What is it?

You can either build quick projects with the official book or create your own using dozens of components (see below).

• Beginner-friendly tutorial book with codes.
• Great for both first-time Pico users and kids.
• Full SDK and datasheet references for experienced developers.
• Compatible with any of your favorite platforms and operating systems.

Things you can make:

• Traffic light controller.
• Reaction game.
• Burglar alarm w/ motion sensor and buzzer.
• Temprature monitoring.
• Using an I2C or SPI display.
• & more.

Parts & Components

• 1 × Raspberry Pi Pico with male headers attached.
• 1 × Solderless breadboard.
• 30 × Jumper wires: 10pcs each of male-to-female (M2F), male-to-male (M2M), and female-to-female (F2F).
• 5 × Push-button switches.
• 12 × Colorful LEDs: 3pcs each of red, blue, yellow, and green.
• 10 × 330 Ω resistors.
• 1 × Active piezoelectric buzzer.
• 2 × 10 kΩ potentiometer.
• 1 × HC-SR501 PIR sensor.
• 1 × I2C 1602 LCD module.
• 1 × WS2812B LED strip.
• 1 × Spare header.
• 1 × Micro USB cable with a switch button.
• 1 × Clear packing box. Note: Raspberry Pi is not included.

Specifications of Pico

• 21 mm × 51 mm form factor
• RP2040 microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi in the UK
• Dual-core Arm Cortex-M0+ processor, flexible clock running up to 133 MHz
• 264KB on-chip SRAM
• 2MB on-board QSPI Flash
• 26 multifunction GPIO pins, including 3 analogue inputs
• 2 × UART, 2 × SPI controllers, 2 × I2C controllers, 16 × PWM channels
• 1 × USB 1.1 controller and PHY, with host and device support
• 8 × Programmable I/O (PIO) state machines for custom peripheral support
• Supported input power 1.8–5.5V DC
• Operating temperature -20°C to +85°C
• Castellated module allows soldering direct to carrier boards
• Drag-and-drop programming using mass storage over USB
• Low-power sleep and dormant modes
• Accurate on-chip clock
• Temperature sensor
• Accelerated integer and floating-point libraries on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico Pinout