{"product_id":"pimoroni-pico-vga-demo-base","title":"Pimoroni Pico VGA Demo Base","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuilt especially to showcase the low cost, feature-rich RP2040 chip on the Raspberry Pi Pico, this board has VGA output, an SD card slot, digital I2S audio output, and more!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on the reference design by Raspberry Pi, our Pimoroni Pico VGA Demo Base is a great way to start experimenting with Raspberry Pi Pico\/RP2040. It's the perfect way to demo of some of the fun things you can achieve with the RP2040 microcontroller such as generating a solid VGA output without taxing the CPU at all!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmaze your friends by showing them you still own a D-sub cable!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBask in the glory of 15-bit analog video!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet teary eyed over the warm, authentic, RC filtered PWM audio!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis board will run the various video \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/raspberrypi\/pico-playground\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eexample programs\u003c\/a\u003e that Raspberry Pi have put together to demonstrate features of the RP2040.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note that VGA Demo Base only currently works with the C\/C++ Pico SDK!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003eRaspberry Pi Pico is not included\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ca href=\"\/en-eu\/products\/raspberry-pi-pico\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eclick here\u003c\/a\u003e if you'd like to buy one!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYour Pico will need to have male headers soldered to it\u003c\/strong\u003e (with the pins pointing downwards) to attach to our add-on boards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15-pin VGA (D-sub) connector\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePCM5100A DAC for line out audio over I2S (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/files\/pcm5100a_617130f1-79f1-45ac-96bc-a3752b4afa59.pdf?v=1611151321\" target=\"_blank\"\u003edatasheet\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePWM audio output\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSD card slot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReset button\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFemale headers to install your Raspberry Pi Pico\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree user-controllable switches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRubber feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompatible with Raspberry Pi Pico\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo soldering required (as long as your Pico has header pins attached)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProgrammable with C\/C++\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eGetting started\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pin-out of our board is the same as Raspberry Pi's reference board, you can find it in chapter 3 of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/datasheets.raspberrypi.org\/rp2040\/hardware-design-with-rp2040.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/datasheets.raspberrypi.org\/rp2040\/hardware-design-with-rp2040.pdf\"\u003eHardware Design with RP2040\u003c\/a\u003e along with more general info about the VGA reference board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo run the audio and video examples in Raspberry Pi's experimental repos, first make sure you have up to date versions of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/raspberrypi\/pico-extras\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/raspberrypi\/pico-extras\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epico-extras\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/raspberrypi\/pico-playground\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/raspberrypi\/pico-playground\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epico-playground\u003c\/a\u003e. When building the examples, you will need to specify the board configuration so that the examples use the correct pins. You can do this by creating a new build directory and then specifying the board definition when using cmake:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ccode\u003ecmake -D\"PICO_BOARD=vgaboard\" ..\u003c\/code\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's more details on about how to build applications with custom board configurations in Appendix D \/ page 267 of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/datasheets.raspberrypi.org\/pico\/raspberry-pi-pico-c-sdk.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eC\/C++ SDK documentation\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePinout\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Pinout for VGA Base\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/files\/vgademobase_480x480.png?v=1617010535\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Raspberry Pi Pico\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/en-eu\/products\/raspberry-pi-pico\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRaspberry Pi Pico\u003c\/a\u003e is a flexible, low cost \u003cstrong\u003emicrocontroller development board\u003c\/strong\u003e from the folks at Raspberry Pi, based on their very own chip - the RP2040. It's easily programmable over USB with C\/C++ or MicroPython, and ideal for using in all sorts of physical computing projects, devices and inventions - we're so excited to see what you make with it!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe've called our Pico-sized add-ons \u003cstrong\u003epacks\u003c\/strong\u003e, as they're designed to attach to the back of your Pico as if it were wearing a very stylish backpack (or a miniature jet pack, if you prefer). We've also got Pico \u003cstrong\u003ebases\u003c\/strong\u003e (larger add-on boards with a space to mount your Pico on top) and some other boards that let you do interesting hackerly things like using multiple packs at once - \u003ca href=\"\/en-eu\/collections\/pico\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eclick here\u003c\/a\u003e to view them all!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pimoroni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32369520672851,"sku":"PIM553","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/products\/pico-addons-5.jpg?v=1616398922","url":"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/en-eu\/products\/pimoroni-pico-vga-demo-base","provider":"Pimoroni Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}