Pimoroni Explorer

Our Explorer lets you play with circuits, build science experiments and prototype tiny robots and inventions. We've incorporated tinkering essentials like:

A convenient mini breadboard for wiring up components
Servo headers
Analogue inputs
A built-in speaker for making beeps and boops
Plenty of general-purpose inputs/outputs
Connectors for attaching crocodile leads
Qw/ST connectors for attaching I2C breakouts

Next to all that lot, there's a vibrant 320 x 240 pixel IPS LCD screen surrounded by six chunky tactile buttons so you can easily monitor and control what your project is doing. It's all mounted on a nice, sturdy baseboard that's printed with a fancy full-colour silkscreen. We've also included some little legs, so you can have it propped up at an angle as well as lying flat, and there's a battery connector on the back so you can keep things portable.

You can buy a Pico Explorer board on its own or as part of a Starter Kit, which also contains a whole bunch of fun components to start tinkering with.

Features

Powered by RP2350B (Dual Arm Cortex M33 running at up to 150MHz with 520KB of SRAM)
16MB of QSPI flash supporting XiP
2.8” IPS LCD screen (320 x 240 pixels)
- Driver IC: ST7789V
- Luminance: 250 cd/m2
- Active area: 43.2 x 57.5mm
USB-C connector for programming and power
Mini breadboard
Piezo speaker
6x user-controllable switches
Reset and boot buttons
6x crocodile clip terminals
4x 3-pin servo outputs
6x GPIO and 4x ADC easy access headers, plus 3.3V power and grounds
2x Qw/ST (Qwiic/STEMMA QT) connector
2-pin JST-PH connector for adding a battery
Lanyard slot!
Includes 2x desktop stand feet
Fully-assembled (no soldering required)
Programmable with C/C++ or MicroPython
Dimensions: approx 107mm x 85mm x 16mm (H x W x D, assembled)

Package Contents

Board Only

1x Pimoroni Explorer

Starter Kit

Pimoroni Explorer
Pimoroni Super Sensor Suite - a fancy new all-in-one Qw/ST stick for environmental, light and movement sensing (featuring BME280, LTR559 and LSM6DS3TR-C)
A hand-picked assortment of components to tinker with - think LEDs, pots, switches, servos, wheels
Jumper jerky and other cables to connect everything up