Description
PicoVision is a powerful digital video stick for bold audio visual adventures, with dual RP2040 chips and a conveniently HDMI-shaped output connector to boot.
Use PicoVision to make and run your own homebrew games, draw digital art, recreate beloved demos, screensavers or WinAmp visualisations, visualise data, subvert advertising billboards, emulate CeeFax or whip up signage.
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GPU (RP2040)
Does all the heavy-lifting to display buttery-smooth, high-res, animations on your TV or monitor via HDMI. -
CPU (Pico W)
Runs your code and provides an interface to other gadgets through USB, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. -
HDMI connector
Make use of TVs, monitors, giant projectors, or even tiny displays for building into a cosplay outfit. -
Line out audio
Bash out some bleeps and bloops! This digital audio interface can produce some quality noise. -
microSD card
Never run out of space for your lovely assets by adding a sizeable microSD card to your setup. -
Qw/ST connector
Add sensors or other types of breakout to your project so they can react to the world around them. -
On-board reset and user buttons
Create a simple user interface for your project without needing to add any extras.
You can program PicoVision using C++ or MicroPython. C++ will get you the best performance, but if you're a beginner we'd recommend MicroPython for ease of getting started.
Either way, you'll have access to PicoGraphics libraries which will let you easily manipulate shapes, text and images, some exciting new vector graphics and font functionality courtesy of PicoVector, and the ability to make bleeps, bloops and other fun electronic noise with PicoSynth.
Features
- Raspberry Pi Pico W (CPU)
- Dual Arm Cortex M0+ with 264 kB of SRAM
- 2 MB of QSPI flash supporting XiP
- 2.4 GHz wireless / Bluetooth 5.2
- RP2040 (GPU)
- Another dual Arm Cortex M0+ with 264 kB of SRAM
- Higher resolution modes use significant GPU overclocking
- Connects to the CPU as an I²C peripheral device
- 2x 8 MB PSRAM chips for frame double-buffering
- Digital Video out via HDMI connector
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PCM5100A DAC for line level audio over I²S, wired to a 3.5 mm stereo jack
- MicroSD card slot
- 3x user buttons (one wired to CPU, two to GPU)
- Reset button
- Status LED (GPU)
- Qw/ST (Qwiic/STEMMA QT) connector
- Fully-assembled (no soldering required)
- Spare/extra pins broken out as unpopulated headers (these require soldering)
- C++/MicroPython libraries
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