Board Specs

  • RP2040 microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi in the United Kingdom
  • Dual-core Arm Cortex M0+ processor, flexible clock running up to 133 MHz
  • 264KB of SRAM, and 2MB of on-board Flash memory
  • Onboard 5 × 5 RGB LED matrix for colorful lighting display
  • Castellated module allows soldering direct to carrier boards
  • USB 1.1 with device and host support
  • Low-power sleep and dormant modes
  • Drag-and-drop programming using mass storage over USB
  • 20 × multi-function GPIO pins
  • 2 × SPI, 2 × I2C, 2 × UART, 4 × 12-bit ADC, 16 × controllable PWM channels
  • Accurate clock and timer on-chip
  • Temperature sensor
  • Accelerated floating-point libraries on-chip
  • 8 × Programmable I/O (PIO) state machines for custom peripheral support

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Note: GP16 is used by WS2812 RGB LED (the matrix).

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  1. USB Type-C connector
  2. 5×5 RGB LED Matrix
  3. BOOT button : press it when resetting to enter download mode
  4. RESET button
  5. RT9013-33GB : 500mA low dropout, low noise, ultra-fast LDO
  6. W25Q16JVUXIQ : 2MB NOR-Flash
  7. RP2040 : dual-core processor, up to 133MHz operating frequency

Getting Started (MicroPython)

https://thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi-tutorials/raspberry-pi-pico-getting-started-guide