{"product_id":"inventor-2350-w","title":"Inventor 2350 W (Pico 2 W Aboard)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn all-in-one board for making battery powered contraptions that can move, (optionally) make noise, and talk to the internet!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInventor 2350 W is a multi-talented board that does (almost) everything you might want a robot, prop or other mechanical thing to do. Drive a couple of standard \u003cstrong\u003emotors\u003c\/strong\u003e (or fancy \u003ca href=\"\/en-eu\/products\/micro-metal-gearmotor-with-micro-metal-motor-encoder\" target=\"_blank\"\u003emotors with encoders)\u003c\/a\u003e? Yep! Add up to six \u003cstrong\u003eservos\u003c\/strong\u003e? Sure? Attach a little \u003cstrong\u003espeaker\u003c\/strong\u003e so you can make noise? No problem! It's also got a \u003cstrong\u003ebattery connector\u003c\/strong\u003e so you can power your inventions from AA\/AAA or LiPo batteries and carry your miniature automaton\/animated top hat\/treasure chest that growls at your enemies around with you untethered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou also get a ton of options for hooking up \u003cstrong\u003esensors\u003c\/strong\u003e and other gubbins - there's two Qw\/ST connectors for attaching breakouts, three ADC pins for adding analog sensors, photoresistors and such, and three spare digital GPIO you could use for LEDs, buttons or digital sensors. Speaking of LEDs, we've also somehow managed to fit in 12 \u003cstrong\u003eaddressable LEDs\u003c\/strong\u003e (AKA Neopixels) - one for each servo and GPIO\/ADC channel (or just use the whole lot for making rainbows, that's fine too).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest of all though, is the brains of the outfit - the onboard Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W, which will give your creations 2.4GHz \u003cstrong\u003ewireless connectivity.\u003c\/strong\u003e Use it to trigger your mechanical friends to do their thing remotely, or hook your robotic canary up to an API and report the air quality in your neighbourhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRaspberry Pi Pico 2 W Aboard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDual Arm Cortex M33 running at up to 150Mhz with 520kB of SRAM\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4MB of QSPI flash supporting XiP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePowered and programmable by USB micro-B\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.4GHz 802.11n wireless LAN and Bluetooth 5.2\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDual H-Bridge motor driver (\u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ti.com\/lit\/ds\/symlink\/drv8833c.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDRV8833C\u003c\/a\u003e)\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePer motor current limiting (425mA) *\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePer motor direction indicator LEDs **\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 JST-SH connectors (6 pin) for attaching motors with encoders (Pinout: M+, M-, 3v3, A, B, GND)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 pin 0.1\" connector for attaching two motors without encoders or a single small stepper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 pin (Picoblade-compatible) connector for attaching speaker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJST-PH (2 pin) connector for attaching battery (input voltage 2.5V - 5.5V***)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 sets of header pins for connecting 3 pin hobby servos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 sets of header pins for GPIO (3 of which are ADC capable)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 x addressable RGB LEDs\/Neopixels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUser button\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReset button\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 x Qw\/ST connectors for attaching breakouts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFully assembled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo soldering required\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pimoroni\/pimoroni-pico\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProgrammable with MicroPython\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/files\/inventor_2350_w_schematic.pdf?v=1774870556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSchematic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMotors, servos, batteries and speakers are sold separately.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eGetting Started\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur MicroPython libraries make it easy to get to grips with Inventor's hardware. You can download the latest Inventor 2350 W firmware at the link below. Copy the '-with-filesystem' .uf2 to your board to get the examples pre-loaded!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pimoroni\/inventor\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eInventor MicroPython firmware, examples and documentation\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eConnecting Breakouts\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInventor 2350 W has two Qw\/ST (AKA Qwiic\/STEMMA QT) connectors, so you can connect up Qw\/ST breakouts easily using \u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"\/en-eu\/products\/jst-sh-cable-qwiic-stemma-qt-compatible\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJST-SH to JST-SH cables.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/en-eu\/collections\/qw-st\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eView everything Qw\/ST!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pimoroni\/pimoroni-pico#breakouts\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBreakouts currently compatible with our C++\/MicroPython build\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNotes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasurements: 52mm x 66mm x 12mm (L x W x H). The mounting holes are M2.5 and 2.7mm in from each edge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e* The current limit of each motor can be disabled by soldering the \"high current\" pads on the rear. The maximum supported output current when unlimited is 0.7 A continuous (1 A peak) per motor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e** The direction indicators for each motor can be disabled by cutting the \"motor LED\" traces on the rear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e*** The battery voltage range is dependent on what functions you're using! Minimum voltages from our testing:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMotor driver stops working below about 2.9V\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio stops working below about 2.2V\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePico stops working below about 1.9V\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMax battery voltage is 5.5V, though we have powered from 5.6V, meaning rechargeable NiMH 4xAA packs can be used.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou can have a battery and USB connected at the same time safely. The board will use whichever power source has the higher voltage (usually USB).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInventor 2350 W doesn't have battery charging circuitry onboard (this is so it's safe to use with either alkaline or LiPo batteries). You'll need an external LiPo charger (like \u003ca href=\"\/en-eu\/products\/lipo-amigo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLiPo Amigo\u003c\/a\u003e) to charge the battery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf encoder motors are not being used, then four extra GPIO (16, 17, 18, 19) are available via the pads at the bottom edge of the board, in between the Qw\/ST connectors and 0.1\" motor connector.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout RP2350\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe RP2350 chip is the Double Quarter Pounder \u0026amp; Fries to the RP2040's Double Cheeseburger and can have one or more RISC-V burgers instead of either of the M33 ARMs, to stretch the metaphor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the modern M33 ARM cores, there are sides of: more PIO capability, a variety of low power states for sipping electrons, a whole security system and some sprinklings of specialist digital video circuits to offload DVI\/HDMI output.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can expect a tasty boost in performance - our \"real world\" MicroPython tests are running up to 2x faster compared to RP2040, and floating point number crunching in C\/C++ is up to 20x faster. The extra on-chip RAM will make a big difference when performing memory intensive operations (such as working with higher resolution displays) and even more can be added thanks to external PSRAM support.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRP2350 comes in two flavours - A (standard) and B (all the pins). The B chip has a stonking 48 usable GPIO pins, including 8 ADCs and 24 PWMs, and features on some of our new products. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"\/en-eu\/collections\/rp2350\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here to view all things RP2350!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pimoroni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55915720606075,"sku":"PIM733","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/files\/inventor-2350-w-background.png?v=1763472204","url":"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/en-eu\/products\/inventor-2350-w","provider":"Pimoroni Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}