Getting Started With Raspberry Pi Pico

Made by ashokr / Communication / Displays / Games & Gaming / Lights / IoT

About the project

Getting started with Raspberry Pi Pico and OLED Display

Project info

Difficulty: Easy

Platforms: Google, Raspberry Pi, MicroPython, Python, KiCad

Estimated time: 1 hour

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND version 4.0 or later (CC BY-NC-ND 4+)

Items used in this project

Hardware components

	Raspberry Pi Pico	x 1
	SSD1306 OLED 128x64 Display	x 1

Software apps and online services

Thonny Python IDE

Story

Introduction

Got couple of Raspberry pi pico boards last week. I was curious to try out some example on this pico board. Initially thought about coding with 'c' latest I decide to use micropython. This is going to be my 1st project with micropython.

About Pico

To know about the board details, you can find the spec here. some are

Dual-core Arm Cortex-M0+ processor, flexible clock running up to 133 MHz
264KB on-chip SRAM
2MB on-board QSPI Flash
26 multifunction GPIO pins, including 3 analogue inputs
2 × UART, 2 × SPI controllers, 2 × I2C controllers, 16 × PWM channels
Supported input power 1.8–5.5V DC
Temperature Sensor

The datasheet can be found here

Thonny Python IDE

Thonny IDE is simple coding editor for micropython. Just create new python file (main.py) and write your code then save it on Pico. For more https://thonny.org/

Hardware & Software

I have used the 128x64 size OLED display with I2C interface. This display has the ssd1306 controller. Download the driver from here.

Also used the GPIO Pin GP25 for LED1.

I2C pins SCL=GP9 and SDA=GP8

Just initialize the I2C and send oled picture data (1024 bytes)

i2c = I2C(0) # SCL=Pin(GP9), SDA=Pin(GP8) oled = SSD1306_I2C(WIDTH, HEIGHT, i2c)print("OLED Display Initilized")oled.fill(0)#oled.text("Rasp Pi Pico",1,1)#oled.show()oled.draw_image(logo)

Output

The LED blinks are the rate of 2hz, the OLED displays the picture

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Published by:

Ashok R

www.embedded.club

Schematics, diagrams and documents

Schematic

Code

main.py

# Code with Pico by Ashok (www.ashokr.com) for www.embedded.club
from machine import Pin, Timer, I2C
from ssd1306 import SSD1306_I2C
import framebuf
#import utime

logo = [0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x7F, 0x7F, 0x7F, 0x7F, 0x3F, 0x3F,
        0x3F, 0xBF, 0x3F, 0xBF, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x7F, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x7F, 0x7F, 0x3F, 0x3F,
        0x3F, 0x3F, 0x1F, 0x3F, 0xBF, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x7F, 0x7F,
        0x7F, 0x7F, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x3F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F,
        0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x7F, 0x3F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F,
        0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F,
        0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x3F, 0x7F, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0x7F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x9F,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xF0, 0x80, 0x0E, 0x7E, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xEF, 0xEF, 0xDF, 0x9F, 0xBF, 0x7F, 0x7E, 0xFE, 0xF8, 0x01,
        0x07, 0x03, 0x71, 0xFC, 0xFE, 0x7E, 0x3F, 0xBF, 0xDF, 0xFF,
        0xEF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x7E, 0x08, 0x80,
        0xFA, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00,
        0xC3, 0xE7, 0xE7, 0xE7, 0xE7, 0xE7, 0xE7, 0xE7, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFC, 0xF1, 0x73, 0x27, 0x8F, 0x8F, 0xDF, 0xDF,
        0xDF, 0x4F, 0x0F, 0x07, 0xC2, 0xC0, 0xE0, 0xE0, 0xE0, 0xE0,
        0xE0, 0xC0, 0xC0, 0x86, 0x0F, 0xCF, 0xCF, 0xDF, 0xDF, 0x8F,
        0x8F, 0x0F, 0x27, 0x73, 0xF9, 0xFC, 0xFE, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFC, 0xF8, 0xF8, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFC, 0xF8, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xF8, 0xF8,
        0xFC, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xF8, 0xF8, 0xF8, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xF9,
        0xF9, 0xF8, 0xFC, 0xFE, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFC, 0xF8, 0xF9,
        0xF9, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x7F, 0x0F,
        0x01, 0x3C, 0x1E, 0x1F, 0x0F, 0x87, 0xC3, 0xE3, 0xF1, 0xF0,
        0xF0, 0xF3, 0xF7, 0xE7, 0xC7, 0x0F, 0x0F, 0x0F, 0x8F, 0xE7,
        0xE7, 0xF7, 0xF1, 0xF0, 0xF1, 0xF3, 0xE7, 0xCF, 0x8F, 0x1F,
        0x3E, 0x38, 0x00, 0x03, 0x3F, 0x7F, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xE1, 0x01, 0x03,
        0x7F, 0xFF, 0x1F, 0x01, 0x81, 0x01, 0x01, 0x1F, 0xFF, 0x3F,
        0x03, 0x01, 0xF1, 0xFF, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0xFF, 0xF9, 0xF9,
        0xF9, 0x01, 0x01, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xF9, 0xFF, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01,
        0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x8F, 0x01, 0xF8, 0xFE, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x1E,
        0x00, 0x00, 0x3F, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0x7F, 0x1F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0F, 0x3F, 0x7F, 0x7F,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x7F, 0x3E, 0x00, 0x3E,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFE, 0xF8, 0x00, 0x03, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFE, 0xE0, 0xC0, 0x81,
        0xC0, 0xF0, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xE0, 0xC0, 0x81, 0xC0, 0xE0, 0xFE,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xC0, 0x80, 0xC0, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x80,
        0x80, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x80, 0x80, 0xC0, 0xFE, 0xFE,
        0xFE, 0xFE, 0xFE, 0x80, 0x80, 0xC0, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFC, 0xF8, 0x83, 0x03, 0xF1, 0xF8, 0xF8, 0xF8,
        0xF8, 0xF0, 0xE0, 0xC1, 0x81, 0x01, 0x01, 0xF8, 0xFE, 0xFE,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFC, 0xF8, 0x00,
        0x01, 0xC1, 0xE0, 0xF0, 0xF8, 0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFD, 0x03,
        0x03, 0xE0, 0xF8, 0xFE, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x0F, 0x0F, 0x8F, 0xCF, 0xCF, 0xCF,
        0x8F, 0x8F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0xFF, 0x0F, 0x0F, 0x0F, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0x3F, 0x1F, 0x8F, 0x8F, 0xCF, 0xCF, 0xCF, 0xCF, 0xCF, 0xDF,
        0xFF, 0x3F, 0x1F, 0x0F, 0x8F, 0x8F, 0xCF, 0x8F, 0x8F, 0x0F,
        0x1F, 0x7F, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFC, 0xF0, 0xE3, 0xC7, 0xCF, 0x9F, 0x9F,
        0x1F, 0x1F, 0x1F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0xC1, 0xC3, 0xC7, 0xE7,
        0xE7, 0xE7, 0xE7, 0xE7, 0xC3, 0xC1, 0x80, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x1F,
        0x1F, 0x1F, 0x9F, 0xDF, 0xCF, 0xE7, 0xF3, 0xF8, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, 0xE7, 0xE7, 0xE7, 0xE7, 0xE7, 0xE3,
        0xF0, 0xF0, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00,
        0x7F, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00,
        0x00, 0x00, 0x7F, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x7F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFE,
        0xFE, 0xFC, 0xFC, 0xF9, 0xF3, 0xF3, 0xF7, 0xE7, 0xE7, 0xE7,
        0xE7, 0xF3, 0xF3, 0xF9, 0xF8, 0xFC, 0xFE, 0xFE, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFC,
        0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFE, 0xFC,
        0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFC, 0xFE, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF]

WIDTH = 128
HEIGHT = 64

i2c = I2C(0) # SCL=Pin(GP9), SDA=Pin(GP8) 

oled = SSD1306_I2C(WIDTH, HEIGHT, i2c)
print("OLED Display Initilized")

oled.fill(0)
#oled.text("Rasp Pi Pico",1,1)

#oled.show()
oled.draw_image(logo)

led1 = Pin(25, Pin.OUT)
timer1 = Timer()
def tick_timer(timer):
    global led1
    led1.toggle()
    
timer1.init(freq=2,mode=Timer.PERIODIC,callback=tick_timer)

Credits

ashokr

Hello! I’m Ashok. I’m currently working as software engineer. passionate about doing Hobbies Projects and Animations works.

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