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This 18-bit capable 320x240 pixel IPS display adheres majestically to the back of your Pico, and has lush colours and great viewing angles. Just like our original Display Pack, we"ve surrounded it with four tactile buttons so you can use your human fingers (or other non-human appendages) to interface with your Pico. There"s also an RGB LED that you can use as an indicator, for notifications or just for adding extra rainbows.

Pico Display 2.0 lets you turn a Pico into a user interface device for a bigger project, capable of giving instructions, displaying readouts and even incorporating elaborate nested menus. If you"d rather use your Pico as a standalone device you could fill up all that prime screen real estate with digitally generated, Mandelbrot-esque art, beautiful graphs or readouts from lots of sensors. You could even make a device for getting folks to share their secrets via Telnet!

The labels on the underside of Pico Display Pack 2.0 will show you which way round to plug it into your Pico - just match up the USB port with the markings on the board.

The easiest way to get started is by downloading and copying our custom MicroPython uf2 to your Pico, it includes all the libraries you"ll need to use our add-ons. The beginner friendly tutorial linked below will show you how to get to grips with pirate-brand MicroPython.

MicroPython code written for the original Display Pack can be easily converted to run on Display Pack 2.0 by changing DISPLAY_PICO_DISPLAY to DISPLAY_PICO_DISPLAY_2.

Display Pack 2.0 also works very nicely with CircuitPython and Adafruit"s DisplayIO library - look for the Display Pack 2.0 ST7789 example in the library bundle to get started!

Even though it"s bigger than our other Pico Packs, Display 2.0 will still work with Pico Omnibus or Pico Decker, if you want to use more than one Pico Pack at once. Please note that if you plug Display 2.0 into a Pico Decker, it will overhang the addon slot next to it.

Raspberry Pi Pico is a flexible, low cost microcontroller development board from the folks at Raspberry Pi, based on their very own chip - the RP2040. It"s easily programmable over USB with C/C++ or MicroPython, and ideal for using in all sorts of physical computing projects, devices and inventions - we"re so excited to see what you make with it!

We"ve called our Pico-sized add-ons packs, as they"re designed to attach to the back of your Pico as if it were wearing a very stylish back pack (or a miniature jet pack, if you prefer). We"ve also got Pico bases (larger add-on boards with a space to mount your Pico on top) and some other boards that let you do interesting hackerly things like using multiple packs at once - click here to view them all!

We"ve sourced a new LCD screen especially for our Pico Display Pack - it"s a lovely, bright 18-bit capable 240x135 pixel IPS display and fits the Pico perfectly. We"ve surrounded it with four tactile buttons so you can easily interface your Pico with your human fingers and an RGB LED that you can use as an indicator, for notifications or just for adding extra rainbows.

Pico Display lets you turn a Pico into a compact user interface device for a bigger project, capable of giving instructions, displaying readouts and even incorporating elaborate nested menus. If you"d rather use your Pico as a standalone device you could make a little rotating slideshow of images, display beautiful graphs from sensor data or build your own Tamagotchi or matchbox sized text adventure game.

The labels on the underside of Pico Display will show you which way round to plug it into your Pico - just match up the USB port with the markings on the board.

The easiest way to get started is by downloading and copying our custom MicroPython uf2 to your Pico, it includes all the libraries you"ll need to use our add-ons. The beginner friendly tutorial linked below will show you how to get to grips with pirate-brand MicroPython.

Pico Display also works very nicely with CircuitPython and Adafruit"s DisplayIO library - look for the Display Pack ST7789 example in the library bundle to get started!

Pico Display Pack communicates with the LCD display via SPI on pins LCD_CS, LCD_DC, LCD_SCLK, and LCD_MOSI. We also PWM the BL_EN pin (with gamma correction) for full, linear, backlight control. LCD_RESET is tied to the RUN pin on Pico so the LCD will be fully reset whenever Pico is.

There is also an onboard RGB LED (ideal to use an activity indicator!) which is also PWMed (with gamma correction) on pins LED_R, LED_G, and LED_B. If you want to use the LED pins for something else there are three cuttable traces on the underside of the board.

Power is supplied through 3V3 meaning that you can use Pico Display Pack both on USB power and from external supplies (from 1.8V to 5.5V) making it ideal for battery powered projects.

Raspberry Pi Pico is a flexible, low cost microcontroller development board from the folks at Raspberry Pi, based on their very own chip - the RP2040. It"s easily programmable over USB with C/C++ or MicroPython, and ideal for using in all sorts of physical computing projects, devices and inventions - we"re so excited to see what you make with it!

We"ve called our Pico-sized add-ons packs, as they"re designed to attach to the back of your Pico as if it were wearing a very stylish back pack (or a miniature jet pack, if you prefer). We"ve also got Pico bases (larger add-on boards with a space to mount your Pico on top) and some other boards that let you do interesting hackerly things like using multiple packs at once - click here to view them all!

When the Raspberry Pi Pico was released, UK retailer Pimoroni were the first to market with a slew of add-ons for the latest Pi. The Pico Display retails for around $20 and is a small IPSscreen with pushbuttons and RGB LED that connects directly to the Pico and acts as a fun introduction to writing code that will appear on the screen. While it may just be “a bit of fun” for most, Pico Display and the Raspberry Pi Pico have enough power to competently create games and animations in a package no larger than a pack of gum.

The Pico Display is a pack, a term used by Pimoroni to describe a board which attaches to the pins of a Raspberry Pi Pico, in much the same way as a backpack. Measuring just 2 x 1 x 0.3 inches (53 x 25 x 9mm) Pico Display is only slightly larger than the Pico itself. Dominating the Pico Display is a 1.14 inch 240 x 135 pixel IPS LCD screen. Power to the Pico Display is sent via the 3V3 GPIO pin and the Pico Display communicates with the Raspberry Pi Pico via an SPI interface. Also present on the Pico Display are four pushbuttons (A,B,X,Y) and a single RGB LED.

To use the Pico Display we need to flash Pimoroni’s custom version of MicroPython which has the MicroPython libraries for this and other boards in their range. There are also C/C++ libraries for Pico Display should you require them.

To get a feel for Pico Display we looked to the demos and tried a few out. The first demo that we saw, demo.py, draws random sized and colored circles on the screen. These circles bounce around the screen giving the illusion that they are bound to the laws of physics. Even with 100 circles bouncing around the screen everything ran smoothly.

Once our logic problem was solved, we had scrolling text and random colors. But what next? The four buttons at the corners of the screen had not yet been used, so we adapted our code to include conditional statements that would look for a button press and then run the block of code associated with that condition. In our case it was three different text strings, two with randomly chosen colors and one with a set text color and different background color. The MicroPython library for Pico Display is easy to use, once you understand the process of how it updates the screen

As this is a pack, despite using only a handful of GPIO pins, it denies access to all of them and this will limit where and how it can be used. If you would like to make a simple scrolling text name badge or inspirational quotes then Pico Display is for you.

But this board is not limited to merely text. It can also be used to make your own video games such as Tetris. If you would like to use the Pico Display with another board, then you would need to purchase the Pico Omnibus two way expander or the Pico Decker quad expander, but be mindful of the GPIO pins that each board will use, as clashes will prevent the boards from working.

Pimoroni’s Pico Display is a low cost way to create unique animated projects with your Raspberry Pi Pico. Using the Pico Display with MicroPython is simple and we can get decent results with very little code.

Like the Pico Unicorn pack, the Pico Display is more of a means to learn a new skill while having fun, than a serious board to solve a problem. However, this is not a negative as the Pico Display uses the same library as the Pico Base Explorer and that means the skills learnt on one are transferable to the other.

Adding a display to Raspberry PI Pico allows getting real time information from connected devices without using a computer from USB port. I2C LCD displays (with PCF8574 backpack) are one of best solution to keep wiring simple

I2C LCD displays are common LCD displays, usually composed of 16 columns x 2 rows blocks, but also different configurations can be found. Differently from simple LCD displays, they include a small panel soldered in its backside, including chips able to reduce their connection wires. The I2C LCD display usually has a PCF8574 chip, which is a device able to convert I2C serial communication into parallel connections.

To connect an I2C LCD Display with your Raspberry PI Pico, you just need to wire the Vcc and GND PINs from display to VSYS and a GND PINs of RPI Pico, then SDA and SCL PINs from the I2C Display to a couple of SDA and SCL PINs from Raspberry PI Pico, belonging to the same I2C bus, as shown in the picture on the following wiring diagram chapter.

A working solution uses the dhylands-python_lcd module including a generic API to interface to LCD displays. But this class implements commands to be sent to the LCD without caring about how to send them. The reason is that there are many different backpacks and every solution can be implemented in many different ways. The ones created with a PCF8574 use I2C as communication protocol, in this case, you need a sort of driver able to send commands via I2C. This function is implemented with a second module from T-622 user, also available from T-622 GitHub page.

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Prepare cabling according to the previous paragraph. Connect RPI Pico to Thonny (you can refer to my tutorial about First steps with Raspberry PI Pico).

Before going into the usage explanation, you have to be sure that your LCD’s I2C address is correct. This is a unique address shared between I2C devices to make them able to talk on the same shared wire. This is usually a hexadecimal value and all devices connected to your RPI Pico can be scanned by copy-paste of the following code in your Thonny shell (you can copy all lines together):

As I2C LCD with PCF8574 backpack use PCF8574 chip for I2C communication, you will probably get its default address (0x27). But if your project includes more PCF8574-based chips, then you will need to identify the LCD one between those that will be shown. In case of missing devices, please check your cabling.

Starting to use your LCD device, you can run a generic test with the T-622 test script, which I have pre-configured for 16×2 LCDs using I2C0 channel (ports GP0 and GP1 according to my wiring diagram). This modified script can be get from my download area (use the following link: i2c_lcd_test). Save this file in your Raspberry PI Pico root folder or in your computer and open it with Thonny IDE.

If you will see nothing, please check your cabling. Another common issue with I2C LCD display is getting a clean screen which is only powering on and off. This means that your connection is correct and everything is working, you have only to adjust your LCD contrast by rotating the screw positioned in your LCD backside, which controls a potentiometer managing contrast:

The LCD API used has a flexible feature allowing users to display also complex icons inside a single cell. Some special characters are already available and depend on your LCD ROM (Read Only Memory, space not visible to the user). You can use these chars with “lcd.putchar(chr())” function.

The first 8 characters (from 0 to 7) character-generator RAM. This means that you can define and design any icon you want to display by identifying pixels to be put on/off for each char block, made of 8 rows and 5 columns of pixels. Each row A good description of how to define a generic icon is explained in https://github.com/dhylands/python_lcd.

You can use the generated code with “lcd.custom_char()” command. An example usage is built in my pico_i2c_lcd script. Download and open it in your Thonny IDE.

The Raspberry Pi Pico is one of the development board models designed and manufactured by Raspberry Pi. Pico is characterized by small size and weight, as well as an attractive price, while offering high efficiency and great technical parameters. The board is equipped with a dual-core RP2040 chip with a clock frequency of 133 MHz, 264 KB of SRAM and 2 MB of flash memory, as well as the ability to communicate via I 2 C, UART, USB (in the micro version) or ADC. All this makes the Raspberry Pi Pico a very versatile proposition that is perfect for a variety of applications. The board will fit perfectly, for example, in small electronic projects where the miniaturization of individual components is of key importance. Thanks to the large variety of ports and communication methods, Pico will also be perfect as a logical element in individual subsystems of automation installations and IoT networks. On the other hand, the possibility of programming with the MicroPython language makes the board suitable for learning microcontroller coding for beginners.

The Raspberry Pi Pico HAT extensions allow you to extend the board"s capabilities with new functions. The use of appropriate overlays allows, among others, the addition of new inputs and outputs, connection of peripheral devices or the connection of Pico with sensor modules. Thanks to the appropriate design, the HAT overlays are perfectly adapted to work with this model of the tile, which allows them to be quickly connected with each other and trouble-free operation. A great advantage is the great popularity of Pico, thanks to which it is easy to find electronic projects using this board on the Internet.

The Raspberry Pi Pico HAT board and extensions allow you to build a wide variety of electronic projects. You can use them, for example, to create your own audio set that allows you to connect headphones and play music, or a weather station that measures the current environmental conditions. However, using the appropriate output expanders will allow you to connect the Raspberry Pi Pico to various actuators, such as motors or actuators, and use them to create your own home automation devices. The board enables programming in three languages: C, C ++ and MicroPython.

In this category you will find a large selection of extensions for the Raspberry Pi Pico HAT. We offer, among others, various output expanders that allow you to expand the number of inputs and outputs on the board. You will find, for example, stations to which you connect Pico and selected expansion modules. In addition, our range also includes peripherals for the Raspberry Pi Pico in the form of keyboards for data entry and screens that allow you to display information (for example, we offer LED, liquid crystal and e-paper displays). Our offer also includes modules with Pico environmental sensors (gyroscope, barometer, accelerometer, etc.) and a real-time clock or a headphone amplifier. All products available in this category have full technical documentation, while the manufacturer"s website also includes tips and guides for using the Raspberry Pi Pico HAT board and extensions.