Sandeep Mistry
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Give a plant a personality using the Raspberry Pi Pico W πŸͺ΄

Use MicroPython on the Arm-based Raspberry Pi Pico W with a Pimoroni Grow Kit and Twilio to create a plant that texts you!

IntermediateFull instructions provided1.5 hours7,852

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Raspberry Pi Pico W
×1
Pimoroni Grow Kit
×1
Adafruit Perma-Proto HAT for Pi Mini Kit - No EEPROM
×1
SparkFun Raspberry Pi GPIO Male Header - 2x20
×1
Adafruit 20-pin 0.1" Female Header - White - 5 pack
×1
Adafruit Hook-up Wire Spool Set - 22AWG Solid Core - 6 x 25 ft
×1

Software apps and online services

MicroPython
MicroPython
SMS Messaging API
Twilio SMS Messaging API
Thonny

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)
Solder Wire, Lead Free
Solder Wire, Lead Free

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Schematics

Wiring Diagram

Code

GitHub repo

Credits

Sandeep Mistry

Sandeep Mistry

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πŸ‘¨πŸ½β€πŸ’»πŸ‘·πŸ½β€β™‚οΈπŸ‘¨πŸ½β€πŸ”¬ Principal Software Engineer @ Arm

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