Raspberry Breadstick

It's a Breadstick for your Breadboard!

The Raspberry Breadstick is an RP2040 development board we successfully funded on Crowd Supply in January 2024. It's open-source hardware; we invite you to explore the design files in its GitHub repository. It has a tailor-made CircuitPython distribution, but can also run Arduino and MicroPython. 

Breadsticks are meant to free people from the constraints of messy jumper wires, so they can focus on creativity and bringing their ideas to life. What makes it different is that its I/O pins are spaced out evenly along its length, rather than bunched together; all the wires you'd normally use to breakout out pins to empty prototyping areas of your breadboard are contained within. CircuitPython makes programming microcontrollers much simpler than before, and the Breadstick form factor simplifies the hardware aspect without abandoning the prototyping paradise that a solderless breadboard can be. With a Breadstick, you'll make fewer mistakes, and the mistakes you do make will be easier to spot. We aimed to create a product that is simple enough for beginners to use, but not overly simplistic or restrictive, classroom-friendly and equipped for advanced users. Our Breadsticks come with the header pins pre-soldered, so they're ready to go directly into your breadboard.

Features:

• RP2040 - Dual ARM Cortex-M0+ Processors @133MHz
• 264kb SRAM
• 16MB Flash Memory
• 3-Axis Accelerometer + 3-Axis Gyroscope
• 24 High-Speed Addressable RGB LEDs (Clock+Data)
• 18 I/O Pins
• 4 Analog Inputs
• USB-C

Capabilities: 

• Detect motion as it's waved through the air
• Light painting for photography, persistence of vision displays, and interactive art
• Connect to all sorts of sensors for measuring temperature, pressure, humidity, brightness, distance, and more!
• Playback MP3 and WAV files with the help of I2S audio amps
• Measure analog voltages to read rotating or sliding potentiometers
• Measure digital voltages to detect when buttons are pushed
• Become a custom-made synthesizer using the SynthIO CircuitPython library!
• Control motors, relays, and actuators of all kinds
• Become a robotic car and so much more!

Our Learning Page will equip you with everything you need to build amazing projects. Our community Discord Server is where you'll find others like yourself, sharing their projects, asking for help, and helping one another. We look forward to chatting with you and seeing all the amazing things you build! 

Please note that the breadboard is not included with the Breadstick, although we do plan on selling some soon so sign up for alerts!

Reviews

In the Press

Breadstick Innovations stretches the @Raspberry_Pi Pico to fill a breadboard — and adds bonuses. https://t.co/7Wh4RxJDfZ

— Hackster.io (@Hacksterio) December 21, 2023

Raspberry Breadstick - Supports CircuitPython and MicroPython, offering a hassle-free coding experience, now in the @crowd_supply crowdfunding stagehttps://t.co/x7atoLVQpL pic.twitter.com/HzibgDo72V

— DIY_Electronics (@finexpofficial) December 21, 2023