CrowPi is an all-in-one electronics education kit that includes enough buttons, buzzers, LCDs and accompanying tutorials to get beginners started with electronics and computer programming in a convenient and compact package. CrowPi is used in STEM learning environments and rapid prototyping of Raspberry Pi-based ideas, or simply as a portable computer.
Official Website (https://www.crowpi.cc/)
(https://www.elecrow.com/media/wysiwyg/products/2019/SES14002K/Crowpi_functions.jpg)
Joe sent me a link to the CrowPi 2 (https://www.crowpi.cc/collections/crowpi/products/crowpi2-compatible-with-raspberry-pi-5?variant=41133369065605) and it looks pretty cool. It's in the form of a notebook computer, where the keyboard slides out of the base and exposes the components for experimenting. I mentioned to him that I would rather use a Pi Zero 2W for much better battery time, but also the price is out of my range for now.
Your CrowPi 3 also looks pretty cool. Like the CrowPi 2, I would prefer the Pi Zero 2W, and the biggest honking USB power pack that would fit in that base section. But, like the 2, while the price is $20 lower than the one you mention, it's still out of my price range. They talk about tutorials, but I was unable to find any - those sound good, but I would have to see them - I have seen too many tutorials that were not worth anything.
That said, I have really liked my 3.5" CrowPanel unit (https://www.elecrow.com/crowpanel-pico-display-3-5-inch-480-320-hmi-module-tft-lcd-touchscreen-with-rp2040-support-c-c-micropython-lvgl.html?r=cmVsYXRl - out of stock now, but the 2.8" - https://www.elecrow.com/crowpanel-pico-display-2-8-inch-320-240-module-tft-lcd-touchscreen-with-rp2040-support-c-c-micropython-lvgl.html - is available for $13.30.) I brought my 3.5" CrowPanel to our meetup - hopefully someday it will become my "smart watch". Actually, that 2.8" panel would be a better fit for a smart watch.
Joe also sent me the link. I was trying to provide the link to the official page, not to a specific model. I will have to check the link to see why it goes to the CrowPi 3. In any event, I wanted to have the information readily available to look at when I have more time. I hoped it would be useful to others as well.
Quote from: Chris Savage on Apr 09, 2026, 09:33 AMJoe also sent me the link. I was trying to provide the link to the official page, not to a specific model. I will have to check the link to see why it goes to the CrowPi 3. In any event, I wanted to have the information readily available to look at when I have more time. I hoped it would be useful to others as well.
Yeah, your link does go to the general CrowPi page, not the 3. But, your picture, and the list of included components is for the 3 specifically.
BTW, this is my sequentialversary! This is my post number: 1234, I need to celebrate.
Quote from: granz on Apr 09, 2026, 10:57 AMBTW, this is my sequentialversary! This is my post number: 1234, I need to celebrate.
Happy sequentialversary!!!
LOL, thanks.
I actually have done stuff like that with Marilyn. I figured out our 100,000 hour-versary (~11 years,) our 12345 sequentialversary (12,345 days, ~33 years) and several other surprise -versaries. She was pleasantly surprised - made for some nice dates (especially when I didn't tell her, and just arranged babysitting and the date.)
Funny thing - Marilyn, and our friend from Keesler AFB Tech School, used to tease me about being turned on by numbers. :P ;D