In this article we look at an accelerometer – this time its the MSA301 and we will connect this to a raspberry Pi Pico running Circuitpython Lets look at some information regarding the sensor, this is from the datasheet MSA301 is a triaxial, low-g accelerometer…

In this article we connect a LTR390 UV Light Sensor to the Raspberry Pi Pico Sensor Information This sensor converts light intensity to a digital output signal capable of direct I2C interface. It provides a linear ALS response over a wide dynamic range, and is…

In this article we look at a development board from Pimoroni for creating your projects. This is called the pico explorer and its an ideal board for beginners with a few nice features for starting out with the Raspberry Pi Pico There are a few…

In this article we look at a 4 digit 8 segment Display Module for your Raspberry Pi Pico. The display module is designed to have the Raspberry Pi Pico fitted to it, if you were to do this then you would get access to any…

In this article we look at a 2 inch LCD option for your Raspberry Pi Pico, its a 320 x 240 display with 4 buttons The LCD is designed to have the Raspberry Pi Pico fitted to it, if you were to do this then…

In this article we look at a speaker expansion board for your Raspberry Pi Pico. This board has an on board speaker and also a headphone jack. This is a picture of the board The main audio chip on this board after closer examination was…

In this article we look at a Raspberry Pi Pico RTC Module based on the DS1302 chip The Raspberry Pi Pico out of the box does not have RTC capabilities so with the addition of this Here is a picture of the purchased module Lets…

In this article we look at an expansion board for the Raspberry Pi Pico which is designed to test all of the GPIO pins. You can see this pictured below, the board contains 5 push buttons, 1 potentiometer and 20 leds connected to various GPIO…

In this article we look at one of the RP2040 board offerings from Adafruit. In this case its a much smaller sized board called the Adafruit QT Py RP2040 The QT Py RP2040 adds an extra analog pin compared to the Pico which brings the…

In this article we look at another RP2040 board called the SparkFun Pro Micro, this is  a low cost basic RP2040 board with minimal features There are two LEDs on the Pro Micro RP2040. The red LED indicates power and the other is an addressable…