{"product_id":"pico-breakout-garden-base","title":"Pico Breakout Garden Base","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn easy, solderless, swappable way to use breakouts with your Raspberry Pi Pico - add up to six Pimoroni breakouts (4 x I2C and 2 x SPI) to the sturdy slots and get coding and creating!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePico Breakout Garden Base sits underneath your Pico and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003elets you connect up to six of our extensive selection of Pimoroni breakouts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto it. Whether it's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eenvironmental sensors\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eso you can keep track of the temperature and humidity in your office, a whole host of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elittle screens\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor important notifications and readouts, and, of course,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLEDs.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScroll down for a list of breakouts that are currently compatible with our C++\/MicroPython libraries!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003elabelled landing area for your Pico\u003c\/strong\u003e, there's also a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efull set of broken out Pico connections\u003c\/strong\u003e, in case you need to attach even more sensors, wires, and circuitry. We've thrown in some rubber feet to keep the base nice and stable and to stop it from scratching your desk, or there are M2.5\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emounting holes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat the corners so that you can bolt it onto a solid surface if you prefer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe six sturdy black slots are edge connectors that connect the breakouts to the pins on your Pico. There's two slots for SPI breakouts (like our\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e0.96\" LCD Breakout\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e1.12\" SPI OLED Breakout), and four slots for I2C breakouts. Because I2C is a bus, you can use multiple I2C devices at the same time, providing they don't have the same I2C address (we've made sure that all of our breakouts have different addresses, and we print them on the back of the breakouts so they're easy to find).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as being a handy way to add functionality to your Pico, Breakout Garden is also very useful for prototyping projects without the need for complicated wiring, soldering, or breadboards, and you can grow or change up your setup at any time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eView our full Breakout Garden range here!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBreakouts are sold separately!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNote: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaspberry Pi Pico NOT included\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. You'll need a Pico with male headers soldered to it. 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Each I2C device has an address (you'll see it on the back of each breakout) that it uses to identify itself to other I2C devices, so it's effectively saying \"Hey, it's me, Bob!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe've built reverse polarity protection into our\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePimoroni breakouts, meaning that there's no magic blue smoke if you accidentally plug one in the wrong way round. However, the correct way to plug them in is to make sure that the labels on the pins on your breakout and the labels on each Breakout Garden slot match up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe markings on the base will show you which way round to plug in your Pico - just match up the USB port with the markings on the board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePico Breakout Compatibility\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe're in the process of writing\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eC++ \/ MicroPython drivers\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor as many of our breakouts as possible - here's a list of the breakouts that are currently supported. 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