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Australia, Canberra
1 Level
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Review on Tiny Machine Learning Person Detection Bundle for Raspberry Pi Pico by UCTRONICS by Rich Montgomery

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Great starter kit but important documents are missing and LCD not working

This kit is a lot easier than reading a book first to find out what parts to buy and then looking for individual parts. But in some areas I missed something: * Requires more M2M cables. In one project ("dead end traffic light system"), one more wire was required than in the kit. We compensated for this by changing the design and reducing the number of wires. While you can work around this, it would be nice if there were more wires. * Documents for connecting the motion sensor (IR sensor HC-SR501) are not available. The book talks about the importance of proper wiring and checking the documentation for the converter, but nothing is included in this kit.* LCD does not work. The little piece of paper says it's "a little different than what's used in the book" and directs you to the github repo to use that code instead. But that's not possible either. * Potentiometers are not plugged directly into the breadboard (perhaps without pinching it) nor do the M2F wires snag on the pins, leaving a very delicate system that can hardly be touched. without messing around with the wiring and ruining the outcome of your pin swap. Additionally, their dark blue background color makes it difficult to distinguish orange stripes from brown or even black.

Pros
  • Excellent construction
Cons
  • Unreliable