Espruino Pico (cosmetic damage)

Name: Espruino Pico (cosmetic damage)
SKU: 5068
Price: 19.99 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.72 (9 reviews)

(9 Reviews)

A tiny USB stick that runs JavaScript - control things in the real world in just seconds!

Designed by Gordon Williams in United Kingdom

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A tiny USB stick that runs JavaScript - control things in the real world in just seconds!

There are no more damaged boards, but you can now buy shiny new Pinned or Unpinned boards! The Espruino Pico is a tiny USB stick that runs JavaScript code (it doesn't need to be plugged into a compu…

There are no more damaged boards, but you can now buy shiny new Pinned or Unpinned boards!

The Espruino Pico is a tiny USB stick that runs JavaScript code (it doesn't need to be plugged into a computer). You can program it with nothing but a serial terminal program, but there's also an IDE that runs in the Chrome Web browser. It's got a syntax highlighted editor as well as a graphical programming language.

Once you've uploaded code, you can inspect and change variables (including functions!) while your program is running.

There's loads of documentation, tutorials and support for a huge range of different hardware too.

See how to get started here, or if you have any questions ask away on our forums!

Why did you make it?

I was amazed at how difficult it was to get started with (and then to debug) most Microcontrollers (especially ARMs), and the lack of support for different platforms. I thought that by putting the development tools on the device itself I could come up with a microcontroller board that could be programmed easily from almost any kind of computer.

Not only that, but your source code is on the board itself. If you make something with an Espruino board and need to change it a year later, your original code is still there waiting for you!

Specifications

33mm x 15mm (1.3 x 0.6 inch)
22 GPIO pins : 9 Analogs inputs, 21 PWM, 2 Serial, 3 SPI, 3 I2C
All GPIO is 5 volt tolerant (Arduino compatible)
2 rows of 9 0.1" pins, with a third 0.05" row of 8 pins on the end
On-board USB Type A connector
Two on-board LEDs and one button.
STM32F401CDU6 CPU - ARM Cortex M4, 384kb flash, 96kb RAM
On-board 3.3v 250mA voltage regulator, accepts voltages from 3.5v to 16v
Current draw in sleep: < 0.05mA - over 2.5 years on a 2500mAh battery
On-board FET can be used to drive high-current outputs

Cosmetic Damage

I recently launched the Pico on KickStarter, but while manufacturing the 4000 boards a significant amount of them suffered superficial damage, and I didn't feel happy sending them out to backers who had pledged for a 'perfect' board.

These are those damaged boards. On the edge furthest from the USB connector, the PCB is slightly damaged near the pins (as seen in the pictures). This does not affect the functioning of the board and everything still works perfectly. The last pin on the board may just be very slightly weaker than it would be otherwise, so you'll want to be a bit more careful when pulling these Pico boards out of breadboard.

Quantity	Price
1-2	$19.99
3-4	$18.99
5-9	$17.99
10+	$14.99

Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (5.00)

Documentation: (4.56)

Shipping: (4.89)

Communication: (4.44)

Gonzalo | June 28, 2015

Great board!

The Espruino Pico is an amazing board, tiny and super flexible. We had an issue with shipping because I moved in between order and shipping, but Gordon contacted me as soon as he got the product back and shipped it back to my new address in no time.

Marten | June 22, 2015

All good

These are great! I'm a web developer without prior experience of microcontrollers and had an Espruino webserver up and running in a few minutes. If you know JS you can do almost anything with these. Review Image

Mario | June 17, 2015

Exactly described, fast shipment - TOP!

I ordered 2 Espruino Pico with slight cosmetic damage.
I got instant feedback on order and shipping status - shipping to Germany took a couple days but was fast!

The devices came softly packed with all Pins secured by some foam.

Using it on a Mac was fairly easy ... downloading the Espruino Web IDE from the Chrome Web Store, plugging the Pico in the USB and immediately could run through the in-IDE-Tutorial to make it blink :)

Thats how you get people hooked. No Drivers, no complicated install, and a fitting real example tutorial walking you interactiv through the IDE and the device programming.

Thanks!
Mario

Frantisek | June 11, 2015

Espruino Pico is my darling...

Fast delivery, function OK... discovering of new things is exciting.
Very nice and challenging toy :-).

Thomas | June 11, 2015

Smallest js computer

I am impessed by the size and seamless working with the espruino ide. Will inspire me on my way to js mastery.

David | June 11, 2015

Lowest TTFHW ever

I established my new TTFHW (Time To First Hello World) personal record: 30 seconds. Forget Arduino, this cutie is way more powerful and easy to use.
Shipment perfectly in time.

Jan | May 29, 2015

Awesome little board

An excellent little board. Things I like about it:

- Very easy to get started (Chrome GUI and the tutorials are quite nice).
- Programming it seems event driven, so it's almost like a RTOS. While I'm not a huge fan of javascript and levels of nested callbacks, it's actually quite fun to think about embedded projects like this.
- The cosmetic damage is really just that - cosmetic. I wouldn't even notice if I wasn't told.
- I like the option to solder a mini or a micro USB connector. USB-A is not always so handy when it's not being plugged right into a computer.
- It's really really small.

So - so:
- It comes with pins already soldered - which is fine for a breadboard fun, but not so much for an actual project. (For a battery powered project I'll anyway need to wait until the deep sleep can go really deep and turn off USB :)

Tatu | May 28, 2015

Great little board for your next IOT project :)

Got a little damaged during shipping (it seems someone at royal mail decided to leave my package at the bottom of the stack and load a ton of bricks on top it so the pins were bent. No problem bending them back straight tho). (Raelly there must have been a ton of bricks on top as the packaging was pretty good).

Getting the lights blinking took about 2 minutes (if you are on linux remember to give yourself access to the serial port ;)

Now I just need the next killer IOT idea (and maybe the wifi module and the shim for it.. and the battery.. and lots of other cool toys ;)

Jürgen | May 26, 2015

Awesome product and very kind communication

Just received my Picos and try them out.
>> I never had such an awesome microcontroller.
Do everything you want with Javascript out of the box!!!

The contact with Gordon was also very kind.
I really recommend these little cute Espruino Pico boards!
Go and buy some!!!

Hopefully my ESP8266-01 modules will arrive this week, then I go to add WiFi to the Picos *wooohoo

btw. Shipping to Germany was fast and well packed.

Thx Gordon for mailing me and for the shims ;)

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Gordon Williams

Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

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A tiny USB stick that runs JavaScript - control things in the real world in just seconds!

There are no more damaged boards, but you can now buy shiny new Pinned or Unpinned boards!

Why did you make it?

Specifications

Cosmetic Damage

Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Great board!

All good

Exactly described, fast shipment - TOP!

Espruino Pico is my darling...

Smallest js computer

Lowest TTFHW ever

Awesome little board

Great little board for your next IOT project :)

Awesome product and very kind communication

Gordon Williams

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