This neat little add-on board lets you drive two micro metal gearmotors from a Raspberry Pi Pico - tiny robots ahoy!
Solder this SHIM to the back of your Pico and unlock the magical ability toplug in up to two of our micro metal gearmotors(using these tidyshort motor cables). To connect them up via cable, your motors will need to be equipped withMotor Connector Shims(but if you'd rather not solder the shims to the motors yourself, we also sell themwith motors pre-attached).
In addition to the motor driver, Motor SHIM for Pico features a multi-purpose and ever-popularuser button plus aQw/ST connectorso you can attach breakouts and give your diminutive robot some smarts. You could use it to make a tiny front-wheel drive robot (like a miniTrilobot) or even a matchbox-sized balancing robot.
We've designed it to be as slimline as possible and use minimal pins so it can be combined easily with other add-ons, like ourPico Packs and Bases. For a smol battery-powered robot with LiPo charging and an on/off button, consider using a Pimoroni Pico LiPo or stack this SHIM with aLiPo SHIM for Pico!
Motor SHIM for Pico is supported by a well-documented C++/MicroPython motor library with lots of examples - there's even one to teach your motors how to sing!
Dual H-Bridge motor driver (DRV8833)
2 JST-ZH connectors (2-pin) for attaching motors
User button
Qw/ST (Qwiic/STEMMA QT) connector for attaching breakouts
Raspberry Pi Pico, headers and other components shown are sold separately.
Assembly
You'll need to solder the SHIM to the back of your Pico, with the mounting holes lining up at the USB port end. The 'PICO MOTOR SHIM' text on the SHIM and the pin labels on the back of the Pico should be facing each other.
Software
OurC++/MicroPythonlibraries are packed with powerful features for working with motors. You'll get best performance using C++, but if you're a beginner we'd recommend using our batteries included MicroPython build for ease of getting started.
Alternatively, you can useCircuitPython to drive motors with your Raspberry Pi Pico, if you want access to all the nice conveniences of Adafruit's ecosystem.
Dimensions: approx 26mm x 21mm x 5mm (L x W x H, including connectors)
If you're ambitious in the ways of experimental soldering, you can try soldering the Pico and the SHIM both to the short end of your header, back to back - leaving the long ends of the pins free to plug into other things. This method makes for a much more slimline Pico/SHIM package, but you'll need to make sure your solder joints make good contact with the pads of both boards and the header.
If you'd prefer not to attach Motor SHIM permanently to your Pico, consider soldering it to a pair of socket headers (as pictured in the photos of Pimoroni Pico LiPo).
Raspberry Pi Picois a flexible, low-costmicrocontroller development boardfrom the folks at Raspberry Pi, based on their very own chip - the RP2040. It's easily programmable over USB with C/C++ or MicroPython, and ideal for use in all sorts of physical computing projects, devices and inventions - we're so excited to see what you make with it!
We've called our Pico-sized add-onspacks, as they're designed to attach to the back of your Pico as if it were wearing a very stylish backpack (or a miniature jet pack, if you prefer). We've also got Picobases(larger add-on boards with a space to mount your Pico on top) and some other boards that let you do interesting hackerly things like using multiple packs at once -click hereto view them all!
Your Pico will need to have male headers soldered to it (with the pins pointing downwards) to attach to our add-on boards.
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