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MicroPython is a full implementation of the Python 3 programming language that runs directly on embedded hardware like Raspberry Pi Pico. You get an interactive prompt (the REPL) to execute commands immediately via USB Serial, and a built-in filesystem. The Pico port of MicroPython includes modules for accessing low-level chip-specific hardware.

What is Raspberry Pi Pico?
Raspberry Pi Pico, a microcontroller board built on silicon designed here at Raspberry Pi.




Your official guide

• Input Voltage: AC 100-240V 50/60Hz
• Output: DC 5.0V 2000mA (2.0A)
• Cable Length: Approx.870 mm
• Short Circuit Protection
• Overload Protection
• Consistent fixed switching voltage
• Internal Fuse for Extra Safety

It features a knurled adjustment ring to move the main lens for zoom-factor, you then focus by changing the distance to the subject. Kinda the opposite way to the human eye. Spooky!

The satin-black main barrel has a diameter of 39mm nominal for the most part, if you want to build a mount and it comes with 2 lens caps for the top and base. The whole lens is 107mm long.

We recommend plenty of supplementary light on the subject when using this lens. A simple LED torch or maybe a Unicorn HAT on full-beam will usually do the trick.

Specifications:

• zoom - 0.12 - 1.8x 
  
• 39mm Diameter
• Top and bottom base caps
• Length - 107mm

Description :

HDMI Cable provides an interface between any audio and video source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, A/V receiver and an audio video monitor such as a digital television. HDMI dramatically simplifies cabling and helps provide consumers with the highest-quality home theater experience.


Style: Micro to Standard 4k*2k 60Hz 2.0V


Application:

It can be used For HDTV, Home Theater, DVD player, projector,For PS3, For XBOX360 and other HDMI devices like Raspberry Pi 4


What's in the box?

1 x  Elastic HDMI Cable

This mini USB 2.0 MicroSD card reader is super-small but also super-handy! It can be used to write Raspberry Pi OS to your MicroSD cards, move files from your projects to a PC or perform other MicroSD card data transfer jobs.

You can even use it (with a MicroSD card) as USB file storage for your Raspberry Pi!

Your MicroSD card pops inside the metal USB section of the USB adapter (see images) and then pushes into your PC for reading. It also comes with a little keychain, because are you really a proper maker if you don't have USB 'things' on your keys?!



Specifications:

• USB 2.0
• Accepts MicroSD cards only
• Internal MicroSD mounting
• Small size
• Comes with keychain
• Colour: Black

PGA2040 is a compact RP2040 breakout intended for the most svelte and embeddable of projects. It contains only the components necessary to run the RP2040 (that's the crystal, flash, regulator and essential support circuits) and it has no fripperies like LEDs, buttons and USB connectors - you'll need to attach your own USB connector to be able to program it.

The benefits of all this drastic pruning are a tiny, 21mm square footprint and lots of exposed RP2040 pins to play with! 30 of them can be used as general purpose I/O (that's four more I/O than on a Raspberry Pi Pico) and 4 are ADC-equipped. It also has the cutest little pin labels in the known 'verse, because space is tight on this board.

Header pins are sold separately - you can solder it to standard Pico pin headers (though bear in mind you'll need 48 pins if you want to populate it fully).

Like our other RP2040 boards, PGA2040 is programmable with C , MicroPython or CircuitPython - choose your fighter!


Specifications:

• Powered by RP2040
• Dual ARM Cortex M0 running at up to 133Mhz
• 264kB of SRAM
• 8MB of QSPI flash supporting XiP
• Crystal oscillator
• On-board 3V3 regulator (max regulator current output 300mA)
• 48 pins, arranged with 2.54mm (0.1") spacing in a Pin Grid Array
• 30 multi-function General Purpose IO (4 can be used for ADC)
• 8 GND pins
• Input voltage range 3V - 5.5V (on VB pin only)
• Measurements: approx 21mm x 21mm x 3mm (L x W x H)
• Schematic
• Eagle CAD part

PGA2040 is firmware agnostic! You can program it with C/C or MicroPython in the same way as you would a Raspberry Pi Pico. You can find (lots) more information on how to do that (as well as download links for the firmware/SDK) on the RP2040 landing page.

You can also use CircuitPython on your PGA2040! CircuitPython is an easy to use, well-established ecosystem with lots of example code and drivers for interfacing with different kinds of hardware. Click here to download the CircuitPython firmware for PGA2040 and click here for a getting started guide.

To program PGA2040 via USB you will need to hook wires up to VB, GND, U and U-. Make sure that the 5v only goes to VB on PGA2040, if it ends up elsewhere it will result in a bad time. A USB breakout board is a convenient way of getting at the wires in your USB cable, check out the extras tab for some options!

To get into BOOTSEL mode so you can flash firmware to your PGA2040, connect the BS pin to ground whilst plugging the USB into your computer.

About RP2040

Raspberry Pi's RP2040 microcontroller is a dual core ARM Cortex M0 running at up to 133Mhz. It bundles in 264kB of SRAM, 30 multifunction GPIO pins (including a four channel 12-bit ADC), a heap of standard peripherals (I2C, SPI, UART, PWM, clocks, etc), and USB support.

One very exciting feature of RP2040 is the programmable IOs which allow you to execute custom programs that can manipulate GPIO pins and transfer data between peripherals - they can offload tasks that require high data transfer rates or precise timing that traditionally would have required a lot of heavy lifting from the CPU.

Description:

The MonkMakes Solar Experimenters Kit for micro:bit is a project kit that allows you to experiment with harvesting energy from the sun and other light sources. It consists of a solar panel to harvest the energy, a solar store that stores the harvested energy, and a low energy light bulb and a motor that can be driven with the energy that you harvest.

Specifications:

There are three projects that introduce energy harvesting without the micro:bit, followed by 3 bigger projects that use the micro:bit (not provided) as an intelligent controller. The micro:bit monitors and manages the charging and discharging of the solar store.

With this project kit you will learn all about how tiny amounts of energy can be harvested from the sun and stored for later use, using a practical and experiment-led approach.

What's in the Box ?

1 x 10v Solar Panel 
1 x Solar Store Board 
1 x 3v LED light bulb
1 x Set of alligator clip leads (10 leads)
1 x Small motor with fan
1 x Booklet (A5)

Resources:

- Instructions (PDF)

- Data Sheet (PDF)

Lessons Plans are available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1o5tRY1PeU4N-NSVctra4NxnCvmP65Huj

The MonkMakes Connector for micro:bit makes it super-easy to connect I2C, SPI and other devices to your micro:bit without losing the main connector rings.

Unlike other connectors that are designed to break-out all the micro:bit pins, this connector just breaks out the useful ones that are not in use by the micro:bit for other purposes.

And most importantly, you don't lose access to the micro:bit's normal connector rings.


Specifications:



What's in the box ?

1 x Connector for micro:bit (micro:bit not included)

The MonkMakes Slider for micro:bit allows you to interact with your micro:bit by sliding a control left and right.

The board uses a 10kΩ linear variable resistor (pot) to output a voltage between 0 and 3V that can be measured in your micro:bit programs using one of the micro:bit connections as an analog input.

The kit includes the Slider for micro:bit itself plus a set of 5 alligator clip leads. 


Specifications:




What's in the box ?

1 x 3v Slider 
5 x Alligator clip leads 

(* micro:bit not included) 


Resources :

 - Instructions (PDF)
 - Data Sheet (PDF)
 - Lesson Plans (Google file share)












(* micro:bit and not included) 

The MonkMakes RGB LED for micro:bit can be used to make any Colour by controlling the red green and blue levels. Handily mounted on a PCB it connects to the micro:bit using alligator clips.

Specifications:

Each LED channel has a 1kΩ series resistor to limit the current.





What's in the box ?

(*micro:bit not included )

The 7-segment for micro:bit is a four digit 7-segment display for micro:bit. You can use it to display numbers, but it can also display letters and other characters, albeit with the limits imposed by the 7 segments of each digit.

Powered directly from micro:bit pins it can be used to send messages to the display using the micro:bit’s Serial blocks.

Please note that this version of the 7-Segment for micro:bit uses a red LED display rather than the green display of earlier versions.

Specifications:

The 7-segment for micro:bit is a four digit 7-segment display for micro:bit.
You can use it to display numbers, but it can also display letters and other characters, albeit with the limits imposed by the 7 segments of each digit.

• Low power high brightness LEDs
• Serial interface using a single micro:bit pin
• ATTiny816 preloaded firmware







What's in the box ?

1 x 7-Segment for micro:bit



Resources:
Instructions (PDF)
Datasheet (PDF)








(* Micro:bit, Sensor board and jumpers NOT included*)

The MonkMakes Power for micro:bit opens up lots of ways of powering your micro:bit.

The board has a standard DC barrel jack that accepts between 4.5 and 12V and provides a regulated 3V output to the micro:bit via its JST battery connector.

Specifications:



What's in the box ?

1 x power for micro bit board (*Batteries and micro:bit not included)



Resources:

Instructions (PDF)
Datasheet (PDF)

The MonkMakes SSR is a low voltage solid state relay (no moving parts). This makes it super-easy to control loads of up to 2A at 16V from an Arduino, Raspberry Pi or other 3 or 5V microcontroller or single board computer.

This modern take on the electro-mechanical relay can even be used for low frequency PWM to control the power to its load.

Develop your coding skills with the Kitronik :MOVE Motor for micro:bit, a fun introduction to buggies and robotics.

The Kitronik :MOVE Motor for the BBC micro:bit provides a fun introduction to buggy robotics. More than just a programmable buggy, learning to use all of the included features will give the budding roboteer a solid grounding in robotics as a whole.

Learn about movement, how to utilise light and sound, obstacle detection and avoidance, and how to code :MOVE Motor to follow a line. When used in conjunction with the micro:bit's radio features, the possibilities are endless.

Attached to the chassis are two bi-directional DC motors with variable speed control. The wheels have rubber tyres and are a simple push-fit onto the motor shafts. Slot a BBC micro:bit into the edge connector and you are ready to code. There is no other assembly required and no tools required.

There are built-in battery holders for 4x AA batteries. This provides a regulated voltage supply to power the BBC micro:bit which is fed into the edge connector. There is also a power switch to conserve batteries when the buggy is not in use.

The micro:bit slots into the onboard edge connector. Code the micro:bit, plug it into the buggy, switch the power on, and then play.

:MOVE Motor can be coded using the Microsoft MakeCode editor. Kitronik has produced a set of custom MakeCode blocks to simplify coding the completed buggy. The booklet that comes with the buggy contains more detailed instructions on using the blocks and writing code. If you are feeling more adventurous or relish a challenge, :MOVE Motor can also be coded with Python.

Also within the booklet (that comes inside the box), are some quick tutorials to get you started. There are also additional online tutorials and step by step guides for extra projects.

Note:

• This kit does not include a micro:bit, a micro:bit can be obtained from here.
• No soldering is required!
• Minimal assembly required.

• The Kitronik :MOVE Motor for the BBC micro:bit provides a fun introduction to buggy robotics and coding.
• It is backed up by a range of fun tutorials to introduce you to all of the great features.
• All of the tutorials and resources are free.
• There is no soldering required and assembly is quick and super simple.
• The buggy features two bi-direction DC motors.
• There are ultrasonic distance and line following sensors onboard.
• It also features a Piezo sounder and pen mount.
• There are 4 full-colour programable ZIP LEDs.
• Two pin outputs that are ideal for servo connections (can be used for other inputs and outputs).
• The battery holder is built onto the chassis.
• The buggy is also fitted with a power switch to conserve the batteries.
• There is also an onboard edge connector for the micro:bit, code, plug and play.
• Kitronik has produced custom MakeCode blocks to simplify coding with the MakeCode editor.