Raspberry Pi Pico has been designed to be a low cost yet flexible development platform for RP2040, with the following key features:

• RP2040 dual-core ARM Cortex M0+ microcontroller with 2MB Flash and 263kB RAM
• Micro-USB B port for power and data (and for reprogramming the Flash)
• 40 pin 21×51 'DIP' style 1mm thick PCB with 0.1" through-hole pins (also with edge castellations)
◦ Can be surface mounted as a module
◦ 23 GPIO are digital-only and 3 are ADC capable
• 8 Indepemndent powerfull I/O Co-Processors
• 3-pin ARM Serial Wire Debug (SWD) port
• Simple yet highly flexible power supply architecture
◦ Various options for easily powering the unit from micro-USB, external supplies or batteries
• Comprehensive SDK, software examples and documentation

The talk will cover the basics of the Raspberry Pi Pico architecture and some of the novel features of the product. The talk will include demonstrations of using the software development tools for Python and C/C++. It will include the following:

• Pico Basics

• Pico PIO Processors

• Powering the Pico

• Programming Options

  • Python with Thonny IDE

  • Pico C/C++ Software Development Kit

  • Arduino IDE with Pico Board

  • Other IDE (Microsoft Visual Studio)

  • Pico SDK on Raspberry Pi

Post Talk Links:  

A Google Drive Location for the Slide Set (PDF), some programs demoed and a reference list is here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16vU-hOmM6RjciVQa8bRap5q9L9S_2OM-?usp=sharing

The video record has been posted on IEEE.tv -- visit the link below for the content:

https://ieeetv.ieee.org/video/raspberry-pi-pico-hardware-and-software-overview