One of the advantages of the Pico Plus is the addition of a Stemma/QT plug. This plug is connected with pins GP4 and GP5 and thus associated with I2c port 0. This is the same port the Kitronik Robotics Board uses (GP8 and GP9) so using a device with the Stemma/QT plug and the Pico Plus inserted into the Robotics Board is not possible. Is there a way to change the pins to for example GP6 and GP7 so that port 1 is being used for the Stemma/QT breakout?
The sockets will be hard-wired to the pins, so I don’t think you can change them unfortunately. This wouldn’t be an issue if the Kitronik board had broken out some of the GPIO pins, but they haven’t in any way which would be easy and tidy to use for some reason. The only option might be to use stacking headers on your Pico if you haven’t already soldered them on, and then plug a QT board into whichever Port 1 pins you want. Or use stacking headers with a Pico proto board and sandwich it in the middle, and solder wires to Port 1 on the proto.
Just another case of convenience getting in the way of flexibility. Similar to the Qw/ST and SP/CE sockets on the Display 2.8" stop it sitting neatly on a Pico Decker.
DIY PCB, breadboard and jumpers, or stripboard and solder to do exactly what you want.
Pimoroni has made quite some money because of my ordering of stacking headers for the Pico (1, 2, W, Plus, etc.) :-), I am aware of the solution. I just bought the Plus because of the convenience of the Stemma/QT plug. A dipswitch for selecting port 0 or 1 might be a solution for adding more flexibility.
I asked the same thing to Kitronik and got about the same answer, use stacking headers or the breakout solder pads, oh well :-).
Anyway, I got a USB-C now! I’ll never understand what got in their minds producing a Pico with a micro USB plug in 2022.
Thanks for the help and suggestioins.