The Pico punches far above its price class, and the Pico W and Pico 2 W add WiFi for real IoT builds. These MicroPython-first tutorials cover sensor reads, displays, MQTT, and battery projects — each with a wiring diagram and copy-paste code verified on real boards. Grab a pre-soldered Pico below and skip straight to the fun part.
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Raspberry Pi Pico W DHT22: Read Temp and Humidity | ShillehTek
Connect a Raspberry Pi Pico W to a DHT22 and read temperature and humidity in MicroPython for quick environmental mon...
Raspberry Pi Pico W MPU6050: Send data to DynamoDB | ShillehTek
Build a Raspberry Pi Pico W to AWS DynamoDB pipeline using MPU6050 data over MQTT via IoT Core and Lambda, for scalab...
Raspberry Pi Pico W AWS IoT Core: MQTT LED Control | ShillehTek
Connect a Raspberry Pi Pico W to AWS IoT Core with secure MQTT in MicroPython, then toggle the onboard LED from the c...
Raspberry Pi Pico W + IFTTT: Log data to Google Sheets | ShillehTek
Build a Raspberry Pi Pico W logger that posts sensor values to IFTTT Webhooks and appends rows in Google Sheets for e...
Raspberry Pi Pico W + S3: Upload Files via Node Proxy | ShillehTek
Build a Raspberry Pi Pico W file uploader that posts to a Node.js API on Google Cloud, which stores uploads in AWS S3...
Raspberry Pi Pico W MPU6050: Install libraries in VSCode | ShillehTek
Learn how to add third-party MicroPython libraries in VSCode for Raspberry Pi Pico W using an MPU6050 example, so imp...
Raspberry Pi Pico Serial: Save PC Data to CSV | ShillehTek
Transfer PC data to a Raspberry Pi Pico over USB serial and save it as data.csv using Python and PySerial for a repea...
Raspberry Pi Pico W Rshell: Use REPL to Blink LED | ShillehTek
Set up rshell REPL on a Raspberry Pi Pico W to run live MicroPython commands and quickly verify your workflow by blin...
Pico W BMP180: Pressure, temp, altitude readings | ShillehTek
Build a Raspberry Pi Pico W + BMP180 I2C sensor reader in MicroPython to print pressure, temperature, and altitude va...
Raspberry Pi Pico W BME280: MongoDB Data API CRUD | ShillehTek
Build a Raspberry Pi Pico W + BME280 project that runs MongoDB Data API CRUD calls (find, insert, update, delete) for...
Raspberry Pi Pico W MongoDB: Insert Data via API | ShillehTek
Build a Raspberry Pi Pico W script that connects to WiFi and inserts a document into MongoDB using the Data API, a si...
Raspberry Pi Pico adafruit-ampy: Run code via CLI | ShillehTek
Set up adafruit-ampy to manage files and run MicroPython scripts on a Raspberry Pi Pico or Pico W from the command li...