Course Overview

As part of this development track we will continue to explore the basics of Physical Computing through working with the Raspberry Pi Pico W. This course builds upon what we have learned within “Physical Computing With The Raspberry Pi Pico W – I“.  If you haven’t already done that course we would highly recommend that you head over and complete that course before diving into this one.

As part of this course you will explore Analog signals and PWM signals, work with Neopixels and RGB LED’s, including working with relays / motors / stepper motors / servos and heaps of other sensors.

This is an intermediate electronics track and we would highly recommend that you complete some of the other coding, electronics and development tracks before you consider taking up this one.

The topics covered in this course include

1. Working with LED’s
2. Buttons and LED’s
3. LED strip
4. Analog and PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) Signals
5. RGB LED’s
6. Neopixels
7. Buzzers
8. Serial communications
9. Analog to Digital Converters
10. Potentiometer and LED
11. Photoresistor and LED
12. Thermistors
13. Joystick
14. 74HC595 & LED Bar Graph
15. 74HC595 & 7 Segment Display
16. Relay & motors
17. L293D and motors
18. Servo
19. Stepper Motors
20. LCD1602
21. Ultrasonic Ranging using HC-SR04 sensors
22. Matrix Keypad
23. Infrared remote control
24. Hygrothermohraph with DHT11
25. Infrared motion sensor
26. Attitude motion sensor with MPU6050
27. RFID
28. Wifi and TCP/IP
29. Web Programs & Web Access

Prerequisites –

1. This tutorial makes extensive use of the Raspberry Pi Pico
2. If you haven’t purchased a Raspberry Pi Pico yet you might want to head over and pick one up now.
3. The electronics kits required to work with these tutorials can be purchased at https://www.freenove.com/.
4. Please work through all the tutorials within the following track, “Physical Computing With The Raspberry Pi Pico W – I“.

About the Raspberry Pi Pico

The Raspberry Pi Pico is a tiny, fast, and versatile board built using RP2040, the flagship microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi in the UK. From light displays and IoT devices to signage and manufacturing processes, Raspberry Pi Pico gives you the power to control countless home, hobby, and industrial operations. Programmable in C and MicroPython, Pico is adaptable to a vast range of applications and skill levels, and getting started is as easy as dragging and dropping a file.

More experienced users can take advantage of Raspberry Pi Pico’s rich peripheral set, including SPI, I2C, and eight Programmable I/O (PIO) state machines for custom peripheral support. The Pi Pico is now available with wireless connectivity or pre-soldered headers.