Building a WIFI module inhouse is expensive. The certification process is tedious, lengthy, and expensive. Which is why you see the “Pico W onboard” products. I’m not saying it won’t happen, just that it may be tricky to do. Is it worth the cost to develop and build it?
I’d love a faster updating version (I’m happy to go grayscale for it) version of the Inky Frame 7.3"
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I wish there was a Pico with inbuilt debugprobe. OK, PIO 0+1 would be taken by the probe but a second pico and the probe could all be powered via one USB. It’d also need an extra BOOTSEL for the probe and a reset on the non-probe would be nice.
Basically this on one package (with headers?)
You could debug on the combined solution then deploy to a normal pico
Great for messing about with things like an omnibus and some packs if nothing else…
You mean like the STM Nucleo boards have?
Even if the Pi Debug Probe had power out in some way, that would really help. I know there are reasons why you might not want power on the debug cable, but the target is going to need powered somehow, it seems odd to leave that out entirely.
I’ll have to look into those but really was after a 2040/2350 device
If something like this was available in a case you’d have something a consumer could learn to program in C/ASM etc on without any fear of soldering irons. Would even expose the slave processor (except 0+1) externally for easy plug+play expansion
Closest I can find is RP2040-GEEK Development Board | The Pi Hut but the example connection diagram to a pico looks dodgy (connecting gpio1 to gnd + vice-versa?)
Wish list
Tiny 2350 with WiFi
Pimoroni Pico plus 2 W but with lipo charging (like the Pico lipo that you guys did)
The next badger 2350 W with lipo and a choice of screen 7/3/2 colour epaper
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I think this is a simple error in the connection diagram.
I am developing on a Pi using a self-designed hat: GitHub - bablokb/pi-pico-devboard-hat: A PICO devboard-hat for the Raspberry Pi
YES! Those are exactly what I would want!
I wish Pimoroni would update the 1.14"/2.0" Display Packs to have same GPIO6:7(I2C), GPIO20:21(LCD control), GPIO26:28(RGB) pinout as Display Pack 2.8"
Wristwatch (similar to bangle.Js) Definitely with an RTC, and preferably with touchscreen and Qw/ST. Maybe even GPS and/or clipper? Hopefully RP2350.
PicoSystem 2: original but RP2350 also with bumpers/triggers, Qw/ST on back, RM2 for Bluetooth/BLE/WiFi, and adjust/menu buttons like the Qw/ST pad has. Maybe also rumble.
A battery powered Enviro Armband would rock my world. Time, temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure; displayed on a color LCD. Onboard BME280 and RTC. I have multiple Pi and Pico based weather monitoring builds scattered about my domicile. One by my front door shows me what it’s like outside. Once I’m out the door though, I don’t currently have anything that is easy to carry and or pocket friendly. Something strapped to my forearm to glance at with real time readings would be so cool. No pun intended. :P
Have a look at Welcome to Unexpected Maker
You cannot expect this to work with a RP2xxx, these chips are not optimized for low-power operation.