Cytron Maker Pi Pico - Simplifying Raspberry Pi Pico for Beginners
If you are new to Cytron Maker Pi Pico and want to get started quickly, you are in the right place! Here you will find all the information you need to set up your hardware and software and start coding with the Cytron Maker Pi Pico.
Resources/Example code for Maker Pi Pico and Maker Pi Pico Base by Cytron Technologies.
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What's Raspberry Pi Pico?
Raspberry Pi Pico is the first microcontroller board from Raspberry Pi Foundation, especially designed for physical computing. It can be programmed with MicroPython and C/C++ to control things in our real world.
Requirements
To get started, you will need the following hardware and software:
Hardware:
- Maker Pi Pico or Maker Pi Pico Base
- Raspberry Pi Pico
- OLED Display SSD1306
- 3V3 I2C and SPI 1602 Serial Character LCD
- Maker Line
- Maker Drive
- Ultrasonic Ranging Module
Software:
To upload the code to the Raspberry Pi Pico you need an IDE such as Micropython.
These codes were written in python, if your operating system don't have it you can download it from here.
Tutorials
If you want a guidance on how to use the code for Maker Pi Pico, here some tutorials you can follow:
- Real-Time Multitasking on Maker Pi Pico Using pyRTOS
- Building Line Following Robot Using Maker Pi Pico, Maker Drive and Maker Line
- Play MP3 File on Maker Pi Pico Using Circuitpython
- Read and Display Environment Sensor Data Using Raspberry Pi Pico and Circuitpython
- Metronome Maker Pi Pico, Programmed With Circuitpython
- Display COVID-19 Data Using Maker Pi Pico and Circuitpython
- Ultrasonic HC-SR04P Using Raspberry Pi Pico
Documentation
For more information on the Maker Pi Pico, check out the datasheet here:
Support
If you need further assistance, we welcome you to our technical forum where our team will be happy to assist you.
Let's start building with Maker Pi Pico!