Stay on schedule with Raspberry Pi Pico W and an e-ink dashboard

Re:Stay on schedule with Raspberry Pi Pico W and an e-ink da... by extra88 on Monday April 07, 2025 @06:38AM (#43609811)

All the electronic components are surface mounted to the PCB but that doesn't make it a finished product.

They've made the PCB about as nice-looking as one can but most people still wouldn't want it that way; the raw buttons on the front in particular are not a good look or feel. There's no stand and the only mounting solution provided is a hole in the board. Power appears to be through the Pico's USB port on the side.

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Re:Stay on schedule with Raspberry Pi Pico W and an e-ink da... by rv3392 on Monday April 07, 2025 @07:32AM (#43610114)

The expectation is that anyone looking at Pimoroni products will probably just 3D-print (or produce in some other way) a case. They're not trying to sell this as a finished product.

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Re:Stay on schedule with Raspberry Pi Pico W and an e-ink da... by extra88 on Monday April 07, 2025 @08:15AM (#43610421)

Sure, I was just elaborating on why "fully assembled" does not mean "finished product" to most people.

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