{"id":159937,"date":"2021-01-21T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/raspberry-pis-new-4-pico-is-an-arduino-like-microcontroller-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-01-21T14:53:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T11:53:00","slug":"raspberry-pis-new-4-pico-is-an-arduino-like-microcontroller-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/raspberry-pis-new-4-pico-is-an-arduino-like-microcontroller-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Raspberry Pi\u2019s New $4 \u201cPico\u201d Is an Arduino-Like Microcontroller \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;#Raspberry Pi\u2019s New $4 \u201cPico\u201d Is an Arduino-Like Microcontroller \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_68296\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68296 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/thumbcache\/0\/0\/8e21b643e0359c96bf46099a17984c9d\/p\/uploads\/2021\/01\/x12f5d366.jpg.pagespeed.gp+jp+jw+pj+ws+js+rj+rp+rw+ri+cp+md.ic.1s5POYDnU6.jpg\" alt=\"A Raspberry Pi Pico against a white background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-credittext=\"Raspberry Pi\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Raspberry Pi<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Raspberry Pi kicked off a revolution in affordable single-board computers, but tinkerers often paired Pi devices with microcontrollers to accomplish tasks a Raspberry Pi can\u2019t on its own. The Raspberry Pi Foundation took its first steps to address that issue with its latest product, the\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/products\/raspberry-pi-pico\/\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">$4 Raspberry Pi Pico<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you think that the Pico sounds a lot like an Arduino board, you\u2019re not wrong. Like the Arduino Nano, it\u2019s small, low-powered, and supports analog input. The Pico uses custom silicon from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, dubbed RP2040, making it the first device from the foundation to use in-house silicon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Raspberry Pi Pico: your new $4 microcontroller\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o-tRJPCv0GA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to Raspberry Pi chief operating officer James Adams:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RP2040 builds on the lessons we\u2019ve learned from using other microcontrollers in our products, from the Sense HAT to Raspberry Pi 400. It\u2019s the result of many years of hard work by our in-house chip team.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Since it\u2019s a microcontroller, it\u2019s underpowered from processor to RAM. It runs a dual-core Arm Cortex-M0+ running at 133MHz, 26 kilobytes of on-chip RAM, and it can support up to 16MB of off-chip Flash memory via a dedicated QSPI bus DMA controller. That\u2019s minuscule compared to a standard Raspberry Pi but in line with microcontrollers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To support the Pico, the Raspberry Pi Foundation unveiled two new software development kits, a C SDK and a Pico Python SDK with MicroPython. Naturally, you\u2019ll find plenty of documentation on using both. You might think that Arduino would be worried about Raspberry Pi entering its domain, but that\u2019s not the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The foundation partnered with Arduino, Ardafruit, and others to create new boards based on the RP2040 processor. In Arduino\u2019s case, that means we\u2019ll soon see an Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect, which combines the new processor\u2019s power with Arduino\u2019s sensor know-how. Ardafruit introduced its own Feather RP 2040 and the ItsyBitsy RP 2040.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you\u2019re curious, the RP2040 specs are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dual-core Arm Cortex-M0+ @ 133MHz<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">264KB (remember kilobytes?) of on-chip RAM<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Support for up to 16MB of off-chip Flash memory via dedicated QSPI bus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">DMA controller<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Interpolator and integer divider peripherals<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">30 GPIO pins, 4 of which can be used as analogue inputs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2 \u00d7 UARTs, 2 \u00d7 SPI controllers, and 2 \u00d7 I2C controllers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">16 \u00d7 PWM channels<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">1 \u00d7 USB 1.1 controller and PHY, with host and device support<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">8 \u00d7 Raspberry Pi Programmable I\/O (PIO) state machines<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">USB mass-storage boot mode with UF2 support, for drag-and-drop programming<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Raspberry Pi Foundation says the $4 Pico is\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/products\/raspberry-pi-pico\/\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">available today from its resellers<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. And it\u2019ll make the RP2040 processor available to customers in the second quarter of 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/raspberry-pi-silicon-pico-now-on-sale\/\">Raspberry Pi Blog<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>setTimeout(function(){!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','1137093656460433');fbq('track','PageView');},3000);<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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