What is it?

Raspberry Pi Pico, a microcontroller board built on silicon designed by Raspberry Pi supporting a C/C++ SDK or the official MicroPython port. It is compact and powerful, fully compatible with Arduino IDE! Headers are included, not soldered.

Why did you make it?

Features: - RP2040 microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi in the United Kingdom - Dual-core Arm Cortex M0+ processor, flexible clock running up to 133 MHz - 264KB of SRAM, and 2MB of on-board Flash memory - Castellated module allows soldering direct to carrier boards - USB 1.1 with device and host support - Drag-and-drop programming using mass storage over USB - 26 × multi-function GPIO pins - 2 × SPI, 2 × I2C, 2 × UART, 3 × 12-bit ADC, 16 × controllable PWM channels

What makes it special?

Specification:

• RP2040 microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi in the United Kingdom • Dual-core Arm Cortex M0+ processor, flexible clock running up to 133 MHz • 264KB of SRAM, and 2MB of on-board Flash memory • Castellated module allows soldering direct to carrier boards • USB 1.1 with device and host support • Low-power sleep and dormant modes • Drag-and-drop programming using mass storage over USB • 26 × multi-function GPIO pins • 2 × SPI, 2 × I2C, 2 × UART, 3 × 12-bit ADC, 16 × controllable PWM channels • Accurate clock and timer on-chip • Temperature sensor • Accelerated floating-point libraries on-chip • 8 × Programmable I/O (PIO) state machines for custom peripheral support