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On the 21st of January, 2021, the Raspberry Pi Foundation released its own [microcontroller] board called the __[Raspberry Pi Pico|RaspberryPiPico]__. Despite its name, the Pico is a __microcontroller__, not a small __microcomputer__ (i.e., a Single Board Computer or SBC) like the [Raspberry Pi], uses a different CPU chipset (the __RP2040__, a proprietary design by the Raspberry Pi Foundation), and is significantly smaller and cheaper than any Pi at ''US$4''.


!!! Specification

* 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


!! Links

* [Specification|https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-pico/specifications/]
* [Getting Started|https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/rp2040/getting-started/]

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