Les Pounder
@biglesp.bsky.social
Associate Editor at Tom's Hardware.
I've worked with
Raspberry Pi Foundation
BBC
No Starch Press
TechRadar
The MagPi
Hackspace
Electromaker
Linux User & Developer
Linux Voice
Linux Format
No Starch Press
All views are my own
I've worked with
Raspberry Pi Foundation
BBC
No Starch Press
TechRadar
The MagPi
Hackspace
Electromaker
Linux User & Developer
Linux Voice
Linux Format
No Starch Press
All views are my own
It turns out that you were pointing a camera directly at me and my mate on Saturday.
October 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
It turns out that you were pointing a camera directly at me and my mate on Saturday.
Saw these books in a charity shop and thought of @morefunmakingit.bsky.social I bought the Spectrum book for my collection.
October 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Saw these books in a charity shop and thought of @morefunmakingit.bsky.social I bought the Spectrum book for my collection.
Raspberry Pi has released the new $200 (£180) Raspberry Pi 500+ which has a full mechanical RGB keyboard, 16GB of RAM and now features the Pi 500's missing NVMe.
I got my hands on a unit and wrote a review over at Tom's Hardware
www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi...
#raspberrypi
I got my hands on a unit and wrote a review over at Tom's Hardware
www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi...
#raspberrypi
September 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Raspberry Pi has released the new $200 (£180) Raspberry Pi 500+ which has a full mechanical RGB keyboard, 16GB of RAM and now features the Pi 500's missing NVMe.
I got my hands on a unit and wrote a review over at Tom's Hardware
www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi...
#raspberrypi
I got my hands on a unit and wrote a review over at Tom's Hardware
www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi...
#raspberrypi
@seanferrick.bsky.social Hello! I found this in the loft and thought of you after hearing of your Star Trek Micro Machines history in a recent video. If you want it, it is yours. Free of charge. Note the incorrect text for the Defiant.
April 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
@seanferrick.bsky.social Hello! I found this in the loft and thought of you after hearing of your Star Trek Micro Machines history in a recent video. If you want it, it is yours. Free of charge. Note the incorrect text for the Defiant.
After 206 episodes, Tom’s Hardware: The Pi Cast is taking a well-earned break. Thank you for tuning in, talking tech with us, and being part of the fabulous Raspberry Pi and maker community. Stay tuned — we’ll be back! (This is not an April Fool)
April 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
After 206 episodes, Tom’s Hardware: The Pi Cast is taking a well-earned break. Thank you for tuning in, talking tech with us, and being part of the fabulous Raspberry Pi and maker community. Stay tuned — we’ll be back! (This is not an April Fool)
Watching it print while I'm lazing on the sofa.
March 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Watching it print while I'm lazing on the sofa.
Now running a longer print (Gridfinity part) via the web interface. I forgot to turn off the auto levelling so I had to wait for a bit.
March 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Now running a longer print (Gridfinity part) via the web interface. I forgot to turn off the auto levelling so I had to wait for a bit.
And here are the close up pics to pour over. There is ringing, but very minimal stringing. I've done no post processing on this. I just pulled it from the print bed and took the pics.
March 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
And here are the close up pics to pour over. There is ringing, but very minimal stringing. I've done no post processing on this. I just pulled it from the print bed and took the pics.
A benchy, printed in neon green Overture Silk PLA on my new Elegoo Centauri Carbon. This is the first print after a painless setup process.
March 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A benchy, printed in neon green Overture Silk PLA on my new Elegoo Centauri Carbon. This is the first print after a painless setup process.
My new Elegoo Centauri Carbon is printing it's first project. A speed benchy! Speed being the operative word!
March 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My new Elegoo Centauri Carbon is printing it's first project. A speed benchy! Speed being the operative word!
Tomorrow at 2pm ET >>6pm GMT<< on Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast I am geeking out with fellow Psion fans Kian Ryan and Mike Horne! Mike is building a Raspberry Pi powered Psion 5 project, and Kian has extensive knowledge of interfacing the Raspberry Pi with a Psion.
youtu.be/PNlbR-aNpPI
youtu.be/PNlbR-aNpPI
March 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tomorrow at 2pm ET >>6pm GMT<< on Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast I am geeking out with fellow Psion fans Kian Ryan and Mike Horne! Mike is building a Raspberry Pi powered Psion 5 project, and Kian has extensive knowledge of interfacing the Raspberry Pi with a Psion.
youtu.be/PNlbR-aNpPI
youtu.be/PNlbR-aNpPI
No Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast this week. I've got a really good excuse though. Power company is upgrading the local substation, so 600+ houses will have no power for most of tomorrow.
March 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
No Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast this week. I've got a really good excuse though. Power company is upgrading the local substation, so 600+ houses will have no power for most of tomorrow.
Today on Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast at 2pm ET / 6pm GMT (Note the time change!) I'll be showing you how I installed Windows 11 on a Raspberry Pi 5 using Botspot Virtual Machine. This is a pre-recorded show to accompany the Tom's Hardware tutorial. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lqy...
March 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Today on Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast at 2pm ET / 6pm GMT (Note the time change!) I'll be showing you how I installed Windows 11 on a Raspberry Pi 5 using Botspot Virtual Machine. This is a pre-recorded show to accompany the Tom's Hardware tutorial. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lqy...
"I have a choice. Let the world get darker or do what I can, big or small to make it brighter"
March 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"I have a choice. Let the world get darker or do what I can, big or small to make it brighter"
It looks like we'll be seeing a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 laptop sometime in 2025.
The Upton One, from Argon40 uses the CM5, has NVMe storage & is "Launching Soon" on Kickstarter. No idea on the price or release date. But here are the key features.
https://buff.ly/4bddbqH
The Upton One, from Argon40 uses the CM5, has NVMe storage & is "Launching Soon" on Kickstarter. No idea on the price or release date. But here are the key features.
https://buff.ly/4bddbqH
February 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It looks like we'll be seeing a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 laptop sometime in 2025.
The Upton One, from Argon40 uses the CM5, has NVMe storage & is "Launching Soon" on Kickstarter. No idea on the price or release date. But here are the key features.
https://buff.ly/4bddbqH
The Upton One, from Argon40 uses the CM5, has NVMe storage & is "Launching Soon" on Kickstarter. No idea on the price or release date. But here are the key features.
https://buff.ly/4bddbqH
This week on Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast (2/25 2pm ET / 7pm GMT) we are joined by our guest Abe Haskins, who has used a Pimoroni PicoVision to build their ideal mini computer.
https://buff.ly/4krmAPJ
https://buff.ly/4krmAPJ
February 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This week on Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast (2/25 2pm ET / 7pm GMT) we are joined by our guest Abe Haskins, who has used a Pimoroni PicoVision to build their ideal mini computer.
https://buff.ly/4krmAPJ
https://buff.ly/4krmAPJ
Any UK based Star Trek fans/cosplayers need 11 Voyager / TNG / late DS9 commbadges? Free to a good home. I print them to test filaments before doing big jobs.
February 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Any UK based Star Trek fans/cosplayers need 11 Voyager / TNG / late DS9 commbadges? Free to a good home. I print them to test filaments before doing big jobs.
Messing around with #nodered on a spare laptop and I can trigger vlc to play an audio file using an HTTP endpoint (an URL). This could be fun :D
February 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Messing around with #nodered on a spare laptop and I can trigger vlc to play an audio file using an HTTP endpoint (an URL). This could be fun :D
Tomorrow at 2pm ET / 7pm GMT we have a pre-recorded episode of Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast. This week I've got some new Pineboards Modulo Compute Module 5 and 4 carrier boards to talk about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNQA-IP-m0Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNQA-IP-m0Q
February 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Tomorrow at 2pm ET / 7pm GMT we have a pre-recorded episode of Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast. This week I've got some new Pineboards Modulo Compute Module 5 and 4 carrier boards to talk about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNQA-IP-m0Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNQA-IP-m0Q
The next episode of Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast will be on Febraury 18 at 2pm ET / 7pm GMT.
February 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The next episode of Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast will be on Febraury 18 at 2pm ET / 7pm GMT.
On Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast Feb 4 2pm ET / 7pm GMT we have Raspberry Pi CTO Gordon Hollingworth on the show to talk about software engineering for the Raspberry Pi. Join us live!
https://youtu.be/UxO4qiw9kIw
https://youtu.be/UxO4qiw9kIw
January 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
On Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast Feb 4 2pm ET / 7pm GMT we have Raspberry Pi CTO Gordon Hollingworth on the show to talk about software engineering for the Raspberry Pi. Join us live!
https://youtu.be/UxO4qiw9kIw
https://youtu.be/UxO4qiw9kIw
On Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast tomorow at 2pm ET / 7pm GMT, I'll be taking a look at the new Argon40 case for the Raspberry Pi 5 and saying that the old cases look like props from "The Expanse" far too many times. This is a pre-recorded show, https://buff.ly/4hvBgLk
January 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast tomorow at 2pm ET / 7pm GMT, I'll be taking a look at the new Argon40 case for the Raspberry Pi 5 and saying that the old cases look like props from "The Expanse" far too many times. This is a pre-recorded show, https://buff.ly/4hvBgLk
No episode of Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast this week. I've got some camera issues that I am unable to resolve.
January 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
No episode of Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast this week. I've got some camera issues that I am unable to resolve.