Raspberry Pi Pico

This board is using an RP2040 microcontroller. Which is using a dual-core arm cortex m0+ processor. The speed of the clock signal can be changed on the fly up to 133MHz.

The Pico board is castellated so that you can mount this board directly on your PCB. This board also has options for mounting male/female headers. which is handy for prototyping on a breadboard.

It can be programmed using micropython and ‘C’ programming language.

Raspberry Pi Pico datasheet
Getting started with Raspberry Pi Pico: C/C++ development
Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK
Raspberry Pi RP2040 datasheet
Hardware design with RP2040

Technical Specifications

21 mm × 51 mm form factor
RP2040 microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi in the UK
Dual-core Arm Cortex-M0+ processor, flexible clock running up to 133 MHz
264KB on-chip SRAM
2MB on-board QSPI Flash
26 multifunction GPIO pins, including 3 analogue inputs
2 × UART, 2 × SPI controllers, 2 × I2C controllers, 16 × PWM channels
1 × USB 1.1 controller and PHY, with host and device support
8 × Programmable I/O (PIO) state machines for custom peripheral support
Supported input power 1.8–5.5V DC
Operating temperature -20°C to +85°C
Castellated module allows soldering direct to carrier boards
Drag-and-drop programming using mass storage over USB
Low-power sleep and dormant modes
Accurate on-chip clock
Temperature sensor
Accelerated integer and floating-point libraries on-chip

Getting Started with MicroPython on Raspberry Pi Pico using Thonny IDE