Raspberry Pi Pico Advanced Kit: Programming & Projects

The comprehensive project guide for the RP2040 microcontroller.

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Introduction

This guide provides a comprehensive introduction to the Raspberry Pi Pico Advanced Kit, focusing on programming and project development with the RP2040 microcontroller. It covers essential prerequisites, hardware overview, and the capabilities of the Pi Pico.

Pico in Practice

Learn how to power the Pico, start using the Thonny IDE, and write your first test programs. Explore various libraries and understand program execution.

Physical Computing: LEDs in Action

Discover the world of LEDs, including different types, series resistors, and controlling external LEDs. Projects include blinking lights, simulated alarms, running lights, airport lighting, smooth transitions, traffic lights for robots and model railroads, and creating rainbow color effects.

Construction Systems

Explore magnetic systems, metal housings, and plastic housings for your projects. Learn about good construction practices for organizing your components.

Push the Button: Read the Switch

Understand switch bouncing and software debouncing techniques. Projects include keyboard inputs, an LED control center, using rotary encoders, magnetic switching with reed relays, window and door security sensors, vibration or tilt sensors, and seismometers/knock sensors.

Sensors Capture the World

Delve into various sensor applications, including cross-sensitivities, optical sensors, photoresistors, light meters, object detection, infrared detectors, barcode readers, flame sensors, and laser beam barriers. Projects also cover energy-saving lighting, room climate monitoring, humidity and temperature sensing, preventing mold, and using raindrop sensors.

Sounds and Tones

Explore generating signal sounds, acoustic distress signals, melodies, and musical tones with the Pico. Projects include acoustic alarms and sirens.

Capturing the Analog World: Analog-to-Digital Converters

Learn about converting analog signals to digital. Projects include an LED dimmer, controlling devices via a joystick module, and a red-green dimmer using joystick control.

Actuators are Moving the World

Discover how to control DC motors, use H-bridges for motor control, and implement fans with adjustable speed. Projects include balancing pencils and servo control, including a servo-controlled flag and joystick control of a robotic arm.

Displays

Work with various display technologies, including seven-segment LED displays, digital countdowns, scrolling text, LCDs, bargraph displays, and OLED displays. Projects involve displaying information, raising alarms with blinking displays, and creating graphics outputs.

Wireless Access Control: RFID

Learn about wireless data transfer using RFID modules and reading RFID tags.

Robotics

Get started with robotics projects, covering chassis setup, motor and controller testing, and initial test drives. Projects include mechanical collision avoidance, remote control via infrared, ultrasonic obstacle detection, and autonomous driving with lane tracking.

Professionals: Applications and Practical Projects

Explore advanced applications and practical projects, such as monitoring external supply via VSYS, using the Pico as a computer voltmeter, and building a voltmeter with a seven-segment display. Other projects include signal generators, high-frequency generators, sweep generators, oscilloscopes, frequency counters, stroboscopes, digital clocks, stopwatches, egg timers, tea timers, rotational speed measurement, thermometers, desk calendars, wind meters, tilt switches, calculators, ultrasonic distance meters with laser target indicators, energy-saving lighting, laser shooting ranges, RFID-protected treasure chests, people counting systems, code locks, and Pico operation in solar power.

Python Compendium for the Pico

A comprehensive guide to Python programming for the Raspberry Pi Pico. Covers comments, print statements, program structure, variables, data types, number conversions, operators, arrays, lists, string processing, error handling, program termination, bootstrap functions, pin and port control, blinking LEDs, machine modules, SOS signals, timer control, button polling, interrupts, binary counters, carnival lighting, and time control functions.

A Hardware Compendium

A detailed overview of essential electronic components and their use with the Raspberry Pi Pico. Covers breadboards, wire bridges, resistors, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), capacitors, electrolytic capacitors, diodes, and potentiometers.

Troubleshooting

Guidance on common issues and solutions when working with the Raspberry Pi Pico Advanced Kit.

Sources

Information on where to find additional resources and components.

Literature

Recommended reading for further exploration of Raspberry Pi Pico and related topics.

Index

An index for quick reference to topics covered in the guide.

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