“Maker Nano RP2040
This is a compact and beautifully built board from Cytron. It is packed with useful extras and already has the breadboard pins soldered on. It came in a neat box, already loaded with CircuitPython 7 and a tuneful demonstration program using the many built in blue LEDs, two colourful Neopixels, a digital button and the speaker/buzzer. These components provide plenty of simple project opportunities for users new to the RP2040. (Save the program for reference later.)
There are two Qwiic/STEMMA to Grove conversation cables for the small ports on the underside of the board so it is very easy connect Grove sensor boards. For the more advanced user this board has a reset button and 4 ADC pins rather than the 3 available on the Pico. All the pins are clearly marked on the top of the board which fits neatly onto a mini (170 hole) bread board and simplifies cable connection to external components.
I tried connecting a Grove Rotary Encoder with the provided cable and the Adafruit CircuitPython demo worked perfectly.
I then switched to MicroPython by flashing the Pi Pico UF2 to the board (very easy to do) and connected up a SSD1306 128x64 pixel display, a 10K Ohm potentiometer and checked out all the pins.
Another very useful and inexpensive board from Cytron which should provide plenty of fun projects.”
