Since its debut the RP2040 chip has seen a gradual enhance in utilization however usually individuals’s first expertise with this chip is on the official Raspberry Pi Pico board. It’s a wonderful board nevertheless it’s good to see extra selection of platform for any chip. This Micro RP2040 board from SB Parts is functionally similar to the Pico however has a couple of different engaging options!
To start with — the clue is within the title — it’s small! While the product itemizing doesn’t truly specify the size, counting up the two.54mm pitch pin headers leads us to guess it’s round 24mm * 24mm. That is lower than half the dimensions of the Pico and definitely ought to have the ability to discover a dwelling within the smallest of tasks. One other distinction from the Pico is that the Micro RP2040 has USB-C, which is great — no extra fumbling to get the cable the proper method round! It has barely fewer GPIO than a full-size Pico. There are 23 GPIO pins damaged out versus 30 on the Pico, which remains to be a lot for many tasks. The RP2040 is a dual-core ARM Cortex-M0+ with 264KB of SRAM and 2MB of Flash — greater than sufficient for almost any undertaking you may think about!
The board has through-hole pads which are additionally castellated, which means that the Micro RP2040 will be floor mounted onto a PCB, even when hand soldering! It’s a really reasonably priced board and, though there at the moment are plenty of choices for RP2040 modules, this board is a helpful answer for these tasks brief on area!
