Elektor Pico Primer Kit

This bundle was originally sold (in 2021-2025) by Elektor and made by Makerfabs with MicroPython example codes.

Credit : Elektor

This kit consist of a main board with a TFT LCD screen (1.44" ST7735 driver) for the Raspberry Pi Pico with the following accessories :

• 3 push buttons, 3 LEDs, 1 buzzer, 6 connectors (on the board)
• 1 slide potentiometer
• 1 magnetic relay (10A)
• 1 strip of 8 LEDs (WS2818)
• 1 Inertial Measure Unit (IMU) MPU6050 with 6 axes (accelerometer, gyroscope)
• 1 ultrasonic distance sensor (HC-SR04)
• 1 servomotor (SG90)
• 1 serial to WIFI (ESP module)
• 1 humidity and temperature sensor (DHT11)

This repository is an attempt to port MicroPython codes to the CircuitPython environment (version 9) for educational projects.

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) :

List of the connectors, pins, Pico GPIOs on the main board :

Credit : Makerfabs

Connectors	Pin 1	Pin 2	Pin 3	Pin 4
CN1	GP1	GP0	VCC	GND
CN2	GP7	GP6	VCC	GND
CN3	GP9	GP8	VCC	GND
CN4	GP28	GP27	VCC	GND
CN5	GP26	GP21	VCC	GND
CN6	GP16	GP17	VCC	GND

Buttons	GPIO	LEDs	GPIO	Buzzer	GPIO
K1	GP2	LED1	GP18	BUZZER	GP4
K2	GP3	LED2	GP19
K3	GP22	LED3	GP20

Code :

Look at the code folder to use example codes. Work In Progress !

TODO :

• [tft] Add code for checking the TFT LCD screen
• [tft][board] Add code for the push buttons, buzzer
• [tft][ptr] Add code for he slide potentiometer
• [tft][relay] Add code for the magnetic relay
• [tft][leds] Add code for the strip LEDs
• [tft][imu] Add code for the IMU
• [tft][dist] Add code for the distance sensor
• [tft][servo] Add code for the servomotor
• [tft][wifi] Add code for the WIFI
• [tft][dht11] Add code for the temperature sensor

Documentation :

Raspberry Pi Pico series :

• https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/microcontrollers/pico-series.html

Makerfabs :

• Shop : https://www.makerfabs.com/raspberry-pi-pico-primer-kit.html
• Common Wiki : https://wiki.makerfabs.com/Pico_W_Primer_Kit.html (Pico, Pico W)
• GitHub : https://github.com/Makerfabs/Pico_Primer_Kit

Useful software :

• Thonny IDE : https://thonny.org 👌

Note

Big thanks to these different companies Adafruit, Makerfabs, to all Python, MicroPython, CircuitPython communities. ❤️

Happy coding & have fun ! 🥳