Since its debut the RP2040 chip has seen a gradual enhance in utilization however usually folks’s first expertise with this chip is on the official Raspberry Pi Pico board. It’s a superb board but it surely’s good to see extra alternative of platform for any chip. This Micro RP2040 board from SB Parts is functionally similar to the Pico however has just a few different enticing options!

To begin with — the clue is within the identify — it’s small! While the product itemizing doesn’t truly specify the scale, counting up the two.54mm pitch pin headers leads us to guess it’s round 24mm * 24mm. That is lower than half the scale 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 right approach round! It has barely fewer GPIO than a full-size Pico. There are 23 GPIO pins damaged out versus 30 on the Pico, which continues to be loads for many tasks. The RP2040 is a dual-core ARM Cortex-M0+ with 264KB of SRAM and 2MB of Flash — greater than sufficient for nearly any undertaking you’ll be able to think about!

The board has through-hole pads which can be 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 a lot of choices for RP2040 modules, this board is a helpful resolution for these tasks quick on house!