A definitive PicoFly install guide

A definitive PicoFly install guide V.6.4

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Thedoctor22111
Everything looks great! but one question, you said to make sure the resistors on the rp2040-tiny were 47ohm and not 470, but in the "OLED Points:" picture section the rp2040 displayed had 470ohm resistors.
lightninjay
lightninjay
To be clear, resistors labeled as "470" in the SMD format are actually 47 ohms.
S
yes ADD ALTERNATE POINTS! :D
somethin9
Add alternate points, there will be less destroyed switches.
S
Very good job. I have translated V6.2 in french and publish it here to limit errors caused by bad translations.
AceCuba
exelent guide , meaby this is to much to ask , but the threat is 500 pages long , can you add to the guuide some issues and solutions , i dontk know like the pico works bots atmosphere but sometimes do a reboot and goes to ofw
SylverReZ
Very well written guide.
eyeliner
Great writeup! A must to anyone who wants to install the PicoFly.
D
Great guide, good job
AceCuba
can you update the guide for the https://www.waveshare.com/product/rp2040-tiny.htm . im looking for the rgb pins i think the are de gp25 and groud
LogicalMadness
"They should have sent a poet"
some1ne
Amazing guide, but the PDF seems broken.
lightninjay
lightninjay
Should be fixed now. I recompiled it slightly different in an effort to condense file size and get it to load better.
impeeza
Great work, for me Adobe acrobat show "A drawing error Occurred." and on Firefox all letters are shown as a pixelated 8-bit graphic.
lightninjay
lightninjay
I recently fixed V.4, you should be able to redownload and not only have a smaller file size, but it should load better as well!
mondul
Pretty clear and helpful
Flasheure
Perfect !
https://uptobox.com/xh5t7soyfmna
Allow me to put it in French, which I translated myself.
If it bothers you, delete it!
lightninjay
lightninjay
Merci beaucoup! I've been seeing my guide pop up unannounced in other languages. So far I saw Italian, Spanish, and a french website that started translating, but then pointed to gbatemp's download of the english guide.

I did attempt to leave all the text selectable in the PDF to attempt making translation easier, as native speakers could just run it through a translator and then modify it to make more sense in their native tongues. Glad you took on the effort, I just want to help spread the info to as many people need it.
G
Awesome guide! Great job!
Just a side note. It worth to mention, if you use CPU Flex cable, then which pins you need to solder with magnet wire and which solder points you need to use on the PCB (for example only one point for DAT0/CLK/CMD/RST or you can use both) and explain them with a short answer. I saw these questions multiple times in multiple forum posts
lightninjay
lightninjay
It is technically included in the OLED graphic how to wire up the CPU pin to the flex, but I do understand your point. Perhaps im V.4 I will explicitly state how to wire up the flex cable.
A-Hacked-Soul
Perfect guide! This has been really helpful with all the info in one place. If you have issues opening the files with images try another reader.
lightninjay
lightninjay
Thanks for the 5-star review <3 Glad it has become such an invaluable resource :D
AlanPavlish
Awesome guide. Thanks.
I see you mention wires and how they can make or break the hack. I think you should mention why. Also, there are lots of different info on which wire tickness to use. Maybe add info about that?
lightninjay
lightninjay
I would, but that falls more in the realm of soldering skill. I feel the guide does a decent enough job warning that thicker wires can be difficult to work with, but when working at this micro scale, "bigger" is also still terribly small. I believe it's adequate to state that 30-40awg wire, both kynar and magnet wire are acceptable for use. I do later explain that Rehius has mentioned if you have issues you can check wire thicknesses/lengths, but ultimately a lot of it seems to come down to good solder welds. In cutting and shortening/changing a wire, one would necessarily be resoldering, increasing their chances of improving their solder joint.
M
Good job！！！
lightninjay
lightninjay
Thank you! Hope it helps :)
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