32 Projects with Elecrow Raspberry Pi Pico Advanced Kit

Overview

This guide is about Raspberry Pi Pico Advance Projects using the Elecrow Raspberry Pi Pico Advanced Kit. The Kit has 32 sensors and modules.

This Raspberry Pi Pico Advance Projects kit is designed for people who already have some electronics knowledge and programming skills and are interested in the Raspberry Pi. If you want to continue to strengthen your thinking, hands-on ability， and innovation ability, the Raspberry Pi Pico advanced kit will take you to create different scenarios and explore more applications.

By combining sensors and modules we can make more than 30-40 projects using this kit. We will program the Raspberry Pi Pico board with Micropython programming using the Thonny IDE. At the end of all projects you will be able to learn MicroPython and its applications with Raspberry Pi Pico.

Elecrow Raspberry Pi Pico Advance Kit

This Raspberry Pi Pico Advance Projects kit includes a Pi Pico based on the official RP2040 chip, 32 sensor modules & 1 smart car kit. With this kit, you can complete several interesting and practical projects. Using this kit, the learners’ thinking ability and creativity are continuously stimulated.

Features of Raspberry Pi Pico Advance Kit

Suitable for all users, from beginners to advanced programmers.
32 detailed lessons to lead your experiment
32 kinds of sensor modules and the smart cart can also be customized for interesting functions.
Raspberry Pi Pico is a lightweight, compact, high-performance microcontroller multifunction board using a dual-core ARM Cortex-M0+ processor
More powerful functions

Package list

1x Raspberry Pi Pico with Pin headers
2x 400 holes Solderless Breadboard
10x Colorful 5MM LEDS:1pcs each in green,red,blue,yellow and white
1x RGB module
1xButton
1x Sound Sensor
1x Mini PIR motion sensor
1x Photoresistor Module
1x Laser Transmitter
1x Passive buzzer
1x Vibration Sensor
1x Mini magnetic spring module
1x Soil moisture sensor
1x Rotary Potentiometer
1x DC motor with male Dupont Wire + fan blade x 1
1x 9G servo
1x Dual-axis XY Joystick Module
1x RC522 RFID Module
1x 4 Bits Digital LED Display Module
1x Traffic Light Display Module
1x Rotary Encoder Module
1x 1602 LCD Display Module（Blue）
1x Temperature & Humidity sensor
1x Raindrops Module
1x Flame Sensor
1x OLED Module
1x Membrane Switch Keyboard
1x Smart car Kit
2x Crash Sensor
2x Tracking sensor
1x Ultrasonic Sensor
1x Infrared remote control
1x Infrared receiver module
1x Micro USB Cable（30cm）
1x 170 holes Solderless Breadboard
1x 65 Jumper Wire
1x 20CM Male to Female Dupont Wire
1x Clear Case
2x M2.5*30mm Copper Pillar
10x Phillips Pan Head Screw
10x M2.5 Nickel Hex nuts
1x 2 INCH dual-purpose screwdriver
1x Magnet(Diameter:8mm Thickness:5mm)
1x DC stepper motor driver board

Raspberry Pi Pico

Introduction

The Raspberry Pi Pico is a low-cost, high-performance microcontroller development board with a flexible digital interface. In terms of hardware, the RP2040 microcontroller chip, which is officially independently developed by Raspberry Pi, is equipped with an ARM Cortex M0 + dual-core processor, with a running frequency of up to 133MHz, built-in 264KB SRAM and 2MB memory, and up to 26 multi-function GPIO pins onboard.

In terms of software, you can choose the C/C++ SDK provided by the Raspberry Pi, or use MicroPython for development, and there are complete development materials and tutorials, which can be easily developed and embedded in the product.

Configuration of Pico

Dual-core Arm Cortex-M0 + @ 133MHz;
2 UARTs, 2 SPI controllers, and 2 I2C controllers;
The chip has built-in 264KB SRAM and 2MB onboard flash memory;
16 PWM channels;
Support up to 16MB off-chip flash memory through a dedicated QSPI bus;
USB 1.1 host and device support;
DMA controller;
8 Raspberry Pi Programmable I/O (PIO) state machines for custom peripheral support;
30 GPIO pins, 4 of which can be used as analog input;
Support USB mass storage boot mode of UF2 for drag-and-drop programming.

Pin Diagram

MicroPython Programming Setup

Raspberry Pi Pico supports MicroPython, CircuitPython, and C/C++ programming. In this guide, we will be programming the Pico using MicroPython.

Burning Firmware

Enter the official website and follow the instructions to download and burn the firmware:

MicroPython UF2 Bootloader

Press and hold the BOOTSEL button, insert the USB cable connected to the Pico into the USB port of the computer, a new U disk folder will pop up on the computer, drag and drop the “UF2” file just downloaded to the folder, the Raspberry Pi Pico will restart automatically. In this way, the firmware burning is completed.

To learn more about this in detail, please refer to our previous guide:
Getting Started with Raspberry Pi Pico

Installing Thonny IDE

Enter the software official website “https://thonny.org/” to download the software, it is best to download the latest version, otherwise, the Raspberry Pi Pico may not be supported.

Install Thonny and open Thonny IDE software. After installation, open “Tools -> Settings -> Interpreter”, select MicroPython (Raspberry Pi Pico) interpreter, and select the serial port number of Raspberry Pi Pico at the serial port (If the board has been connected to the computer, the software will generally automatically detect the serial port number).

Then click OK, and you can see that the files in the Raspberry Pi Pico are displayed at the bottom left of the software. If the file tree on the left is not displayed, you can check the “view -> file”.

Testing First Program: Blinking of LED

The Raspberry Pi Pico Board has on-board LED connected to GPIO25 Pin. In this first program, we will test the blinking of LED using the following MicroPython Code.

Write the following program & save the program to Raspberry Pi Pico.