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Review on ๐Ÿ”Œ UCTRONICS GPIO Breakout Kit for Raspberry Pi Pico - Assembled Pi T-Type Breakout + 830 Tie Points Solderless Breadboard + 40 Pin Male-Female-Male Rainbow Ribbon Cable + 65pcs Premium Jump Wires by Zack Frazier

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Breakthrough GPIO is the winner. Everything else?. Fur!

cons first and has two sets of power rails. The ad shows it, but I missed it. That means if you want the power rails to be next to each other you have to connect them with a jumper. More inconvenience than anything, but it will cost you 8 pin positions. (See my attached photo where I added the red and black jumpers) Pros (+) The breakout board is narrower than most GPIO breakouts and therefore provides access to three rows of pins on each side. (Blue board in my photos) Competing products like the Kuman board (red board in my photos) are too wide and sacrifice one row of contact access by blocking two rows. (+) The board has separate power connectors that connect directly to the power supply. Rails. This is a HUGE benefit as it eliminates the need to connect power jumpers directly to the already crowded GPIO power and ground and greatly simplifies wiring. (+) The board has an LED power indicator "HUGE!" A benefit as it gives you extra confidence that the ribbon cable is properly connected and the breadboard rails are powered. It's worth buying this product for that alone. I can not tell you, how many times i changed breadboards i accidentally connected the ribbon cable wrong. This fixes it. Note: Most divider boards use the Koeman method (red board in my photo) and will make the board too wide and require you to sacrifice a row of pins. There are others that have power pins, like on this board, but I don't think they have a power LED. There's only one thing I'd like that was made by only one manufacturer I've ever seen. A jumper can be used to select whether the power outputs are 3 VDC or 5 VDC. Unfortunately the manufacturer of this product was based in England and went bankrupt. A jumper can be used to select whether the power outputs are 3 VDC or 5 VDC. Unfortunately, the manufacturer of this product was in England and went bankrupt. A jumper can be used to select whether the power outputs are 3 VDC or 5 VDC. Unfortunately, the manufacturer of this product was based in England and went bankrupt.

Pros
  • Compatibility: You can connect all versions of the raspberry board with various sensors and electronics with GPIO expansion board
Cons
  • unreliable