PCA9685 & Pico

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Imatarget2000
 
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PCA9685 & Pico

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Hello,

I am wondering if a Pico and MicroPython could be used, in place of an Arduino, with the PCA9685 board? Understanding that the power supply issues as separate, and assuming I'm not missing something (which I almost certainly am), could you theoretically program a Pico to control 62 ganged PCA9685 boards?

I'm curious if anyone has used a Pico to control this board before? Thoughts?

Thank you for any input. ;)

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mikeysklar
 
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Re: PCA9685 & Pico

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I don’t see any reason why you would not be able to use a Pi Pico running CircuitPython with the PCA9685. We have clear guides on using it with our Feathers running CircuitPython.

https://learn.adafruit.com/16-channel-p ... cuitpython

In terms of using MicroPython most likely it will work too as this just a i2c interface and ther are libraries for it.

https://learn.adafruit.com/micropython- ... icropython

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