Raspberry Pico

The Raspberry Pi Foundation manufactures a range of a very popular single-board computer called Raspberry Pi. This is a very compact, inexpensive, but reasonably powerful computer that is used in IoT projects. They have now started making a range of microcontroller boards called the Raspberry Pico. The Pico can be used as an alternative to Arduino Nano but requires to be programmed using microPython using an IDE called Thonny. Also, unlike Arduino boards which are available in multiple form factors (shapes and sizes), Raspberry Picos are only available in one form factor but they do support WiFi.

We will be using a Raspberry Pico in some of our projects.

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See the Pico Board Pinout and Pin Functions guide which is a must-have reference when assembling circuits.