Best Raspberry Pi Pico Starter Kit for Beginners | Free 20+ Lessons
Hello and welcome back! In this article, I’m gonna introduce the best starter kit for the Raspberry Pi Pico. It’s mainly based on the powerful Pico 2 RP2350 chip, which has a dual-core ARM Cortex-M0+ processor running at 133 MHz. This kit includes 17 awesome components like LEDs, buzzer, button, sensor modules, Color display, and more. We can test lots of fun and useful projects using this kit.
The special thing is that we don’t need to connect the components using jumper wires. All the components are inbuilt and already connected to the Raspberry Pi Pico board. Also, it includes 20+ free lessons. So, you can easily learn code using this kit with the Arduino IDE. I’ve tried 5 lessons using this kit, and they worked perfectly. If you want more info about this kit, please use this link. One of the coolest features of this kit is its portable suitcase design. You can carry it anywhere easily, like to school, class, or even while traveling. I recommend this kit as one of the most suitable for beginners. Also, you can easily upload the programs using Arduino IDE. For that, you just have to install the Raspberry Pi Pico boards on your Arduino IDE.
- User Manual — Click on me
Ok, let’s set up this kit for try lessons. You can buy this kit using the link below.
- Pico 2 RP2350 Starter Kit — Buy this kit
Step 1
Firstly, unbox your Raspberry Pi Pico Starter Kit.
Step 2
Secondly, press and hold the BOOTSEL button, then connect the starter kit to your computer using a USB cable.
Step 3
Thirdly, let’s set up the Arduino IDE to upload the code. First, open the Arduino IDE and add all the required library files to the Arduino libraries folder. Then, go to the Preferences and paste the Raspberry Pi Pico board URL in the Additional Board Manager URLs section. After that, open the Boards Manager, search for “Raspberry Pi Pico,” and install the board package.
- Board Manager URL — https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-pico/releases/download/global/package_rp2040_index.json
Step 4
Now you can open each lesson one by one and try them out. You can download all the lessons and library files using the link below.
- Lessons — Click on me
Ok, enjoy this project. The full video guide is below. So, we hope to see you in the next project. Have a great day.
Best Raspberry Pi Pico Starter Kit for Beginners | Free 20+ Lessons
