Raspberry Pi Pico Starter Kit

SKU: AC-KB0005 Brand: UCTRONICS

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A basic starter kit inspired by the Raspberry Pi Pico Guide. You can either build quick projects with the official book or create your own using dozens of components (see below).

  • Beginner-friendly tutorial book with codes.
  • Great for both first-time Pico users and kids.
  • Full SDK and datasheet references for experienced developers.
  • Compatible with any of your favorite platforms and operating systems.

Things you can make:

  • Traffic light controller.
  • Reaction game.
  • Burglar alarm w/ motion sensor and buzzer.
  • Temprature monitoring.
  • Using an I2C or SPI display.

Parts & Components

  • 1 × Raspberry Pi Pico with male headers attached.
  • 1 × Solderless breadboard.
  • 30 × Jumper wires: 10pcs each of male-to-female (M2F), male-to-male (M2M), and female-to-female (F2F).
  • 5 × Push-button switches.
  • 12 × Colorful LEDs: 3pcs each of red, blue, yellow, and green.
  • 10 × 330 Ω resistors.
  • 1 × Active piezoelectric buzzer.
  • 2 × 10 kΩ potentiometer.
  • 1 × HC-SR501 PIR sensor.
  • 1 × I2C 1602 LCD module.
  • 1 × WS2812B LED strip.
  • 1 × Spare header.
  • 1 × Micro USB cable with a switch button.
  • 1 × Clear packing box.

Note: Raspberry Pi Single board computer is not included.

Specifications of Pico

  • 21 mm × 51 mm form factor
  • RP2040 microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi in the UK
  • Dual-core Arm Cortex-M0+ processor, flexible clock running up to 133 MHz
  • 264KB on-chip SRAM
  • 2MB on-board QSPI Flash
  • 26 multifunction GPIO pins, including 3 analogue inputs
  • 2 × UART, 2 × SPI controllers, 2 × I2C controllers, 16 × PWM channels
  • 1 × USB 1.1 controller and PHY, with host and device support
  • 8 × Programmable I/O (PIO) state machines for custom peripheral support
  • Supported input power 1.8–5.5V DC
  • Operating temperature -20°C to +85°C
  • Castellated module allows soldering direct to carrier boards
  • Drag-and-drop programming using mass storage over USB
  • Low-power sleep and dormant modes
  • Accurate on-chip clock
  • Temperature sensor
  • Accelerated integer and floating-point libraries on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico Pinout

Download the PDF version here.

Manual, Datasheet, and SDK Resources

 

 

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