The Raspberry Pi Pico Review - $4 ARM Microcontroller

The Raspberry Pi Foundation today introduced a new $4 microcontroller board, the Pico. It uses a brand new custom dual-core Arm M0+ processor, the RP2040.

What makes it tick, and how is it to use it? Why buy it instead of another microcontroller, or even a Raspberry Pi Zero that's only a dollar more? I'll answer all these questions in this comprehensive review of the Pico!

Check out the Raspberry Pi Pico: https://rptl.io/pico

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Contents:

00:00 - tl;dw - The Pico
00:58 - A Pico Project
02:07 - Pico Specs and Comparisons
03:54 - Get started with Pico
04:41 - Pico vs Pi Zero?
05:47 - What do microcontrollers do?
06:25 - Baby Safe Temperature Monitor
07:38 - Build montage!
08:44 - Does it work?
09:37 - Minor gripes and verdict
10:41 - Thanks and Bloopers