Building A Raspberry Pi The project from scratch is always a satisfying experience, and one of the best ways to scratch this itching is investing in a set of everyone in one. Today we have a really frosty to share with you with ClockWorkpi known as Picocalc set. He uses our favorite microcontroller, Raspberry Pi Pico to run a great calculator.
This calculator offers much more than the ability to handle advanced mathematical calculations (but it does it really well). Supports the ability to cod programs from scratch and language range, such as Python, Lua, Rust, Golang, C and even basic. It seems to me that we all tinted with graphic calculators during the day, but it brings an idea for a fresh extreme. You can play games and even listen to mp3 files with Picocalc. This level of depth is not very surprising, taking into account the history of ClockWorkpis products. We discussed him in the past Uconsole Which made the waves in the creators’ community after release.
ClockWorkpi refers to Picocalc as not only a calculator, but a “profitable MCU platform”. It aims to provide a talented mobile device that can support develop other projects, function as an IoT device, and even serve as a didactic platform thanks to GPIO extensions ports that allow you to add additional equipment.
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The set includes everything you need to create a project. You get a pretty printed plate defined as ClockWorkpi V2.0 with the raspberry Pi Pico H, which is equipped with attached headlines. You can replace Pico H for Raspberry Pi Pico 2 or 2W, which gives a little more processor power. Because you can’t update Pico RAM, ClockWorkpi has decided to add 8 MB PSRAM to a custom printed plate. PSRAM is not as swift as on board RAM, but it is a lot of swift for this project.
Picocalc has a 4-inch IPS display, which has a resolution of 320 x 320px and connects through SPI. You also get a full QWERTY rubber keyboard to enter into the input. It also has two speakers for audio output. To get a professional finish, you get a nice ABS shell with a hardened glass cover.
The set costs a total of 75 USD and covers all the components mentioned above. We also explained that the device is to be mobile, but you may notice that we did not mention how it is powered. The unit requires one 18650 battery, but there is room for two cells that are not included. You need to buy them separately to power Pikocalc.
Project files, schemes and design materials are issued on the basis of the GPL V3 license via GitHub.
If you want to take a closer look Raspberry PI projectGo to CLOCKWORKPI website For more information and purchase options.
