Pros & Cons
Pros
This is a great dev board that i'm sure will find it's way into lots of my projects. The only 2 things that i miss are that there is no built-in wifi or bluetooth.
Highlights
Quality
This is a great little dev board for the rp2040.
Overall this is a great dev board that i'm sure will find it's way into lots of my projects.
It was a breeze to get setup and after the circuitpython firmware is loaded, the device shows up as a circuitpy usb drive that ... Read More
The only 2 things that i miss on this board are that there is no built-in wifi or bluetooth and that the board doesn't have sol... Read More
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I love this form factor which is similar in size to the seeeduino xiao about the size of a postage stamp but has way more pins exposed for more complicated projects
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In addition to the 18 pins 3 for power exposed along the sides of the board there are 5 additional pins on the back edge of the board and 9 exposed solder pads on the underside of the board for even more gpio
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However i will warn that this board does not include a regular led which means that the builtin led is not available and you wont be able to run the standard 34blink34 hello world program
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It was a breeze to get setup and after the circuitpython firmware is loaded the device shows up as a circuitpy usb drive that i can use to directly edit python files
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The only 2 things that i miss on this board are that there is no builtin wifi or bluetooth and that the board doesnt have solder pads for connecting and charging a lipo battery a feature im seeing in more and more dev boards
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But both of these are minor grievances