WSAL11179 – Pioneer600/en

Documentation notice: This technical documentation was independently rewritten from an archived supplier source. Check technical details and commands against the product version and manufacturer documentation before use.

Summary

The Pioneer600 is an all-in-one expansion board for the Raspberry Pi series and Jetson Nano. It integrates a standard 40-pin GPIO header, basic I/O components, USB-to-UART, an OLED display, RTC, ADC/DAC, GPIO expansion, IR remote control, and sensors via onboard interfaces.

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WSAL11179 – Pioneer600, Raspberry Pi Expansion Board

Technical overview

Standard Raspberry Pi 40-pin GPIO expansion header; compatible with the Raspberry Pi series and Jetson Nano.
Onboard components include two LEDs, joystick, buzzer, CP2102 USB-to-UART chip, 0.96-inch OLED, DS3231 RTC with battery holder, PCF8591 (8-bit ADC/DAC), PCF8574 GPIO expander, LFN0038K IR receiver, BMP280 pressure sensor, and a 1-WIRE connection with DS18B20.
Onboard interfaces listed: AD, DA, ONE-WIRE, RPi, USB TO UART.
Driver libraries provided: BCM2835, WiringPi, lgpio, plus Python demo code.
SPI, I2C, and UART are enabled via "sudo raspi-config" under Interfacing Options, followed by "sudo reboot".
Demo code is downloaded from a Waveshare file server, extracted, and made executable with chmod 777.
Available demos cover LED, key, PCF8574, PCF8591 (ADC/DAC), BMP280, DS3231, OLED, and various sensor demos (temperature, humidity, gas, UV, etc.).
Certifications listed in source: CE and RoHS.

Commands and examples – verify before use:

sudo raspi-config
sudo reboot
sudo wget http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/bcm2835/bcm2835-1.71.tar.gz
sudo tar zxvf bcm2835-1.71.tar.gz
cd bcm2835-1.71/
sudo ./configure && sudo make && sudo make check && sudo make install
sudo apt-get install wiringpi
wget https://files.waveshare.com/wiki/common/wiringpi-latest.deb
sudo dpkg -i wiringpi-latest.deb
gpio -v
sudo git clone https://github.com/WiringPi/WiringPi
cd WiringPi
sudo ./build
sudo su
wget https://github.com/joan2937/lg/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
cd lg-master
sudo make install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3-smbus

Notes and version constraints

No battery included: For shipping reasons, the board ships without a CR1220 button cell; one must be installed manually for RTC operation.
When using the Bullseye branch, replace "apt-get" with "apt"; this branch only supports Python 3.
Under Bookworm, only the lgpio library is available; BCM2835 and WiringPi cannot be installed or used there.
WiringPi version depends on installation path: older systems report gpio -v = 2.52, newer ones (post-May 2019) or Bullseye report 2.70. If the expected version does not appear, it indicates an installation error.
Several demos require that the relevant interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART) were enabled beforehand and the machine was rebooted.
Jetson Nano compatibility is mentioned but no specific wiring or command details are provided; verify before use.

Source and revision record

Pioneer600 - Waveshare Wiki
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