In this article we will display a digital clock using a Pico Scroll Pack Getting started The labels on the underside of Pico Scroll Pack will show you which way round to plug it into your Pico – just match up the USB port with…
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In this article we look at the Pico Scroll Pack which 119 white LEDs in a tidy 17×7 matrix, as well with four tactile buttons for interacting with your Pico. The brightness of each LED is individually controllable an d its ideal for a text…
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ArticlesMicropython
A PCF8574 expander example in micropython using a Raspberry Pi Pico
by rp2040guy71In this example we connect a PCF8574 expander to a Raspberry Pi Pico Description This 8-bit input/output (I/O) expander for the two-line bidirectional bus (I2C) is designed for 2.5-V to 6-V VCC operation. The PCF8574 device provides general-purpose remote I/O expansion for most microcontroller families…
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ArticlesMicropython
A DS18b20 thermometer example in Micropython with a Raspberry Pi Pico
by rp2040guy71In this article we connect a DS18b20 module to a Raspberry Pi Pico and we will use micropython to display the temperature returned from the module. I used the following DS18b20 module Specifications The following is from the datasheet The DS18B20 digital thermometer provides 9-bit…
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In this article we present our first micropython example on a Raspberry Pi Pico, rather than just use the default example to flash an LED, we will connect an RGB led up to. Tri-color LEDs contain three different LED emitters in one case. Each emitter…
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Hardware
A look at the Maker Pi Pico an all-in-one project board for the Raspberry Pi Pico
by rp2040guy71In this article we look at another Raspberry Pi Pico board, this one is the Cytron Maker Pi Pico. The Maker Pi Pico is a board for the Raspberry Pi Pico, it comes in 2 variants one of these has a Raspberry Pi Pico soldered…