Evaluation Board for Raspberry Pi Pico

Are you ready to take your Raspberry Pi Pico skills to the next level? This jam-packed Pico evaluation board from Waveshare features a host of different features to try with your Pico.

A 3.5′ 65K LCD display can be found on one side, with a buffet of different onboard components on the other, including a 3.5mm audio jack, MicroSD card slot, PH2.0 LiPo battery header with charging circuit, 9-axis motion sensor, programmable button (GP2), RGB LED, buzzer and photoresistor! You’ll also find a reset button and indication LEDs. Phew!

The evaluation board allows you to try almost every on-chip peripheral of the RP2040, eliminating the need for breadboards and jumper wires. It’s a great board for learning how to do different things with the Pico and the RP2040 chip.

This module includes female headers that allow you to just push your Pico onto the board, making connecting the Raspberry Pi Pico fast and easy.

A Raspberry Pi Pico is not included – click here if you’d like to buy one. Your Pico will need to have male headers soldered to it with the pins pointing downwards (or grab one of our Pre-soldered Picos).

Features

• Compatible with Raspberry Pi Pico
• 3.5′ resistive touch screen (65K colours)
• 3.5mm audio jack for headphones or other audio peripherals
• Micro SD card slot through the SDIO interface (faster access speed than the SPI interface)
• Integrated PH2.0 LiPo battery header with 1A recharging circuit
• 9-axis motion sensor
• Programmable button
• RGB LED
• Buzzer
• Phototransistor
• Online development resources

LCD Specifications

• Touch Type: Resistive
• Communication bus: SPI
• Display panel: IPS
• Controller: ILI9488/XPT2046
• Resolution: 480×320 Pixels
• Display colours: 65K
• Pixel size: 0.153 × 0.153 mm
• Display size: 73.44 × 48.96 mm
• Dimensions: 86.00 × 57.20 mm

Package Contents

• 1x Pico Evaluation board
• 1x Standoff pack

Raspberry Pi Pico not included

Resources

• Product Wiki & Manual

 

What’s On Board

1. Raspberry Pi Pico header
   • Directly attach a Raspberry Pi Pico
2. LCD connector
3. Mirco-USB connector
   • CP2102 communication or battery recharge
4. 3.5mm audio jack
5. Micro SD card slot
   • Utilizes the SDIO interface for faster access speed
6. PH2.0 battery header
   • Connection for a 3.7V Li-po battery
7. CP2102
   • USB to UART converter
8. SP0503
   • Diode for protecting the chip from ESD
9. PCM5101A
   • Stereo audio DAC chip, supports analog audio output
10. 74HC0
    • Counter chip for clock frequency division
11. 74HC04D
    • Inverter chip
12. 74HC4094
    • Serial to parallel data converter
13. ETA6096
    • Battery charging chip, 1A recharging current
14. ICM20948
    • 9-axis motion sensor
15. LSD0204
    • Logic level converter, ensuring safe communication between chips on different operating voltages
16. XPT2046
    • Resistive touch controller
17. W2812B
    • Addressable RGB LED
18. Passive buzzer
19. User Key/Button
    • User-defined button, connects to GP2
20. Reset button
    • Pico reset
21. Photoresistor
22. Indicators
    • PWR: power indicator
    • TXD: CP2102 UART TX
    • RXD: CP2102 UART RX

Pinout