The RP2040 MCU used on the Raspberry Pi Pico follows the naming scheme shown in Figure 2.įigure 7: Bottom view of the PCB, showing the pin names. While dual-core Cortex-M MCUs are not uncommon these days, they usually don’t have two Cortex-M0+ inside but rather use the more powerful Cortex-M4, Cortex-M7, or the newer Cortex-M33 cores.
A first look at the Raspberry Pi PicoĪs we already mentioned, the Raspberry Pi Pico features a dual-core Cortex-M0+ microcontroller able to run up to 133 MHz. Be sure to check out the unboxing video from Clemens Valens on Elektor’s YouTube channel and a helpful overivew. In this article, we’ll have a look at the specifications and features of the Raspberry Pi Pico and its RP2040. And it is less expensive than an ESP32 Pico Kit. This one is affordable, with a pricetag of around €5, which puts in it in the range of a cloned Arduino Nano and the STM32 BluePill. The Raspberry Pi Pico is entering the field of microcontrollers, where Arduinos, STM32 BluePill boards, and ESP32-based boards are most used nowadays, while RISC-V-based SBCs (like the GD32VF103) are getting increasingly popular. This core is not a Linux-capable SoC like we have seen before. The RP2040 is a dual-core ARM Cortex-M0+ microcontroller. This one uses a chip, the RP2040, that was designed in-house by the Raspberry Pi Foundation itself. The Raspberry Pi Pico is not using a Broadcom CPU like the other Raspberry Pi boards we have seen. Even if it sounds like a modified Pi Zero, it is not. The Raspberry Pi Pico is a dual-core ARM powered board that offers just the bare circuitry to make it work. Although it is a Raspberry Pi, this one is completely different from what we have seen until now.
We will say in advance: the Raspberry Pi Pico is not meant to replace any existing Raspberry Pi it is meant to be an extension and a companion for the existing Raspberry Pi family. Figure 1: Raspberry Pi Pico board Another Raspberry Pi?
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