Raspberry Pi has introduced the Pico 2 W, a wi-fi model of its Pico 2 microcontroller board constructed for hobbyists and industrial purposes. At $7, it is a comparatively cheap method to management digital units like sensible residence devices and robots. With the brand new model, customers will be capable of securely hyperlink to distant sources to ship and obtain knowledge, both by way of Bluetooth 5.2 or Wi-Fi 802.11n.
As with the Pico 2, the wi-fi variant is constructed across the RP2350 microcontroller constructed in-house by Raspberry Pi. it presents extra velocity and reminiscence than the unique RP2040 chip, together with a safety mannequin constructed round Arm’s TrustZone for Cortex-M. Customers can program it utilizing C, C++ and MicroPython, and select between Arm Cortex-M33 or RISC-V cores.
There are a lot of potential use instances for the Pico 2 W, like sensible residence management that may hyperlink to exterior units (plugs, lights, and so on.) over Wi-Fi, robotics and science experiments. It is now obtainable for hobbyists from a wide range of sources at $7.00 for the board solely, $21 for a fundamental package or $31 for the starter package. You possibly can see them right here when you choose the Pico 2 W choice on the backside of the web page.
