Development kit: Raspberry Pico

This is the official development kit. It offers the following advantages:

1. Low cost
2. Parts are easy to find
3. Low wiring/soldering: usage of a motherboard
4. SWD debug port

Current status: Firmware and software are completed. Build instructions under writing.

Bill of materials

Here is an example of components.

• Links are examples of what to buy, price is not optimized
• Use traditional suppliers for generic components (buttons, resistors...), such as Adafruit, PiHut, Pimoroni, Kubii, Gotronic...

Part	Price	Shop	Link
Audio board + speaker	13 €	Waveshare	Buy on Amazon
Raspberry Pico W	9 €	Kubii	Buy on Amazon
2inch LCD (320x240)	14 €	Waveshare	Buy on Amazon
Some push buttons and rotary switches	4 €	Any	Buy on Amazon
UPS module or Pimoroni LiPo Shim	15 €	Waveshare	Buy on Amazon
LiPo battery 500mAh	9 €	Any	Buy on Amazon
GPIO Expander Pico 4 modules	17 €	Waveshare	Buy on Amazon
SDCard breakout board	5 €	Any	Buy on Amazon
TOTAL	86 €

A much more optimization of price is possible using the Marble Pico board which is completely compatible to the original Pico pinout but with embedded battery management and SDCard holder. Price is still low: 5€!

Part	Price	Shop	Link
Audio board + speaker	13 €	Waveshare	Buy on Amazon
Marble Pico	5 €	ArduShop	Buy on ardushop.ro
2inch LCD (320x240)	14 €	Waveshare	Buy on Amazon
Some push buttons and rotary switches	4 €	Any	Buy on Amazon
LiPo battery 500mAh	9 €	Any	Buy on Amazon
GPIO Expander Pico 2 modules	14 €	Waveshare	Buy on Amazon
TOTAL	59 €

In addition to this list, you may need some more materials such as wires, prototype boards, resistors...

We may propose in the future a PCB to help the connection without soldering.

Pinout

The pins usage for this bundle is indicated by the folling wirering. OST pins are indicated in dark orange on the far left and far right (other indications come from the Pico offical pin mapping).

Firmware flashing

Get the firmware binary

Download the right file for your bundle on the Github project page : Github project page

For the Raspberry Pi Pico bundle, the executable is a ELF file extension.

Procedure

You can program the Pico without any software thanks to the UF2 file system driver embedded in the Pico bootloader.

• Press the Boot button located on the Marbe Pico
• Without releasing the button, connect the Marbe Pico to your computer using a USB-C cable
• Release the button
• A new disk drive should popup on your file system

Button position:

UF2 disk on your file explorer:

Just drag and drop the firmware image in this directory, wait for the programming and firmware reboot.

Bundle build guide

TODO

How to build the firmare image from the source code

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/arabine/open-story-teller

Install build tools

Install build tools, example for a Debian based operating system:

• sudo apt install gcc-arm-none-eabi
• sudo apt install picolibc-arm-none-eabi

Make sure that CMake will use this cross toolchain. If not, use the following option in the command line during cmake invocation.

cmake -DTOOLCHAIN=arm-none-eabi -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/cross-gcc.cmake

Clone the pico SDK inside the software directory:

cd software
git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk

If you already have the Pico SDK installed somewhere else on your disk, you can create a link. Then, create a build directory and launch the build:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

CMake tuning options

cmake  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DOST_BUNDLE=RASPI_PICO -DPICO_SDK_PATH=../pico-sdk -DPICO_BOARD=pico_w ..

Replace the PICO_SDK_PATH value according to your real Pico SDK location if necessary.