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Ash Hill

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Piwings 2 0 kickstarter flies in with raspberry pi pico and esp32 - You Need To See This

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SB Components has provided some exciting updates its latest crowdfunding campaign for PiWings 2.0 drone. This new board provides tools for makers that can be used to construct custom drones and, of course, it's powered by the popular single-board computer, the Raspberry Pi. The campaign is hosted through Kickstarter and has yet to launch, but you can sign up to be notified when it goes live.

We reached out to SB Components, which confirmed the new board is powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico as well as an ESP32, more specifically an ESP8266-12E module that makes use of ESP32 S3 WROOM-1. This opens up wireless options that are very useful when it comes to setting up remote piloting systems as well as POV goggles for a drone.

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