“The Presto works right out of the box with the included sensors and cables, plus sample apps. You can start developing your own apps right away. I've used it to create a fantastic display for my heat pumps and a weather station.”
“This is a lovely kit. You get a bit of everything (controllers and sensors), but no breadboard in sight. The package is lovely to look at and I can’t wait to see what clever see 3d printed back designs start to appear. The only minor irk is needing to use a custom editor to interface with the device. Having come from an arduino background I understand you want a common start place. I would’ve expected an advance users section to point to things like rshell, but I guess that’s not your target audience”
“The wait was worth it.
Very good quality. Good display. The performance of the Pico is good.
The only top thing would be an angled USB plug.
Will now try to convert my Asteroids clone to 480x480 pixels and pad control...”
“It was simple to get started with, demos showed a wide range of things that it could do.
My only complaints about the product would come from micropython:
* The board isn't really recognised by tools other than Thonny, because it is new
* Micropython _smells_ like normal Python but doesn't support some (seemingly arbitrary) things, like enums or HTTP requests
It'd be nice if it'd be possible to program in Rust (e.g. https://embassy.dev/) to give the same power as using C/C++ but with a lot more safety.
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