“After some time from Pimoroni support I found out how inaccurate my old review is. The issues were entirely my doing.
The wheel works great, the lights are plenty bright enough for feedback.
All the code needed to communicate with it through micropython is contained within the Pimoroni uf2 file.
Old review:
The product itself is well built and (from what I can tell) works fully.
Unfortunately I wasn't aware before purchasing just how tricky things would be to use it in a micropython setting. Even though we intend to use it in a Circuitpython based project, we began with Pimoroni's flavour of micropython. The documentation is not beginner friendly and I didn't realise I would need to learn to build libraries.
I ended up deciding it would be quicker to convert it over to a python library for Circuitpython than it will be for my partner and I to figure out everything else to get it working just to eventually port it anyway.
So there it sits, waiting.
One day it may get used.”
Ahoy there!
You shouldn't have to build any libraries to use our custom MicroPython - there's some pre-built images here: https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico/releases
Drop us an email at support@pimoroni.com if you need help getting started!
