Basic Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi Pico,LCD1602,SG90 with Tutorial

I’m having the best time ever playing around with this starter kit to learn foundations about robotic and programming! Good quality product pretty functional and easy to use! No compatibility issue or connectivity issues at all! Pretty versatile for different projects!

At around sixteen dollars, the inclusion of the Pico, breadboard, and I2C LCD alone make this a worthwhile purchase. But the addition of all the jumper wires, assorted LEDs, switches, resistors, and a few of the other sensors just puts it over the top. I haven't tried everything in the box yet, but what I have used more than made up for the price. I did find one bad jumper wire so far. Kind of an odd thing to be bad, but I just tossed that one (there are dozens that come in the kit) but worth mentioning that you should check items individually before putting them in a project or you might pull your hair out wondering what your code is doing wrong, when it could be as simple as a bad jumper wire. Otherwise, for the price, this gives you everything you need to start getting going with your own projects on the Pico. [Edit: Things I forgot to mention that don't make me lower my rating, but you should know before going in. The description contains the words "CD" and "bluetooth" - but that's wrong. There is no CD, but not sure what you'd want from one anyway. All the info you will need is online, and the any software you'll need to get started is available from the Raspberry Pi site. The board is the regular Pico, NOT the Pico W (which would have bluetooth and wifi) - this is apparent from the pics if you're familiar with the boards, but the description is off, so you should know that. One criticism of the bundle of components. There are no specs included for the components. So, you'll want to look them up by their name/model#. Many of these components could be used for both Pico or Arduino projects, so you'd want to know whether they need/can accept 3.3v (pico) or 5v (arduino) so that you can design your circuits accordingly. For example, the LEDs don't list any forward voltages, so you just have to assume they follow the typical values for LEDs of their color (you can find that info online) so you can pair them with an appropriate resistor in your circuit. Finding info on components is something you should be used to with when doing electronic projects, so it didn't affect my decision, but could be confusing for a first time builder.]

Fun kit even for this 74 year old. The exercises all worked and were fun. I am now doing my own projects and having fun doing them,

Good starter kit. I like that it comes neat. Works well but a cool addition would be a camera

Nice starter kit for the price. I didn’t know anything about Micropython and the tutorial wasn’t too helpful for me. I recommend to watch a YouTube video called “Pico Course for Beginners” the channel is called: Core Electronics.

This is a fun kit, but it had some issues. The first issue was that the included usb cable did not work, I swapped it out for one I already had which resolved the issue. The second issue is the instructions. They read like they were created by ai or a non native English speaker. Aside from the gramatical and spelling errors the instructions were just poorly formatted and looked like they did not have any quality review. The final issue is they included bugs in some of the project code and it will cause the script to not compile. The issue stemmed from not declaring a variable and then attempting to call the variable later in the script. In the same script, you will also find that a value has been hardcoded rather than using the variable. The hardcoded value also did not match with the wiring example shown. These are some basic errors you would expect a new programmer to make in their first few projects, but should not appear in a paid product. In case anyone from LAFVIN is reading this review, the bug I'm referencing appears in the C script during the buzzer tone project. Overall it was an enjoyable kit, but I wouldn't recommend for someone who is not already familiar with coding concepts. Be ready for some unexpected troubleshooting!

This is such a good deal for what is certain to give you at least a few evenings worth of fun tinkering. The tutorial was great for getting up and running with MicroPy(granted having py experience) so you can explore the interaction of code with physical components not bound to an operating system. Then you can start considering some projects on your own with the provided components like a memory game or digital logging thermometer, or get more components and do yet other things. As long as you can get the first bit of code to work(flashing onboard LED) the unit is probably good and from there it's up to you to code and wire your circuitry properly. Only thing I wish it also came with was a AA battery holder to power it without a PC but it already comes with enough that it earns 5 stars from me either way.

Lots of fun projects to complete with this. Easy entry into this type of hobby or work.