In this tutorial, I’m going to show you the steps required to wire and setup an ultrasonic sensor (HC-SR04) and Raspberry PI Pico microcontroller. Please note that if you want to use a Raspberry PI computer board (like RPI Zero W or RPI 2/3/4 Model A/B) you should refer to my Control an ultrasonic distance […]
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In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to connect and use an I2C LCD display to Raspberry PI Pico. Adding a display to Raspberry PI Pico allows getting real time information from connected devices without using a computer from USB port. I2C LCD displays (with PCF8574 backpack) are one of best solution to
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In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to use a photoresistor with Raspberry Pi Pico. If you have instead a Foundation computer board, you can also use my tutorial to use Photoresistors with Raspberry PI computer board. Projects running different actions in function of sun exposure usually need acquiring information on the light
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In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how this dual H-bridge motor driver integrated circuit works and how to setup an L293D with Raspberry PI Pico using MicroPython. DC Motors are the most common and used components in robotics. With the L293D chip, you can drive many of these motors from Raspberry PI Pico
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In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to use an SG90 servo motor with Raspberry PI pico and Micropython. Servo Motors are common electronics and diy components able to perform rotations (usually in a range between 0 and 180 degrees). You can use SG90 with Raspberry Pi Pico with easy MicroPython code as
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In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to connect and put into work an analog joystick with Raspberry PI Pico, using MicroPython. Joysticks are common input devices widely used in games, but in some cases they can also replace mouse when we need to attach them in a small space. Joysticks can work
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In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to include your custom, external modules in MicroPython with Raspberry PI Pico. Importing external modules in Python is a common way to include custom functions in your code, keeping it ordered and clean. The import statement is available also in MicroPyton but requires the right files
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In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to move your first steps with Raspberry PI Pico, installing the open-source Thonny IDE (integrated development environment) and running a very simple command. The new Raspberry PI Pico changes the user approach to this device because it works as a microcontroller (unlikely other Raspberry PI boards
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