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You can read the full review on my italian website: Elecrow Pico 2 AIO Starter Kit Review
🚀 Overview & Design
- Delivered in a sturdy, compact suitcase (~195 × 170 × 46 mm, 340 g) ideal for transport and learning on the go.
- Inside is a single integrated board with the RP2350 chip and 17 built-in sensors/modules, eliminating wiring hassle
- A 2.4″ full colour TFT touch screen enhances interactivity
📦 Contents & Capabilities
Includes key components such as:
- Environmental sensors (DHT20, B1750, MQ2),
- Inputs (buttons, potentiometer, IR, touch),
- Outputs (RGB LEDs, buzzer, relay, servo, vibration motor),
- Motion modules (ultrasonic, accelerometer/gyro, hall sensor),
- Plus a mini servo and IR remote
- Features 20 programmable RGB ambient LEDs and several built-in mini-games (e.g., Snake, Ultrasonic Ranging)
🧾 Ease of Use & Learning Support
- Plug‑and‑play: connects via USB‑C, no soldering or jumper cables
- Comes with 21 step‑by‑step tutorials in Arduino IDE and MicroPython, covering everything from LED controls to gas detectors
- 📚 Full documentation, schematics, and lesson code are available on Elecrow’s wiki
👍 Highlights
- User-friendly, with no wiring complexity—perfect for beginners.
- Wide sensor selection accelerates experimentation.
- Interactive display and lighting make learning visually engaging.
- Portable and robust build, looks and feels high quality
- Great value, offering rich functionality at a modest price.
🔥 Suggestions for Improvement
- Fixed board design limits expansion; no additional connectors for external modules .
- Tutorial code complexity could be reduced; Adrirobot suggests additional simplified versions would help novices .
- More non‑English documentation, e.g., Italian translations, could benefit wider audiences.
🎯 Target Audience
Recommended for:
- Absolute beginners and students—ideal for classroom use.
- Makers wanting a quick prototype environment
- For a tech-inspired gift.🎁
👉Final Assessment
The Elecrow All-in-One Starter Kit for Pico 2 is a well-designed and well-built product. Its “all-in-one” philosophy makes it exceptionally accessible, breaking down the initial barriers that often discourage newcomers to the hardware world.
It’s an excellent platform for learning the fundamentals of Pico 2 programming and for starting to create “smart hardware” projects in a fun, practical, and stress-free way. If you’re looking for a solid starting point for your programmable electronics journey, this Elecrow kit definitely deserves your attention.
One suggestion for Elecrow would be to make the programming side more user-friendly.😉
