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The TechLab is a Cape used to help learn to program for the PocketBeagle 1 and 2. There are quite a few components built-in to the TechLab, so this is an inexpensive way to learn some programming.

The images you can download for the PocketBeagle 2 include one that is listed as 'Workshop'. You need the image when hooking up to the TechLab since it has the drivers in ...

I covered the basics of the Arduino Uno Q, but I very much wanted to experiment with the LED Matrix.

The LED Matrix is an 8 by 13 grid of LEDs that are blue. I won't get into how long it took me to get a single LED to light up, but it was definitely longer than it should have been. It took a while to get it streamlined and then make it something worth watching.

If you read the previous article, you should understand the Canvas Widget.

In this article, we will start with the different methods that are available to manipulate the objects on the Canvas.

Canvas Methods

There are many methods that can be used on Canvas widgets.
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Of course, many companies may need an Operating System (OS) other than Linux, such as Windows.

So, the setup is not a simple, straightforward installation like Linux. There are special drivers needed and even some special settings to change the virtual hardware.

We can go through these steps to get Windows 11 running.

Download Drivers

The device we will cover in this article is a newer version of the PocketBeagle, which is covered here.

We can go over the newer specs and use the PocketBeagle 2. If you look back at the original Pocket Beagle article, you can see pictures ...