​Charles Bell conducts research in emerging technologies. He is a member of the Oracle MySQL Development team and is one of the principal developers for the MySQL Database Service (MDS) team supporting MySQL as a service in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). He lives in a small town in rural Virginia with his loving wife. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2005. Dr. Bell is an expert in the database field and has extensive knowledge and experience in software development and systems engineering. His research interests include 3D printers, microcontrollers, three-dimensional printing, database systems, cloud systems, software engineering, Internet of Things, and sensor networks. He spends his limited free time as a practicing Maker focusing on microcontroller projects and refinement of three-dimensional printers.

• Chapter 1: Introducing the Raspberry Pi Pico.- Chapter 2: Introducing MicroPython.- Chapter 3: How to Program in MicroPython.- Chapter 4: Low-Level Hardware Support.- Chapter 5: Electronics for Beginners.- Chapter 6: Project: Hello, World! MicroPython Style.- Chapter 7: Project: Pedestrian Crossing.- Chapter 8: Project: Soil Moisture Monitor.- Chapter 9: Introducing Grove.- Chapter 10: Project: Sound Activated Lights.- Chapter 11: Project: Simon Game.- Chapter 12: Example: Monitoring your Environment.- Chapter 13. Introducing IoT for the Cloud.- Chapter 14. Using ThingSpeak.

​Charles Bell conducts research in emerging technologies. He is a member of the Oracle MySQL Development team and is one of the principal developers for the MySQL Database Service (MDS) team supporting MySQL as a service in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). He lives in a small town in rural Virginia with his loving wife. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2005. Dr. Bell is an expert in the database field and has extensive knowledge and experience in software development and systems engineering. His research interests include 3D printers, microcontrollers, three-dimensional printing, database systems, cloud systems, software engineering, Internet of Things, and sensor networks. He spends his limited free time as a practicing Maker focusing on microcontroller projects and refinement of three-dimensional printers.

• Chapter 1: Introducing the Raspberry Pi Pico.- Chapter 2: Introducing MicroPython.- Chapter 3: How to Program in MicroPython.- Chapter 4: Low-Level Hardware Support.- Chapter 5: Electronics for Beginners.- Chapter 6: Project: Hello, World! MicroPython Style.- Chapter 7: Project: Pedestrian Crossing.- Chapter 8: Project: Soil Moisture Monitor.- Chapter 9: Introducing Grove.- Chapter 10: Project: Sound Activated Lights.- Chapter 11: Project: Simon Game.- Chapter 12: Example: Monitoring your Environment.- Chapter 13. Introducing IoT for the Cloud.- Chapter 14. Using ThingSpeak.

​Charles Bell conducts research in emerging technologies. He is a member of the Oracle MySQL Development team and is one of the principal developers for the MySQL Database Service (MDS) team supporting MySQL as a service in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). He lives in a small town in rural Virginia with his loving wife. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2005. Dr. Bell is an expert in the database field and has extensive knowledge and experience in software development and systems engineering. His research interests include 3D printers, microcontrollers, three-dimensional printing, database systems, cloud systems, software engineering, Internet of Things, and sensor networks. He spends his limited free time as a practicing Maker focusing on microcontroller projects and refinement of three-dimensional printers.

• Chapter 1: Introducing the Raspberry Pi Pico.- Chapter 2: Introducing MicroPython.- Chapter 3: How to Program in MicroPython.- Chapter 4: Low-Level Hardware Support.- Chapter 5: Electronics for Beginners.- Chapter 6: Project: Hello, World! MicroPython Style.- Chapter 7: Project: Pedestrian Crossing.- Chapter 8: Project: Soil Moisture Monitor.- Chapter 9: Introducing Grove.- Chapter 10: Project: Sound Activated Lights.- Chapter 11: Project: Simon Game.- Chapter 12: Example: Monitoring your Environment.- Chapter 13. Introducing IoT for the Cloud.- Chapter 14. Using ThingSpeak.