The foundation Raspberry Pi continues in its efforts to miniaturize the most famous development board on the market, and that is that, with its new release, they have managed to reduce the board to a minimum with the idea of offering something extremely small and extremely cheap at the same time. so is the Raspberry Pi Peak.
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One of the most striking innovations of this new microcontroller is that it mounts an RP2040 processor, a chip designed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation itself, something that invites us to think that we will see future chips later. This has probably allowed you to design a more specific and perfectly orchestrated controller for the rest of the functions, so its performance can be very interesting.
This main chip is based on a dual-core ARM Cortex M0+ running at 133 MHz, with 254 KB of RAM and a micro USB port from which to receive power.
Features of the Raspberry Pi Pico
- RP2040 microcontroller designed for Raspberry Pi
- Based on a 0 Mhz dual-core ARM Cortex M133+
- 264 KB SRAM
- 2MB onboard Flash memory
- USB 1.1 with host support
- Low power mode and hibernation
- Drag-and-drop programming using USB mass storage
- 26 pin multifunction GPIO
- 2 SPI, 2 I2C, 2 UART, 3 12-bit ADCs, 16 PWM channels
- Sensor de temperatura
- Precise on-board clock
- On-chip floating point libraries
- 8 programmable I/O (PIO) ports
A perfect plate for all types of users
As you can see in the images, the board has a total of 26 GPIO pins and three analog inputs so that users can freely bring their projects to life. To turn it on, we will only have to connect the micro USB connector and press the power button so that the equipment recognizes it immediately.
Thanks to its versatility, this board is an ideal model for those users who are starting out in the world of programming and even for those more advanced ones who already have ideas in mind around IoT or home automation projects.
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To this end, Raspberry has worked with companies like Adafruit and Arduino, among others, to bring accessories to life that serve as plugins to more easily create devices. Among the many options, Pimoroni offers a console with the integrated Raspberry Pi Pico for £58,50.
👀 to @Raspberry_Pi RP2040-powered tiny handheld from @pimoroni?!
(not final hardware yet, but it's running that image right off the chip) pic.twitter.com/QaE9KB319q
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How much does the Raspberry Pi Pico cost and where can you buy it?
But if there is something that will undoubtedly identify this Raspberry Pi model, it is its price. The company has announced that the official price of this model will be 4 dollars, which in the European market will translate between 4 and 5 euros. It is an incredible price with which to be able to bring very interesting projects to life, so the limit will simply be in the imagination of each programmer. Among the distributors are
We are sure that especially interesting projects will appear in the coming months that take advantage of the small size of this board, so we'll see if they surprise us with a portable console or some other similar creation.