Retropie on the Pi Zero 2

Using a mouse as a motion sensor

Measure Movement on your Arduino with a Mouse – How to connect a standard mouse to an Arduino.

Emulation or the Real Hardware

Retro Gaming – Emulation or Real Hardware – Which is Best?

Play ZX Spectrum Games in Retropie

How to Play ZX Spectrum Games in Retropie – Setting Up The FUSE Emulator

How To Add the Commodore 64 To RetroPie

How To Add The Commodore 64 To RetroPie – Installing VICE

Make Retropie look great

Make Retropie Look Great With Themes and Images

Install Retropie

Install Retropie and Download All The Games You Could Ever Wanted

how to overclock your raspberry pi

How to Overclock Your Raspberry Pi – Squeeze Out More Processing Power

Add I2S Digital Sound to Your Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi I2S Sound – Add Digital Sound Output to Your Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Zero Sound

Raspberry Pi Zero Sound Output – Add Analog Sound Through a Headphone Socket and Speaker

Fix Raspberry Pi Zero Sound Problems

Fix Sound Problems on Raspberry Pi Zero With GPIONext – Building Your Own Retro Gaming Handheld

GPIO Buttons for RetroPie

Using GPIO Pins For Button Inputs in RetroPie – Building Your Own Retro Gaming Handheld

RetroPie at 50FPS

RetroPie on a Raspberry Pi Zero at 50FPS on an SPI LCD Screen With ILI9341 Driver

RetroPie fastest LCD frame rate

Fastest FPS on Your Raspberry Pi SPI LCD Screen – Make RetroPie playable on a cheap LCD panel

Faster Frame Rates for Raspberry Pi

Increase the Frame Rate on Your Raspberry Pi LCD Screen – SPI based LCD Panels

Display images on your LCD with Arduino

How To Load Images Onto Your Arduino LCD Screen From an SD Card

Add and SD Card to your Arduino

Add an SD Card To Your Arduino – Setup and basic file operations