Course Reserves: Microcontrollers

We have additional components in course reserves which are not part of the usual lab stock. These are available on request subject to availability.

For a searchable index of all regular lab parts, please see Physical Computing Lab Inventory.

For tutorials and sample code, please see Robotics for Creative Practice F26 text/circuitpython/index.html.

CircuitPython

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The “2W” version of the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 includes a faster CPU, more memory, and a WiFi transceiver.

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The Cytron Maker Pi Pico is a carrier board for a Raspberry Pi Pico which includes buttons, LEDS, speaker, audio jack, SD card slot, and Grove connectors. It doesn’t include the Pi Pico itself.

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The Circuit Playground Bluefruit (CPB) is a microcontroller board sold by Adafruit which includes several useful sensors, color NeoPixel LEDs, and accessible electrical contacts.

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The Adafruit Cricket is a baseboard which accepts an Circuit Playground Bluefruit (CPB) on top and adds motor drivers, servo output connectors, motor power input, and more.

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The Cytron Maker Pi RP2040 board integrates a RP2040 microcontroller with hardware suitable for a small robot: two DC motor drivers, four servo connectors, battery input, LED indicators, switches, and seven Grove connectors.