Raspberry Pi Pico - Episode 249 - Piltch Point

#piltchpoint #tomshardware #raspberrypipico This week, Avram Piltch discusses the new Raspberry Pi Pico, a departure for the brand into a pure microcontroller. http://piltchpoint.live/

Raspberry Pi has long been the gold standard in learning platforms for programming, particularly when it comes to interacting with hardware. Robotics classes have used them, Internet of Things classes have used them, and a lot more. But, the platform has always been a lot more expensive than that of Arduino, because it is a fully functioning platform on which you can program itself. But, the organization is taking a different approach to the newest entry - the Raspberry Pi Pico.

Unlike other boards from the organization, the Pico is a true microcontroller. It does not have a user-accessible operating system or a user interface, like its siblings. In fact, it is far closer to the Arduino than it is to the other Raspberry Pi models. The board starts at only $4, rather than the $35 of a full Pi. It even takes on the Arduino approach, creating an ecosystem of compatible boards from various manufacturers (including Arduino). The board created by the foundation is a core design board, with additional concepts coming from others. This has been one of the biggest wins for the Arduino platform, as you can get a wide variety of unique designs and feature sets.

The ecosystem approach will also bring a large collection of add-on components that can be used across manufacturers and models. A lot of this will be focused on the core uses for a microcontroller - hardware control. I suspect that motor encoders, LED strips, and more, will be in a first wave of aftermarket add-ons.

As always, Tom's Hardware has a ton of additional information on the new platform, including a review (https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/raspberry-pi-pico-review), a setup guide (https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/raspberry-pi-pico-setup), pin solder setup (https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/solder-pins-raspberry-pi-pico), and a lot more.

The initial production run of the Raspberry Pi Pico seems to have already been exhausted. Sites that had inventory on Friday were sold out by air time. New inventory should hopefully be available from the foundation, as well as the new models coming from partners.

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