Pico 1/2 /Picomite PDB

[Chris Savage]

I have made my wife a couple of stroller buggies with motors on them to climb a 15% grade hill with ease, so she can watch me do DownHill Mtb racing.

Very nice work. I like the large wheels which would mitigate rough terrain.

[JKnightandKARR]

I was browsing the Raspberry Pi Pico subreddit, and came across this:

Is this possibly the perfect Pico prototype board?
https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberrypipico/comments/1rso62r/is_this_possibly_the_perfect_pico_prototype_board/


He placed a Pico in the middle of the breadboard and hooked it up to the different components on the module. It looks interesting, and somewhat like what you were describing for your PPDB project. I checked out eBay for any and saw one, with the original books from Forrest Mims - I met him and he is a pretty cool guy, and good at talking science. I am thinking of getting it.

While looking for that Electronics Learning Lab, and other things, I saw:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/188098088174

This is a more modern version, and looks even more like the project that you described.

Any way, these might give you some more ideas/motivation on getting going in development of your idea.

How are you doing with this any way?

I swear I replied to this while ago.... those are both nice options.  Very nice, I esp like the 2nd one.

[JKnightandKARR]

Art,

I dont really think about doing any projects anymore, I still take care of my wife everyday and I think her illness as surpassed any help from any electronics project I can accomplish, It takes a human to interact with her because humans have intuition.

However, I do think a lot about leaning how to control DC motors and learning there control system. I have made my wife a couple of stroller buggies with motors on them to climb a 15% grade hill with ease, so she can watch me do DownHill Mtb racing. I think I could benefit from walking next to the buggy instead of behind it so I can talk to my wife or look to make sure she is ok. That is hard to do when I'm 2 feet behind her using the controls to drive, steer, or brake the buggy. I'll see if I can attach a picture.

I hope you can figure something out, best wishes for the 2 of you.

[granz]

I swear I replied to this while ago.... those are both nice options.  Very nice, I esp like the 2nd one.

Yeah, the second one is really nice. I think it would be better with a more modern computer, like the PicoMite, but having the computer on board is good.

[Chris Savage]

37 Sensor Ultimate 37 in 1 Sensor Modules Kit for Arduino -

Looks like the HiLetgo 37 Sensor Assortment Kit for Arduino & Raspberry Pi I saw on Amazon, so you got a great deal!

[granz]

37 Sensor Ultimate 37 in 1 Sensor Modules Kit for Arduino - https://www.ebay.com/itm/403662906589[/li][/list]

Looks like the HiLetgo 37 Sensor Assortment Kit for Arduino & Raspberry Pi I saw on Amazon, so you got a great deal!

Yeah, it looks very much alike. The eBay one is much cheaper (about half the price of HiLetGo's.) I have bought several items from HiLetGo (very strange name ,) and they have always provided good stuff.

If you want one of these, and you are concerned about the quality, you may want to spend the bit extra for HiLetGo's products. Plus it's hard to beat Prime's free next-day shipping. Also, the HiLetGo sale from Amazon includes the storage box - the eBay one does not. The ones that I ordered from the above link showed up quickly, and seem to be okay  - although I haven't given them any real testing yet. It would probably be good to order the one that you mentioned, plus the one that I referenced to put into the plastic storage box - two is good.

[Chris Savage]

If you want one of these, and you are concerned about the quality, you may want to spend the bit extra for HiLetGo's products. Plus it's hard to beat Prime's free next-day shipping.

I got my assortment as part of a kit from RexQualis with the Arduino UNO R3. It also had the nice plastic box.

[granz]

I got my assortment as part of a kit from RexQualis with the Arduino UNO R3. It also had the nice plastic box.

Nice, I like those plastic storage boxes; I must have a dozen, or so, different kinds.

[JKnightandKARR]

37 Sensor Ultimate 37 in 1 Sensor Modules Kit for Arduino -

Looks like the HiLetgo 37 Sensor Assortment Kit for Arduino & Raspberry Pi I saw on Amazon, so you got a great deal!

Lots of goodies in there.