The Raspberry Pi foundation continues in its endeavor to miniaturize the most famous development board on the market, and it is that, with its new launch, they have managed to reduce the board to the minimum expression with the idea of offering something extremely small and extremely cheap at the same weather. This is the Raspberry Pi Pico .
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One of the most striking novelties of this new microcontroller is that it mounts an RP2040 processor, a chip designed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation itself, something that invites us to think that we will see future chips later. This has probably allowed you to design a more specific and perfectly orchestrated controller for the rest of the functions, so its performance can be very interesting.
This main chip is based on a dual-core ARM Cortex M0 + running at 133 MHz, with 254 KB of RAM and a micro USB port from which to receive electrical current.
Features of the Rapsberry Pi Pico
- RP2040 microcontroller designed by Raspberry Pi
- Based on a 133 Mhz dual-core ARM Cortex M0 +
- 264 KB SRAM
- 2MB onboard Flash memory
- USB 1.1 with host support
- Low Power Mode and Hibernate
- Drag-and-drop programming using USB mass storage
- 26-pin multi-function GPIO
- 2 SPI, 2 I2C, 2 UART, 3 12-bit ADC, 16 PWM channels
- Temperature sensor
- Accurate onboard clock
- On-chip floating point libraries
- 8 programmable I / O ports (PIO)
A perfect plate for all types of users
As you can see in the images, the board has a total of 26 GPIO pins and three analog inputs so that users can bring their projects to life with total freedom. To turn it on, we will only have to connect the micro USB connector and press the power button so that the equipment recognizes it immediately.
Thanks to its versatility, this board is an ideal model for those users who are starting in the world of programming and even for those more advanced ones who already have ideas in mind around the IoT or home automation projects.
To this end, Raspberry has worked with companies like Adafruit and Arduino, among others, to bring accessories to life that serve as add-ons to create devices more easily. Among the many options, Pimoroni offers a console with the Raspberry Pi Pico built in for £ 58.50.
How much does the Raspberry Pi Pico cost and where can you buy it?
But if there is something that will undoubtedly identify this Raspberry Pi model, it is its price. The company has announced that the official price of this model will be 4 dollars, which in the European market will translate between 4 and 5 euros. It is an incredible price with which to be able to give life to very interesting projects, so the limit will simply be in the imagination of each programmer. Among the distributors are
We are sure that especially interesting projects will appear in the coming months that take advantage of the small size of this board, so we will see if they surprise us with a portable console or some other similar creation.
