Sylwester BalaPiotr Lewandowski
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How to connect RPi Pico to WiFi and send phone notifications

We show how to connect Pico to WiFi while maintaining low power and running it directly on AAA batteries.

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How to connect RPi Pico to WiFi and send phone notifications

Things used in this project

Hardware components

IOT Cricket Wi-Fi module
Things On Edge IOT Cricket Wi-Fi module
×1
Raspberry Pi Raspbery Pi Pico
×1
Battery Holder, AAA x 2
Battery Holder, AAA x 2
×1
Hook Clips / Crocodile Clips cables
×1

Software apps and online services

Blynk
Blynk
MQTT
MQTT

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Code

main.py

Python
Raspberry Pi Pico program for flashing LED every 5 minutes and sending phone notifications from Cricket Wifi module
from machine import Pin, Timer
import time

led = Pin(25, Pin.OUT)
cricket = Pin(15, Pin.OUT)
timer = Timer()

def foo(timer):
    led.value(1)
    cricket.value(1)
    time.sleep(0.8)
    led.value(0)
    cricket.value(0)

# The freq = 0.00333 represents 5 minutes interval
timer.init(freq=0.00333, mode=Timer.PERIODIC, callback=foo)

Credits

Sylwester Bala

Sylwester Bala

10 projects • 17 followers
Technologist and entrepreneur who loves solving problems!
Piotr Lewandowski

Piotr Lewandowski

8 projects • 5 followers

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