Piper Make Tutorials

This chapter contains an introduction to Piper Make, how to connect and program Pico W win Piper Make, and several interesting projects to help you get up and running with Piper quickly.

We recommend that you read this chapter in order.

Piper Make is a super easy and fun way to make projects using Raspberry Pi Pico W. It uses blocks like Scratch, so you don’t need any programming experience to use it. The underlying principle is to use CircuitPython with auxiliary libraries.

Source Code

• Ultimate-Starter-Kit-for-Pico-W

• Or check out the code at Ultimate-Starter-Kit-for-Pico-W - GitHub

1. Getting Started with Piper Make

• 1.1 Initializing Your Pico Board
• 1.2 Comprehensive Piper Make Walkthrough
• 1.3 Project Export and Import Operations

2. Piper Make Projects

• 2.1 LED Blinking Fundamentals
  • Required Components
  • Circuit Assembly
  • Programming
  • Operation Principles
• 2.2 Push Button LED Controller
  • Required Components
  • Circuit Connections
  • Programming Implementation
  • Functional Analysis
• 2.3 Electronic Doorbell System
  • Required Components
  • Circuit Configuration
  • Programming Code
• 2.4 RGB Color Blending System
  • Required Components
  • Circuit Assembly
  • Programming Implementation
• 2.5 Electronic Percussion Kit
  • Required Components
  • Circuit Configuration
  • Programming Code
• 2.6 Light Intensity Display
  • Component List
  • Circuit Assembly
  • Programming Implementation
  • How it Works?
• 2.7 Variable Resistor Servo Control System
  • Component List
  • Circuit Configuration
  • Programming Implementation
  • How it Works?
• 2.8 Smart Water Tank
  • Component List
  • Wiring
  • Code
  • How it Works?
• 2.9 Animal Motion Detection System
  • Component List
  • Circuit Configuration
  • Programming Implementation
  • How it Works?
• 2.10 Programmable LED Strip Display
  • Required Components
  • Circuit Configuration
  • Programming Implementation
  • Programming
• 2.11 Proximity Detection Alert System
  • Required Components
  • Circuit Configuration
  • Programming Implementation
  • How it Works?
• 2.12 Response Speed Challenge
  • Required Components
  • Circuit Configuration
  • Programming Implementation
  • How it Works?