ELECFREAKS Pico:ed Development Board Based on Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU, Picoed Python Microcontroller with 7 * 17 Dot-Matrix Screen Dual-core ARM Cortex M0+ Processor for Education Classroom Teaching

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Almost like a micro:bit but rp2040 instead. Works with all micro:bit accessories that i have, including all my expansion boards. Love it.

I tried the Pico:ed with the elecfreaks cutebot robot and the elecfreaks infrared remote, programming it in microPython.Works nicely.I especially like its nice display and hope the BBC:mocrobit adapts a similar design.I contacted elecfreaks about a few issues:a. the IR Remote handler library routine should return immediately with an indicator if no button was pressed. Currently it waits for a key pressb. I coudn't fgure out how to boot a microPython program on the Pico:ed and can only run programs via Thonny on a laptop.c. The Pico:ed would be much easier to use if it was shipped fully configured, including circuitPython and all library routines, and if sample programs were included in a samples directory ready to try.

This is a very nice micro controler and at a very resonable price. It is easy to program (code) and, with all of the information on the web, there are a lot of projects that a person can experiment with.

It would be nice if there was documentation and exercises with the board. I had to go to a web site to find out how to program it. Once it was up I could do quite a few things. The rp2040 processor has an internal clock module. It would be nice to know how to access it.

This is a great product with so much functionality and performance built in. Having a great time working on this with my son.