Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Raspberry Pi foundation spent a lot of money to create a new chip on the Pi Pico board for makers and gives it away for cheap. If I believe all the fanboy’s videos, it is the most important invention after sliced bread. But how does it compare with the Espressif and STM32 chips? Let’s have a closer look!
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Links:
Getting started: raspberrypi.org/documentation/pico/getting-started
Pi Pico US: amzn.to/3pO09aB
Raspberry Pi4 US: amzn.to/3pP32HZ
Raspberry Pi4 DE: amzn.to/3avMgaG
Where I ordered my Picos: https://www.pi-shop.ch/
00:00 Intro
01:02: What we will compare
01:22 Competitors
01:33 The Ecosystem
03:12 The role of ARM (and RISC-V)
03:35 Start of comparison
03:46 The Cores / PIO / Memory
07:21 The Pins / ADC / DMA
08:34 USB / MicroPython / Thonny /Debugging
10:35 Wi-Fi and BLE
10:55 Power Consumption / Deep-Sleep / Powering Options
12:33 Price
13:17 My Verdict
15:38 Outro
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Github: github.com/sensorsiot
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The Raspberry Pi foundation spent a lot of money to create a new chip on the Pi Pico board for makers and gives it away for cheap. If I believe all the fanboy’s videos, it is the most important invention after sliced bread. But how does it compare with the Espressif and STM32 chips? Let’s have a closer look!
I am a proud Patreon of @GreatScott! , @ElectroBOOM , @Electronoobs , @EEVblog , and others. No Docker, No Microsoft Teams, Zoom
Links:
Getting started: raspberrypi.org/documentation/pico/getting-started
Pi Pico US: amzn.to/3pO09aB
Raspberry Pi4 US: amzn.to/3pP32HZ
Raspberry Pi4 DE: amzn.to/3avMgaG
Where I ordered my Picos: https://www.pi-shop.ch/
00:00 Intro
01:02: What we will compare
01:22 Competitors
01:33 The Ecosystem
03:12 The role of ARM (and RISC-V)
03:35 Start of comparison
03:46 The Cores / PIO / Memory
07:21 The Pins / ADC / DMA
08:34 USB / MicroPython / Thonny /Debugging
10:35 Wi-Fi and BLE
10:55 Power Consumption / Deep-Sleep / Powering Options
12:33 Price
13:17 My Verdict
15:38 Outro
The links above usually are affiliate links that support the channel (no additional cost for you).
Supporting Material and Blog Page: sensorsiot.org
Github: github.com/sensorsiot
My Patreon Page: patreon.com/AndreasSpiess
Discord: discord.gg/JfgDSa8
If you want to support the channel, please use the links below to start your shopping. No additional charges for you, but I get a commission (of your purchases the next 24 hours) to buy new stuff for the channel
My Amazon.com shop: amazon.com/shop/andreasspiess
For Banggood bit.ly/2jAQEf4
For AliExpress: bit.ly/2B0yTLL
For Amazon.de: amzn.to/2r0ZCYI
For Amazon UK: amzn.to/2mxBaJf
For ebay.com: ebay.to/2DuYXBp
facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013947273409
twitter.com/spiessa
instructables.com/member/Andreas%20Spiess
Please do not try to email me. This communication channel is reserved for my primary job
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases
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