Pimoroni has launched a brand new Raspberry Pi RP2350-powered gadget, this time a wise show on your desk: the Pimoroni Presto.
“Presto is a graceful, absolutely programmable show designed to maintain valuable digital info near your fingertips,” the corporate says of its newest launch. “Make it do something you need… Calendar updates? Verify. Climate stories? Certain! Images of favourite people or animals? After all. Generative digital artwork? It might be impolite to not.”
The guts of the Presto is a 4″ square-format full-color IPS touchscreen show with a 480Ă—480 decision, related to a Raspberry Pi RP2350B — Raspberry Pi’s second-generation in-house microcontroller, that includes 520kB of static RAM and two Arm Cortex-M33 cores, two Hazard3 RISC-V cores, or a mix of the 2 as chosen by the person. To this, Pimoroni has added 16MB of quad-SPI flash with execute-in-place (XIP) assist plus 8MB of pseudo-static RAM (PSRAM), and a microSD Card slot for extra storage.
Whereas the machine may be programmed over the identical USB Kind-C port that powers it, Pimoroni has additionally added a Raspberry Pi RM2 wi-fi module, constructed across the Infineon CYW43439 single-band Wi-Fi 4 and Bluetooth 5.4 chip for community connectivity. There is a piezoelectric speaker for sound, and 7 mini SK6812 RGB LEDs for ambient lighting — plus a Qwiic/STEMMA QT appropriate connector for additional {hardware} and a two-pin JST-PH connector for an non-compulsory battery, although there is not any on-board charging circuit.
The show features a Raspberry Pi RP2350B microcontroller and RM2 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth module. (đŸ“·: Pimoroni)
The microcontroller comes pre-loaded with a MicroPython firmware, with the corporate offering a getting-started information with an app launcher and a spread of examples. For individuals who would favor C++, Pimoroni has additionally launched a boilerplate venture to be used with Raspberry Pi’s official software program growth equipment (SDK).
The Presto is now accessible within the Pimoroni retailer, priced at $74.18 together with aluminum stand — or $106.43 for a starter equipment with 32GB microSD Card, Qw/ST Pad controller, and a three-in-one Multi-Sensor Follow mild, motion, and environmental monitoring capabilities.
