# Pico Inky Pack pin out

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico-inky-pack-pin-out/19783>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 4, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico-inky-pack-pin-out/19783 "2022-07-04T16:13:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![twomagpi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@twomagpi](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/twomagpi)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico-inky-pack-pin-out/19783/1 "2022-07-04T16:13:20Z")

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Hi, may have missed it, but is there any technical documentation for the pico inky pack ([Pico Inky Pack - Pimoroni](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pico-inky-pack?variant=40044626051155))? In particular I am looking for the pins it uses on the microcontroller (so I can use the others for ther things).

many thanks

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**Author:** ![baralong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@baralong](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/baralong)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico-inky-pack-pin-out/19783/2 "2022-07-05T02:55:31Z")

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I’ve been wondering the same thing, I’ve got an inky pack coming with a pico w. The only examples I can find are in the C++ section [pimoroni-pico/inky\_pack\_demo.cpp at main · pimoroni/pimoroni-pico · GitHub](https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico/blob/main/examples/inky_pack/inky_pack_demo.cpp)

@twomagpi this enum from the file might give a hint.

```auto
enum Pin {
    A = 12,
    B = 13,
    C = 14,
    D = 15,
    E = 11,
    UP = 15, // alias for D
    DOWN = 11, // alias for E
    USER = 23,
    CS = 17,
    CLK = 18,
    MOSI = 19,
    DC = 20,
    RESET = 21,
    BUSY = 26,
    VBUS_DETECT = 24,
    LED = 25,
    BATTERY = 29,
    ENABLE_3V3 = 10
};

```

Actually it looks like the Badger uses exactly the same pi enum (see [here](https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico/blob/main/libraries/badger2040/badger2040.hpp)) it would make sense if they reusedmost of the code as got the badger. Hmm, it’s the same screen, not as many buttons, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s connected in a similar way. If so, then that schematic might help:

> **[badger\_2040\_schematic.pdf](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0174/1800/files/badger_2040_schematic.pdf?v=1645702148)**
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That only leaves 5 GPIO free, but you could connect to I2C

All that’s with the disclaimer: this is just and I’d like more doco too

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**Author:** ![hel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/hel/32/6075_2.png) [@hel](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/hel)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico-inky-pack-pin-out/19783/3 "2022-07-05T07:35:18Z")

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Schematics for the new stuff are coming soon - it’s going to take us a hot minute to catch up from last week’s release chaos! :) In the meantime, here’s the pins from the production schem - very similar to Badger, but more free pins!

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pimoroni/original/2X/b/b52ae7b2e37c492a733823fee7317c385593fb06.png)

There’s some examples for Inky Pack that do (very beta!) things with wireless here: [Inky Pack: MicroPython Examples. by Gadgetoid · Pull Request #420 · pimoroni/pimoroni-pico · GitHub](https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico/pull/420) - I’ll try and add some simple ones for this screen also.

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**Author:** ![twomagpi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@twomagpi](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/twomagpi)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico-inky-pack-pin-out/19783/4 "2022-07-05T10:47:47Z")

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Brilliant, thank you both @baralong and @hel