Pico pin label cap

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Update 2022-07-04 : added Pico W version of the label case.

When your using the Pico on a breadboard you find that the labeling on the bottom isn't one of the best design ideas. So after plugging in some wires in the wrong holes (the Pico did survive), I came up with the idea of a label cap with printed on top one of the 4 pin configurations of the Pico. 

So I used Tinkercad to design model which would fit on top of the Pico, having room for the Pins for a nice fit. 

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And used InkScape to draw the stickers which you can place on top of the label cap.

 

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Fired up my 3D printer and the laser printer and made the first prototype of the label cap. 

The bottom view of the cap. A little rough on the edges this proto type but it works. 

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It has a nice fit and won't drop off when you are using male header strips on the pico.

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Have to say, I'm happy with the result. So I printed 3 more and made a serie of 4 Pico pin label caps.  

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(click on the image to zoom in).

I finished up the designs STL and the SVG file, and zipped them in a zipfile you can download through this Link (containing STL, SVG and PDF).

Enjoy, 

Update 2022-07-04 : added Pico W templates

 I finished up the designs for the Pico W STL and the SVG file, and zipped them in a zipfile you can download through this Link (containing STL, SVG and PDF).

RPi-Pico-W cheat case

Note : only on the first cheat case label I have placed the SWT connector pinning.