Raspberry Pi Pico

“these Pi Pico and random ESP32 dev boards are also overkill for what I do with them”

“RP2350 pico can pull off a few classic tricks cleanly with the unique io dma design”

“RISC-V Hazard3 vs Arm Cortex-M33 in the RP2350 (Raspberry Pi Pico 2) where you can trivially change one option setting in your project and recompile and test.”

“my microcontroller (raspberry pi pico w) can't keep up with the "promiscuous mode"”

“On top of the lower power consumption, another advantage of the pico is that you can actually buy the raw RP2040 or RP2350 chips”

“check out the $6 Pi Pico 2 if interested in low-level firmware build processes”

“For hobby purposes, I recommend either the Raspberry Pi Pico or the STM32 blue pill.”

“I think this is more of a "can you do this?" rather than something useful.”

“given the through put on the Pico is just 4Mbps in this setup, it will not work as a travel router for the family”

“isn't that strictly worse than pretty much any WiFi dongle?”

“It's nice that it doesn't need the WiFi stack or host side configuration though.”

“Two arm cores at 133 MHz. That's already more powerful than my first computer.”

“Add the cost of the rasberry pico, you'll have an easier time buying the wifi dongle.”

“a Raspberry Pi Pico based "oscilloscope" just reinforces the extent to which these devices aren't practical”

“that was an absolute dream for a lot more projects but still lacked the amount of RAM and Flash memory”

“The Pico 2 is also cheap and very capable if you don't actually need Linux.”

“you should really save the money (and get major wins in simplicity) with the Pico”

“the pico (and several other MCU ecosystems these days) make it so easy”

“there's no good reason for RPi not to offer a USB-C version of the reference board”

“Raspberry Pi foundation has released microcontrollers that run MicroPython in a very user-friendly format”

“Pi's refusal to drop a USB-C on Pico due to cost increases is a terrible call IMO.”

“there's not only a datasheet, but also first-party tutorials that walk you through laying out a minimal reference board design”

“hardware was up to the task, but the firmware just wouldn't let me get where I wanted”

“it's a lot more straight forward to not have to deal with Network Manager config files”

“you can always use a Raspberry Pico (or Arduino that supports Device Mode) for your GPIOs”

“The RP2040's PIO state machines are genuinely interesting for signal generation”

“I've seen so many weird and wonderful use cases for the Pico/RP-chips enabled by this feature”

“the commonly-confused-for-a-full-pi Pi Pico is pretty great for this”

“I'd rather the Pi Foundation really focus on the Pico stuff, I find it far more interesting.”

“The Pico series is, IMO, the truest implementation of the Raspberry Pi Foundation's broader goal to make physical computing accessible to education”

“I get the impression that pico with micropython does this pretty well.”

“once you get a custom setup working, it is (at least in my experience) rock solid”

“Even easier if you setup debugging using another pico, debug probe or even a Pi”

“Thank goodness for the Pi Pico which means I'll never have to use Arduino ever again.”

“I do wish more parts picked up the USB-UF2 bootloading method that Pico has created. THAT is awesome.”

“a Raspberry Pi Pico is cheaper than any Arduino-branded board ever was”

“For the same price as an Uno you can get a Raspberry Pi 4, or seven Picos.”

“the official pico board uses micro USB, so overall I would recommend NOT buying them”

“The Picos are closest, but the connectivity situation is a mess.”

“That's the power of the Pico - the bit-banging happens in the PIOs, not the main cores.”