WS Pioneer600 Raspberry Pi Expansion Board

Note : the Pi, cables and sensors are NOT included.

The Pioneer600 is a blue expansion board that clicks onto the GPIO pins of Raspberry Pi and adds a range of additional features.

First of these features we noticed was a five-way joystick and 0.96-inch OLED display. This is backed up by a dual-LED and buzzer. On closer inspection, we discovered the on-board LFN0038K to enable remote control. A DS3231 real-time clock is also included (you'll need to supply your own CR1220 button battery).

There is a built-in BMP280 for measuring air pressure and temperature, but it's the available ports for external sensors that are the key attraction: a PCF8591, 8-bit resolution, screw terminal interface, a 1-Wire device (a DS18B20 thermometer is included), a 44 pin sensor interface, and GPIO expansion.

There is also a micro USB to UART connection and cable supplied. UART is normally used to debug Raspberry Pi, but with debugging mode disabled, you can send data to and from Raspberry Pi and a connected PC. 


Pioneer600 Features

• Supports Raspberry Pi A /B /2B/3B/3B
• <Standard I/O> dual LED, joystick, buzzer, the basic components
• <USB TO UART> CP2102, control the Pi through serial terminal
• <Display> 0.96inch OLED, big world in the little screen
• <RTC> DS3231, high precision, backup battery holder is also available
• <AD/DA> PCF8591, 8-bit resolution, screw terminal IO interface
• <GPIO Expansion> PCF8574, more GPIO, more possibility
• <IR Control> LFN0038K, Raspberry Pi remote control comes true
• <Pressure Sensor> BMP280, measuring air pressure and temperature
• <1-WIRE> for connecting 1-WIRE devices, DS18B20 is included
• <Sensor Interface> for connecting various sensors

What's on the Pioneer600

1. Raspberry Pi GPIO interface : for connecting Raspberry Pi
2. USB TO UART : control the Pi through serial terminal
3. AD/DA IO interface : screw terminal
4. 1-WIRE interface : for connecting 1-WIRE devices like DS18B20
5. Sensor interface : for connecting various sensors
6. 0.96inch OLED : SSD1306 driver, 12864 resolution, SPI interface
7. Buzzer
8. CP2102 : USB TO UART converter
9. PCF8591 : 8-bit AD/DA converter, I2C interface
10. BMP280 : pressure sensor, I2C interface
11. PCF8574 : I/O expansion chip, I2C interface
12. DS3231 : high precision RTC chip, I2C interface
13. Power indicator
14. User LED
15. Joystick
16. LFN0038K IR receiver

Examples

Peripheral	Interface	Python	WiringPi	BCM2835 C Library	SysFs
LED	I/O
KEY	I/O
IRM	I/O
UART	UART
DS18B20	ONE-WIRE
PCF8574	I2C
PCF8591	I2C
DS3231	I2C
BMP280	I2C
OLED	SPI

Development Resources

• User manual
• Schematic
• Demo codes : python and C (WringPi/BCM2835 C Library/SysFs)
• Raspberry Pi tutorials
• Raspbian (configured system image)

What's in the box?

1 x Pioneer600 board

Resources

Wiki : www.waveshare.com/wiki/Pioneer600

Note: Stock is currently available in South Africa for national shipping!