The Raspberry Pi team has released the Pico, a $4 microcontroller that competes with Arduino.

Not only has Raspberry Pi launched its first microcontroller-class product - the Raspberry Pi Pico - but then Arduino have built on it with the Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect.

The recently released Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect and Raspberry Pi Pico development boards are available from stock at Farnell. They are designed to accelerate development time and time-to-market.

These innovative devices offer seamless integration for ESP32, Raspberry Pi, Pico, Arduino, and Breakout boards, providing precision control for IoT projects.

Priced at just $12 the Raspberry Pi Debug Probe is now available to purchase and is powered by a RP2040, and has been specifically designed to enable you to connect from USB to UART (serial) or ...