Jo Hinchcliffe, Ben Everard.
Design an RP2040 board with KiCad: creating Raspberry Pi Pico-compatible PCBs.
Raspberry Pi. 2024
KiCad is an amazing piece of free and open source software that allows anyone,
with some time and effort, to make high-quality PCB designs.
Couple this fantastic software with numerous PCB fabrication companies
and even PCBA services (companies that will make and assemble your PCB designs),
and there’s never been a better time to get into this aspect of making.
This book provides a gentle introduction to PCB design using the RP2040 microcontroller chip (the same chip that’s at the heart of Raspberry Pi Pico).
You’ll learn how to:
• Create a schematic for a microcontroller board using RP2040.
• Select the right components.
• Customise the hardware for your needs.
• Lay out and route the PCB design.
• Prepare your board for manufacture and assembly.
• Write software to get your design working.
That’s right – after your board is designed, this book will show you how to send it off to be manufactured and assembled. Once you have your board in hand, you’ll learn what you can do (and make) with it – from motor drivers to a game controller!