A place to collate some ideas for projects using the Pi Pico RP2040
LED Christmas tree (small) or star ontop of tree
The Pico can run several lights using its GPIO and the number can be increase with charlieplexing
The shopping list would include
| Item | Link |
|---|---|
| Pack of LEDs | https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004963195988.html |
| Pack of Resistors | https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003117726705.html |
See Pi LED Control
SMARS car
The shopping list would include
| Item | Link |
|---|---|
| L298N Motor Driver | https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004431531794.html |
| Micro N20 Gear Motor | https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005402095121.html |
| LCD1602 1602 LCD Module | https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005402188975.html |
If the 3D prints fail this chassis looks like it will work well - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32878542560.html
Some insparational videos
- Raspberry Pi Pico W: WiFi Controlled Robot
- Raspberry Pi - Mini LCD Display Tutorial (Will be usefull to see the cars IP)
4/6/8 legged spider
Some insparational videos
Useless Box
See Pi Useless Box
Retro Gaming
Misc
- https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/microcontrollers/
- https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/pico/Pico-R3-A4-Pinout.pdf
Web Server
- https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/library/socket.html#socket.socket.send
- https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/how-to-run-a-webserver-on-raspberry-pi-pico-w/
Lutz Examples
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCac3uIW5nU
- https://github.com/LutzEmbeddedTec/Pico_w_adjustable_values/blob/main/Website_GPIO_control.py
- https://github.com/LutzEmbeddedTec/Picow_web/blob/main/Website_GPIO_control.py