Add more than 100 GPIO pins to your PICO!!!! 

HI CG, I too am amazed with the PICO, and everything it is capable of. After watching people use Raspberry PIs being utilized for jobs that a simple microcontroller can do, I was very happy they came out with this little chip! I got some projects coming up that I am working on now that will be released in the summertime that are all using the PICO. So much fun and so economical too! Cheers! Chris

Sometimes you just gotta save a little for later ;-) Cheers! Chris

Hi Michael, you do bring up a great point! That might be a fun project video at some point in the future. Cheers! Chris

Aside from a website like Digikey or Mouser, I am not aware of any such "catalog". One thing is for certain though - THERE ARE A LOT OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS!!!!! Cheers! Chris

Glad you liked it! Cheers! Chris

Hi Gordon, Yes, some of the devices have gotten expensive but be sure to consider all aspects. They may be able to handle more current than the PICO, they may allow for a more compact layout, they may also provide isolation, etc. I have been pretty happy just staying within the PICO world. More and more libraries are becoming available to help with the interfacing making it "easier" to work with. In the coming months, I will be doing more project based videos using the PICO - I am hopeful that will attract more viewers and more attention to the PICOs. Cheers! Chris

Hi Don, Thanks for dropping in and welcome "to the show". Cheers! Chris

My head would explode keeping track of all those I/O 🙂 - love your thinking Ben! Cheers! Chris

Hi Starlight, I have added your comment to the "follow up" video. I am hoping to find time later this summer or perhaps into fall. Cheers! Chris

Hi, If you are saying "connect 26 pins RPi to the motor DRIVERs to provide logic level control signals", then that may work. Cheers Chris

Good morning, I have edited the website this morning (5/1/2024) and added links to each of the file sections (SUPPORTING DOCS). Look near the bottom of the main page and you should see the TABLE OF CONTENTS section. Hope this helps! Chris

Hi, It has been a very long time since I have worked with Arduinos and I can't recall all of the specifications needed to answer that question. 300 is a lot, what are you planning on doing? Cheers! Chris

@StuffwithChrisDeHut Hey thanks for the lightning-fast response..I want to control around 150 SMD LEDs. I was searching the best way to achieve this. My understanding - Realized that we can use multiple MCP23017 (to get exra 16 I/Os) so I might need 5 of these coupled with an Arduino mega to achieve the goal (using 5 port expanders might result in performance issues) so best way is to get this implemented without performance impacts.

Hello, This video covers how to do that using the Thonny IDE. I suspect it will help with your problem. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ziBzaqSEQBM.html Cheers! Chris

Thanks, it did help, I also needed to update to the latest instance of Thonny@@MakingStuffwithChrisDeHut

Yes this chip and others similar to it can be used with any micro-controller. The code would be slightly different, but they are very useful chips when you need a LOT of IO. Cheers! Chris

It is unfortunate you feel that way. There are over 114 million RU-vid channels that you can choose from, I am sure you will find one that suits your tastes. Cheers! Chris

@@MakingStuffwithChrisDeHutIgnore this troll. The tutorial was great

@@ThePrimePrimerThank you for the show of support and kind words, I really appreciate it! Cheers! Chris

​@@MakingStuffwithChrisDeHut yes I did choose another channel. Too bad you can't take my rough comment as a chance to learn. In teaching you explain the concept using simple simple simple example and then build up from there. In math class even highly complex subjects is taught through the bare minimum example and then complexity gets introudcuced Thanks for northing.

​@@ThePrimePrimertroll this troll that! Grow up.