Raspberry Pi Pico W Pico W Reviews

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“Fantastic bit of gear. Very easy to use for a beginner!”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Excellent bit of kit, so happy with these.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Pico is a great product. I never really cared much for mi I controllers, but this one makes it so beastly to work with. Fantastic product, I'll be coming for more :)”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Quick to run code and simple to use. And the WiFi built in makes it one of the best micro controlers about.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“I bought this as it seems a good fit for a 'smart' temperature difference controller for solar heating tubes. The only downside so far is that the preferred development environment is the emulator Micro-Python, whereas I prefer to use C. The Arduino IDE has had an addition to allow this but I have struggled to get an Access Point working. However, I am nearly there and learning in the process. If it all works out it will have been good value for money.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Posted 1 year ago

“the best picro to learn automation....”

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Posted 1 year ago

“My Pi Pico arrived from the Pi Hut with their usual efficiency. I have been using a Wemos Mini or an ESP32 to control a plant's propagator using a DS18B20 temperature sensor, and mains relay switch. The board also sends the temperature to another device via Tcp and acts as a web server to set the target temperature. Problem is that it crashes after a few hours (probably my poor Arduino IDE programming). I decided to try it using the Pi Pico Thorny and Python. Firstly, the Pico W was much easier to program being more responsive as it does not require the lengthy compiling that the Wemos/ESP32 need. Also, I find Python much simpler to debug and error catch using 'try and except'. The Pico continuously runs all the functions 24/7 without any problem, connects to wifi faster and responds faster, despite not running pre-compiled code. So for me using the Pico is a win-win situation. I considered using a Raspberry Pi Zero but the propagator has a soil moisture capacitance sensor with an analogue output. A Zero would require an external a to d converter. The Pico has analogue pins so can accept the moisture sensor output. The Pico WH was out of stock so I had to solder headers. My soldering skills are not great but managed it o.k., so the Pico appears quite forgiving and robust. Looking at the pin map there are so many functions and options available for hooking up sensors and communications that other boards lack, e.g., duplicate spi and ic2 pins.”

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Posted 1 year ago