How to Add a Water Pump to a Raspberry Pi Pico

🔗 *The full guide* : _https://core-electronics.com.au/guides/raspberry-pi-pico/how-to-control-a-pump-with-a-raspberry-pi-pico/_

In this practical guide, we are going to be learning how to add a *liquid pump* to a *Pico* in your maker project. We will be looking at whether you should use a *Peristaltic Pump* or a *Submersible Pump* , how to wire one up to a Pico with a *motor driver* , and how to program the Pico to control the motor.

🔧🔨🧰 Hardware featured in this guide:

*Peristaltic Pump*
_https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/CE10149_
*Submersible Pump*
_https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/FIT0800_
*Picos:*
_https://core-electronics.com.au/raspberry-pi/pico.html#category_2118_

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0:00 Peristaltic vs Submersible Pumps
2:43 What You Will Need
3:30 Assembly
5:05 Programming the Pico

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