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Another year is coming to an end. As usual, we’ll share our Year in Review: a summary of what happened throughout the year on the Random Nerd Tutorials blog. We’ll share some interesting facts about the blog, and our milestones for the next year. We’ll also share some random facts about our lives and reflections.<\/p>\n\n\n

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10-Year Anniversary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This year, the RNT blog has completed 10 years in March. We never thought we could run this blog successfully for so long. Rui started this blog as a hobby while he was still studying at the University. You can learn more about RNT and our story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the picture above, you can see what our office looked like from 2013 to 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowadays, it’s mainly me (Sara) who writes all the website content and eBooks. Rui takes care of other important bureaucratic stuff related to the blog while also working on other personal projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, it has been five years since I started working full-time on this blog, and it’s impressive how much I have learned during this time and I continue learning new things every day. When I began, I knew nothing about programming or electronics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number of Published Tutorials: 122<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Over this year, we’ve published\/updated 122 new tutorials, which is quite impressive. This was the year that we published more tutorials. However, some of those often cover the same topic but are tailored for different boards and use both Arduino IDE and MicroPython.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our goal for the year was to bring out at least one new tutorial every week, and we did even better\u2014we averaged more than two tutorials every week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the beginning of each month, we send out a newsletter recapping all the projects published in the previous month. During that week, there are times when we release a new project, and other times when we don’t. The RNT Recap is something that we implemented a couple of years ago and that we’ll continue during the next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Popular Tutorials<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Here are the top 5 most popular tutorials we published this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. ESP32 WebSocket Server: Display Sensor Readings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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This tutorial shows how to create a WebSocket server with the ESP32 to display sensor readings on a web page. Whenever the ESP32 has new readings available, the web page is updated automatically without the need to manually refresh it. This is a great tutorial to learn about WebSockets with the ESP32. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also have a similar tutorial for ESP8266: ESP8266 NodeMCU WebSocket Server: Display Sensor Readings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Programming Raspberry Pi Pico with Arduino IDE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Raspberry Pi Pico is a relatively new microcontroller board. The Raspberry Pi Pico can be programmed using MicroPython or C\/C++ like the Arduino. Installing and programming the Raspberry Pi Pico boards using Arduino IDE is quick and easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.<\/strong> Raspberry Pi Pinout<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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This tutorial shows the Raspberry Pi Pinout and explains the difference between the various pins and explores the different peripheral interfaces. This is a great tutorial for those getting started with physical computing with the Raspberry Pi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi Pico<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Raspberry Pi Pico is a relatively new microcontroller board. It is widely available, inexpensive, and easy to program. This getting started guide will make it easier to start making projects with this board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. ESP32-CAM Take Photo and Save to MicroSD Card with Date and Time<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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This project shows how to take a picture with the ESP32-CAM and save it to the microSD card. We include the current date and time on the filename. This is useful because each picture will have a unique filename, which means no issues with overwriting existing files; you\u2019ll know when each photo was taken; and it will be easier to organize or retrieve your files later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

eBook Updates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This year we didn’t release any new eBook, but we updated almost all our previous eBooks. Whenever you buy one of our eBooks, you have access to any future updates that we might do in the future for no extra cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a list of the updates:<\/p>\n\n\n

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