I have just shared a new project: “PiicoDev Ecosystem In Fritzing”
This project began with a desire to make circuit building readily approachable for students new to electronics by bridging the gap between schematic diagrams and working circuits. The PiicoDev ecosystem provides a very accessible introduction to ele…
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Incredible work @David55659! Very tempting to use these in a video when we next need some diagrams, will give you a shout out!
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Thank you David.
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That is genuinely such a fantastic project.
All of the kudos to you.
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No matter how much you proofread, it seems there is always something that gets overlooked. In the second example code in the “Hardware setup” section of code, I have assigned one of the colour sensors to Pin 2 and Pin 3, but the wiring diagram shows the sensor attached to Pin 26 and Pin 27. The code should read:
# ---Hardware setup---
display = create_PiicoDev_SSD1306()
sensors = [
PiicoDev_VEML6040(bus=1, sda=Pin(26), scl=Pin(27), freq=400000),
PiicoDev_VEML6040(bus=0, sda=Pin(8), scl=Pin(9), freq=400000),
]
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Thank you for creating these parts! I feel that the Fritzing app has tremendous potential, although I think it’s a bit clunky on how you have to add parts one by one. To be fair I haven’t used it much to get a proper working knowledge. My goal is to use Fritzing to keep a visual record of circuits I make and store them along side the MicroPython code I write for future record etc. Hopefully I may get some time in the future and make the Glowbit and Mkrvrs parts to join them. Keep up the excellent work.
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@Laurence257160 that would be great if you were to add more Core Electronics parts. Which parts are you considering? There are a few Mkrvrs parts that have been on my “to do” list (2 channel motor driver and IR analog line sensor) but haven’t gotten to yet. No point in duplicating effort.
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I think the Glow Bit range would be a good start as it’s simple looking (on first look). But as I’m time poor, I can’t commit to anything just yet, but I will familiarise myself more with Fritzing and investigate part creation further on.
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