Typical project: Light-activated night light or ambient mood LEDs
Programming: Drag-drop USB (MicroPython/C/C++)
3-stage CC/CV with precondition/trickle
short‑range object detection
Interface: I²C digital protocol (3
Raspberry Pi Pico W Microcontroller Typical project: Light-activated night lightRaspberry Pi Pico W (headers not included) features RP2040 dual core Arm Cortex M0+ (up to 133MHz), 264KB SRAM, 2MB QSPI flash, 2. 4GHz 802. 11n WiFi (Infineon CYW43439), Bluetooth 5. 2 hardware (WiFi focus). Compact 21x51mm board ideal for first year engineering students' wireless IoT sensors actuators. 26 multifunction GPIO (3 analog), 2x UART SPI I2C, 16 PWM, PIO state machines, USB 1. 1, VSYS 1. 85. 5V power, onboard LED temp sensor. Connectivity