#215 Raspberry Pi PICO 2040 - getting started with Thonny IDE & µPython

The PICO might be tiny but it's going to be huge. When Raspberry Pi launches a new embedded microcontroller you just know they mean business.
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Luckily for us Arduinites, it's all very familiar: it's Nano-sized, with a few more pins, and even the MicroPython language doesn't look that different from C++.

Resources are plentiful, as is the PICO RP2040 module, and the bare chips are now available for soldering to your own PCB if the module doesn't meet your needs.

Getting started:
https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/getting-started-with-the-pico

Thonny IDE
https://thonny.org/

Raspberry Pi PICO Datasheet
https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/pico/pico-datasheet.pdf

FAQs for PIC and RP2040
https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/pico/raspberry-pi-pico-faq.pdf

RP2040 Programmable IOs
https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/01/27/a-closer-look-at-raspberry-pi-rp2040-programmable-ios-pio/

Where to buy (UK/Europe)
https://www.elektor.com/raspberry-pi/rp2040
https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/pico
https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-pico

Reset button (or make your own)
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/captain-resetti-pico-reset-button

Bare RP2040 chip:
https://thepihut.com/collections/pico/products/raspberry-pi-rp2040-microcontroller

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