# Commission to design a Pico-powered board?

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**Category:** Raspberry Pi\
**Created:** [May 23, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/commission-to-design-a-pico-powered-board/27814 "2025-05-23T16:20:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![phennessey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phennessey](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/phennessey)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/commission-to-design-a-pico-powered-board/27814/1 "2025-05-23T16:20:40Z")

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I’m investigating what it would take to commission a circuit board designer to help me make a 16x16 RGB LED display on a board powered by a Pico 2W. If this sounds like the Stellar Unicorn, you’d be right… but this board would be the size of the now-retired Unicorn Hat HD.

Is this a good place to ask for help on such a project?

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**Author:** ![bablokb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@bablokb](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/bablokb)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/commission-to-design-a-pico-powered-board/27814/2 "2025-05-24T05:34:20Z")

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Hm,this really sounds like the Pico2 W Unicorn Stelllar. That board is 16x16 like the Unicorn HD and powered by a Pico 2W. What would be the difference? From the images, both board dimensions are driven mainly by the 16x16 LED-matrix, so the size would be very similar?!

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**Author:** ![phennessey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phennessey](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/phennessey)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/commission-to-design-a-pico-powered-board/27814/3 "2025-05-24T18:35:24Z")

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My post explained it. The Stellar Unicorn is 108x108mm. That’s way bigger than I want.

The board size I want would be very small — 65x65mm, and the LEDs would be small, with a 3.3mm pitch.

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**Author:** ![bablokb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@bablokb](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/bablokb)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/commission-to-design-a-pico-powered-board/27814/4 "2025-05-25T05:25:24Z")

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Ok, that size information was missing for the Unicorn HD.

Now back to your original post: you are asking for help, so I assume you are basically able to design the board yourself? I am a hobbyist but I already designed many boards and thanks to JLCPCB (my preferred fab) production is fast and easy - they have a great workflow. So if you need some guidance, you can send me a PM and we can sort things out.

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**Author:** ![phennessey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phennessey](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/phennessey)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/commission-to-design-a-pico-powered-board/27814/5 "2025-06-20T20:27:59Z")

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No, I am not able to design the board myself. I would need someone to identify the needed components, lay out the board, and produce a file that can be sent to a fab. I assume it would be best to use addressable RGB LEDs, which should cut down on the number of components needed.