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Introduction to Raspberry Pi Pico
===================================

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The Raspberry Pi Pico is a microcontroller board based on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller chip.

With Raspberry Pi Pico, you can learn MicroPython programming, take your first step into physical computing, or build a hardware project. 
This amazing community - will support you every step of the way. In the project, it can control anything, from LEDs and buttons to sensors, motors, and even other microcontrollers.

Features
--------------

* 21 mm × 51 mm form factor
* RP2040 microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi in the UK
* Dual-core Arm Cortex-M0+ processor, flexible clock running up to 133 MHz
* 264KB on-chip SRAM
* 2MB on-board QSPI Flash
* 26 multifunction GPIO pins, including 3 analog inputs
* 2 × UART, 2 × SPI controllers, 2 × I2C controllers, 16 × PWM channels
* 1 × USB 1.1 controller and PHY, with host and device support
* 8 × Programmable I/O (PIO) state machines for custom peripheral support
* Supported input power 1.8–5.5V DC
* Operating temperature -20°C to +85°C
* Castellated module allows soldering direct to carrier boards
* Drag-and-drop programming using mass storage over USB
* Low-power sleep and dormant modes
* Accurate on-chip clock
* Temperature sensor
* Accelerated integer and floating-point libraries on-chip

Pico's Pins
------------

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    *   - Name
        - Description
        - Function
    *   - GP0-GP28
        - General-purpose input/output pins
        - Act as either input or output and have no fixed purpose of their own
    *   - GND
        - 0 volts ground
        - Several GND pins around Pico to make wiring easier.
    *   - RUN
        - Enables or diables your Pico
        - Start and stop your Pico from another microcontroller.
    *   - GPxx_ADCx
        - General-purpose input/output or analog input
        - Used as an analog input as well as a digital input or output – but not both at the same time.
    *   - ADC_VREF
        - Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) voltage reference
        - A special input pin which sets a reference voltage for any analog inputs.
    *   - AGND
        - Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) 0 volts ground
        - A special ground connection for use with the ADC_VREF pin.
    *   - 3V3(O)
        - 3.3 volts power
        - A source of 3.3V power, the same voltage your Pico runs at internally, generated from the VSYS input.
    *   - 3v3(E)
        - Enables or disables the power
        - Switch on or off the 3V3(O) power, can also switches your Pico off.
    *   - VSYS
        - 2-5 volts power
        - A pin directly connected to your Pico’s internal power supply, which cannot be switched off without also switching Pico off.
    *   - VBUS
        - 5 volts power
        - A source of 5 V power taken from your Pico’s micro USB port, and used to power hardware which needs more than 3.3 V.

The best place to find everything you need to get started with your Raspberry Pi Pico is `here <https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/microcontrollers/pico-series.html>`_

Or you can click on the links below: 

* `Raspberry Pi Pico product brief <https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/pico/pico-product-brief.pdf>`_
* `Raspberry Pi Pico datasheet <https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/pico/pico-datasheet.pdf>`_
* `Getting started with Raspberry Pi Pico: C/C++ development <https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/pico/getting-started-with-pico.pdf>`_
* `Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK <https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/pico/raspberry-pi-pico-c-sdk.pdf>`_
* `API-level Doxygen documentation for the Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK <https://raspberrypi.github.io/pico-sdk-doxygen/>`_
* `Raspberry Pi Pico Python SDK <https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/pico/raspberry-pi-pico-python-sdk.pdf>`_
* `Raspberry Pi RP2040 datasheet <https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/rp2040/rp2040-datasheet.pdf>`_
* `Hardware design with RP2040 <https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/rp2040/hardware-design-with-rp2040.pdf>`_
* `Raspberry Pi Pico design files <https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/pico/RPi-Pico-R3-PUBLIC-20200119.zip>`_
* `Raspberry Pi Pico STEP file <https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/pico/Pico-R3-step.zip>`_