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
Connect a Raspberry Pi Pico W to a DHT22 and read temperature and humidity in MicroPython for quick environmental monitoring with ShillehTek.
Raspberry Pi Pico W MPU6050: Send data to DynamoDB
Build a Raspberry Pi Pico W to AWS DynamoDB pipeline using MPU6050 data over MQTT via IoT Core and Lambda, for scalable...
Raspberry Pi Pico W AWS IoT Core: MQTT LED Control
Connect a Raspberry Pi Pico W to AWS IoT Core with secure MQTT in MicroPython, then toggle the onboard LED from the...
Raspberry Pi Pico W + IFTTT: Log data to Google Sheets
Build a Raspberry Pi Pico W logger that posts sensor values to IFTTT Webhooks and appends rows in Google Sheets for easy...
Raspberry Pi Pico W + S3: Upload Files via Node Proxy
Build a Raspberry Pi Pico W file uploader that posts to a Node.js API on Google Cloud, which stores uploads in AWS...
Raspberry Pi Pico W MPU6050: Install libraries in VSCode
Learn how to add third-party MicroPython libraries in VSCode for Raspberry Pi Pico W using an MPU6050 example, so imports work cleanly...
Raspberry Pi Pico Serial: Save PC Data to CSV
Transfer PC data to a Raspberry Pi Pico over USB serial and save it as data.csv using Python and PySerial for a...
Raspberry Pi Pico W Rshell: Use REPL to Blink LED
Set up rshell REPL on a Raspberry Pi Pico W to run live MicroPython commands and quickly verify your workflow by blinking...
Pico W BMP180: Pressure, temp, altitude readings
Build a Raspberry Pi Pico W + BMP180 I2C sensor reader in MicroPython to print pressure, temperature, and altitude values quickly with...
Raspberry Pi Pico W BME280: MongoDB Data API CRUD
Build a Raspberry Pi Pico W + BME280 project that runs MongoDB Data API CRUD calls (find, insert, update, delete) for simple...
Raspberry Pi Pico W MongoDB: Insert Data via API
Build a Raspberry Pi Pico W script that connects to WiFi and inserts a document into MongoDB using the Data API, a...
Raspberry Pi Pico adafruit-ampy: Run code via CLI
Set up adafruit-ampy to manage files and run MicroPython scripts on a Raspberry Pi Pico or Pico W from the command line,...