{"id":630,"date":"2025-06-19T23:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=630"},"modified":"2025-06-24T22:54:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:54:33","slug":"raspberry-pi-pico","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/raspberrypi.me\/shop\/product\/raspberry-pi-pico\/","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi Pico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A low cost, high-performance microcontroller board built around Raspberry Pi&#8217;s very own chip &#8211; the RP2040.<\/p>\n<p>Raspberry Pi Pico is Raspberry Pi&#8217;s first\u00a0<strong>microcontroller board<\/strong>, designed especially for physical computing. Microcontrollers are a different type of device than Single Board Computers, they don&#8217;t run an operating system and they are typically programmed to do just one task &#8211; though that task can be pretty intricate and exciting! They&#8217;re perfect for experimenting with hardware and using as the brains of custom devices, machines and inventions.<\/p>\n<p>It can be easily reprogrammed over USB from a Raspberry Pi or other computer using the C\/C++ SDK or the official MicroPython port. The landing page is the best place to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/raspberrypi.com\/documentation\/pico\/getting-started\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get started<\/a>, or scroll down for links to the technical documentation for both the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller board and the RP2040 microcontroller chip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raspberry Pi Pico<\/strong>\u00a0comes without\u00a0header pins\u00a0so you&#8217;ll need to pick some up separately if you&#8217;re planning on plugging your Pico into into a breadboard or one of\u00a0our Raspberry Pi Pico add-ons. Alternatively you can buy an official\u00a0<strong>Raspberry Pi Pico H<\/strong>, which comes with pre-soldered pin headers and a pre-soldered debug connector (3 pin JST-SH)<\/p>\n<h2>Board Specifications<\/h2>\n<p>Raspberry Pi Pico is a low-cost, high-performance microcontroller board with flexible digital interfaces, built on silicon designed at Raspberry Pi. Key features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RP2040 microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi in the United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>Dual-core ARM Cortex M0+ processor, flexible clock running up to 133 MHz<\/li>\n<li>264kB of SRAM, and 2MB of on-board Flash memory<\/li>\n<li>Castellated module allows soldering direct to carrier boards<\/li>\n<li>USB 1.1 Host and Device support<\/li>\n<li>Low-power sleep and dormant modes<\/li>\n<li>Drag &amp; drop programming using mass storage over USB<\/li>\n<li>26 multi-function GPIO pins<\/li>\n<li>2\u00d7SPI, 2\u00d7I2C, 2\u00d7UART, 3\u00d712-bit ADC, 16\u00d7controllable PWM channels<\/li>\n<li>Accurate clock and timer on-chip<\/li>\n<li>Temperature sensor<\/li>\n<li>Accelerated floating point libraries on-chip<\/li>\n<li>8\u00d7Programmable IO (PIO) state machines for custom peripheral support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Documentation<\/h2>\n<p>Documentation for the Raspberry Pi Pico board and the RP2040 microcontroller:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/datasheets.raspberrypi.com\/pico\/pico-datasheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raspberry Pi Pico Datasheet<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; An RP2040-based microcontroller board<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/datasheets.raspberrypi.com\/rp2040\/rp2040-datasheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RP2040 Datasheet<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; A microcontroller by Raspberry Pi<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/datasheets.raspberrypi.com\/rp2040\/hardware-design-with-rp2040.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hardware design with the RP2040<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Using the RP2040 microcontroller to build boards and products<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/datasheets.raspberrypi.com\/pico\/getting-started-with-pico.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting Started with Raspberry Pi Pico<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; C\/C++ development with the Pico and other RP2040-based microcontroller boards<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/datasheets.raspberrypi.com\/pico\/raspberry-pi-pico-c-sdk.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pico C\/C++ SDK<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Libraries and tools for C\/C++ development on the RP2040 microcontroller<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/datasheets.raspberrypi.com\/pico\/raspberry-pi-pico-python-sdk.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pico Python SDK<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; A MicroPython environment for the RP2040 microcontroller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The API level Doxygen documentation for the Raspberry Pi Pico C\/C++ SDK is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/raspberrypi.github.io\/pico-sdk-doxygen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as a micro-site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Pinout<\/h2>\n<p>There&#8217;s\u00a0a handy interactive pinout for Raspberry Pi Pico\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pico.pinout.xyz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pico.pinout.xyz<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A low cost, high-performance microcontroller board built around Raspberry Pi&#8217;s very own chip &#8211; the RP2040. 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