DEVELOPMENT BOARDS Pico Series Compact Development Platform VENDOR: RASPBERRY PI PICO SERIES COMPACT DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
The Raspberry Pi Pico is a tiny, yet powerful board, based on the RP2040 microcontroller (MCU) - featuring dual Arm Cortex-M0+cores clocked at 133MHz; 256KB RAM; 30 GPIO pins; and a broad range of interfacing options. It also includes 2MB of on-board QSPI Flash memory for code and data storage. Available from authorized distributor Mouser Electronics, Pi Pico can be quickly and easily programmed in C and MicroPython, making it adaptable to a vast range of applications and skill levels. Getting started is as easy as dragging and dropping a file. Thanks to its compact 21mm × 51mm size, it can be integrated into almost any application to control countless home, hobby, and industrial operations. Raspberry Pi Pico’s rich peripheral set, including SPI, I2C, and eight Programmable I/O (PIO) state machines, enable a wide range of custom peripheral support. The Raspberry Pi Pico W variant also includes fully certified 2.4GHz 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.2, making it a suitable solution for IoT applications and projects requiring wireless communication.
The Raspberry Pi Pico is supported by the Raspberry Pi Debug Probe, a complete debug hardware solution for Arm-based microcontrollers, powered by RP2040. Featuring a USB to two-wire serial debug bridge and a USB to UART bridge, the Debug Probe makes it easy to use devices such as Raspberry Pi Pico with a range of host platforms including PC, Mac, and typical Linux computer.
Design Applications
The Raspberry Pi Pico’s compact size and powerful microcontroller lends itself to a wide range of applications, including lighting displays, robotics, wireless sensor networks, and home and industrial automation.
Features
• 40 pin 21mm × 51mm DIP-style 1mm thick pcb with 0.1” through-hole pins and edge castellations • RP2040 microcontroller chip • Dual-core Arm Cortex M0+ processor, flexible clock running up to 133MHz • 264 kB of SRAM and 2MB of on-board flash memory • Micro USB B port for power and data • Low-power sleep and dormant modes • Drag-and-drop programming using mass storage over USB • 26x multi-function GPIO pins • 2x SPI, 2x I2C, 2x UART, 3x 12-bit ADC, and 16x controllable PWM channels • Accurate clock and timer on-chip • 3-pin Arm Serial Wire Debug (SWD) port • Temperature sensor
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• Accelerated floating-point libraries on-chip • 8x Programmable I/O (PIO) state machines for custom peripheral support • Pico W only • Wireless (802.11n), single-band (2.4GHz) • WPA3 • Soft access point supporting up to four clients
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