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Build a Mute/Unmute Button for your Video Calls with a Raspberry Pi Pico and MicroPython

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Date Published
Author
Miguel Grinberg
Word Count
4,238
Company Posts That Month
42
Language
English
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2
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Summary

The author of the text wants to build a mute/unmute button for video calls using a Raspberry Pi Pico and MicroPython. The tutorial requires several hardware components, including a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller, a push button, a breadboard, jumper wires, and a USB cable. The author also needs Python 3 installed on their computer. The tutorial uses CircuitPython, a variant of MicroPython that supports HID devices, to build the project. The author installs CircuitPython firmware on the Raspberry Pi Pico board, writes a short application that prints a message when the button is pressed, and emulates a keyboard by sending a key to the computer through the USB connection.

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