3pi+ 2040 Control Board

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Pololu item #: 5006
Brand: Pololu
Status: Active and Preferred 
RoHS 3 compliant


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.

3pi+ 2040 Control Board.

3pi+ 2040 Control Board.

3pi+ 2040 Control Board, bottom view.

3pi+ 2040 Control Board, bottom view.

3pi+ 2040 Robot, top view with OLED display removed.

3pi+ 2040 Robot, top view.

3pi+ 2040 Robot.

3pi+ 2040 Robot fits in the palm of a hand.




Overview

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:

Included components

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.

What else you will need

To build a robot with the 3pi+ 2040 Control Board, you will need a few additional parts:

Optional accessories

You might also consider getting these for your 3pi+ 2040 robot:

Dimensions

Size: 2.6″ × 3.4″
Weight: 20 g1

General specifications

Processor: RP2040 @ 125 MHz
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

Identifying markings

PCB dev codes: 3pi04a
Other PCB markings: 0J13959

Notes:

1
Without included hardware.

Documentation and other information

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