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Pololu item #:
5006
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Pololu
Status:
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This is the control board for the 3pi+ 2040 robot, and it is included as part of the Standard Edition, Turtle Edition, and Hyper Edition 3pi+ 2040 kits and robots. It can be used as a replacement part for those products, or it can be assembled with the 3pi+ Chassis Kit, a pair of 6V Micro Metal Gearmotors with extended motor shafts, and a graphical OLED display to create a “custom edition” 3pi+ 2040 robot.
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| 3pi+ 2040 Control Board with included hardware. | 
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| 3pi+ 2040 Control Board. | 
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| 3pi+ 2040 Control Board. | 
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| 3pi+ 2040 Control Board, bottom view. | 
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| 3pi+ 2040 Control Board, bottom view. | 
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| 3pi+ 2040 Robot, top view with OLED display removed. | 
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| 3pi+ 2040 Robot, top view. | 
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| 3pi+ 2040 Robot. | 
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| 3pi+ 2040 Robot fits in the palm of a hand. | 
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The 3pi+ 2040 Control Board is designed to be assembled with a 3pi+ Chassis Kit, a pair of 6V Micro Metal Gearmotors with extended motor shafts, and a graphical OLED display to create a 3pi+ 2040 robot. This product is primarily intended as a replacement product for the 3pi+ 2040 robots and kits that already include it or for those who want to build a 3pi+ 2040 robot with different gearmotor versions than the ones offered with those complete kits and assembled robots.
This control board is already included as part of the following 3pi+ 2040 assembled robots and kits:
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The 3pi+ 2040 Control Board ships with all of its surface-mount components populated, and it includes the following through-hole parts and mounting hardware:
Please note that assembly (including soldering) is required; see the user’s guide for assembly instructions.
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To build a robot with the 3pi+ 2040 Control Board, you will need a few additional parts:
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You might also consider getting these for your 3pi+ 2040 robot:
| Size: | 2.6″ × 3.4″ | 
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| Weight: | 20 g1 | 
| Processor: | RP2040 @ 125 MHz | 
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| RAM size: | 264 Kbytes | 
| Program memory size: | 16 Mbytes | 
| Motor driver: | DRV8838 | 
| Motor channels: | 2 | 
| Minimum operating voltage: | 2.7 V | 
| Maximum operating voltage: | 8.5 V | 
| Continuous output current per channel: | 1.8 A | 
| Logic voltage: | 3.3 V | 
| Reverse voltage protection?: | Y | 
| External programmer required?: | N | 
| PCB dev codes: | 3pi04a | 
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| Other PCB markings: | 0J13959 | 
User’s manual for the Pololu 3pi+ 2040 robot.
This file contains 3D models (in the STEP file format) of the 3pi+ 2040 Robot. These models use a simplified model of the control electronics to reduce the file size. A more detailed model of the 3pi+ 2040 Control Board (27MB step) is available separately.
These DXF drawings make it possible to get various dimension measurements of the 3pi+ 2040 Robot.
This DXF drawing shows the locations of all of the board’s holes.
This repository contains libraries and example code for the Pololu 3pi+ 2040 Robot in MicroPython and C.
A full-featured Arduino library for the Pololu 3pi+ 2040 Robot developed by customer Adam Green.
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We have transitioned from our initial early-adopter release to a full release of the 3pi+ 2040 Robot family! With the full release, we also have...