Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico W Projects, Tutorials and Guides

The Raspberry Pi Pico (and Pico W) microcontroller board is built around the RP2040 chip, provides many GPIOs to connect peripherals, and can be programmed using C/C++ programming language or Micropython.

Try our Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico W tutorials and project ideas. Using the next quick links, you’ll find all our Raspberry Pi Pico Guides with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, circuit schematics, source code, and images.

Learn Raspberry Pi Pico

Raspberry Pi Pico Control a Stepper Motor MicroPython 28BYJ-48 unipolar ULN2003 motor driver

Raspberry Pi Pico: Control a Stepper Motor with MicroPython

Raspberry Pi Pico: Control DC Motor with L298N Motor Driver (MicroPython)

Raspberry Pi Pico W: Sending Emails using SMTP Server (MicroPython)

Raspberry Pi Pico Getting Started with MQTT MicroPython

Raspberry Pi Pico W: Getting Started with MQTT (MicroPython)

Raspberry Pi Pico: Detect Motion using a PIR Sensor (MicroPython)

Raspberry Pi Pico: Detect Motion using a PIR Sensor (Arduino IDE)

Raspberry Pi Pico: Read the Internal Temperature Sensor (MicroPython)

Raspberry Pi Pico: Read the Internal Temperature Sensor (Arduino IDE)

Learn Raspberry Pi Pico/Pico W with MicroPython

The complete getting started guide to get the most out of the the Raspberry Pi Pico/Pico W (RP2040) microcontroller board using MicroPython programming language.

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