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RP2350 available by year end, with flash-inclusive option

Raspberry Pi RP2350 mcu block

Raspberry Pi’s RP2350, its second-generation microcontroller, will be available by the end of the year in flash-less and flash-inclusive forms, in two packages: RP2350A QFN60 no flash $0.80 RP2350B QFN80 no flash $0.90 RP2354A QFN60 2Mbyte flash $1.00 RP2354B QFN80 2Mbyte flash $1.10 QFN60 types are 7 x 7mm and have 30 GPIOs, QFN80 types are 10 x 10mm and ...

New Raspberry Pi MCU – RP2350 – Risc-V, Arm and security

Raspberry Pi Pico 2 MCU board

Raspberry Pi has announced its second microcontroller, the RP2350, adding two RISC-V cores alongside improved Arm cores, more ram, and security. Not initially available on its own (ETA pre-year-end), it will first ship as part of the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 single-board microcontroller (right) – which is the same 21 x 51mm size as the original Pico, and priced from ...

Surface-mount connectors hold castellated modules

Farnell EDAC Clipzin connector for Raspberry Pi Pico

With the Raspberry Pi Pico in mind, UK company OpenLX SP has answered the question: ‘how do I temporarily mount a castellated solder-down PCB module?’. The answer is a connector dubbed Clipzin, which is used in pairs to create a socket for the un-modified castellated module. However, although the connectors are surface mount, they will not mount directly onto the ...

Raspberry Pi puts Wi-Fi onto Pico for $6, and maybe Bluetooth

Raspberry Pi Pico W Wi-Fi wifi

Raspberry Pi has added a wireless module to its Pico microcontroller board, giving it 802.11n Wi-Fi capability – all for $6. Pico W, as it will be known, is just the same size as the original Pico (~ 21 x 51mm) – which was recently qualified for operation across -40 to +85°C for industrial users – and has the same pin-out. ...

Embedded World: No shortage of industrial Raspberry Pi MCUs

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At Embedded World  today, Raspberry Pi was giving away its Pico development boards to all comers, to emphasise that there is no shortage of its RP2040 microcontroller, which was recently qualified for the industrial -40 to +85°C temperature range – previously it was to -20°C. “We risk-bought quite a lot of wafers, and could sell one to two million per ...

Sharp: 200mW lighting LEDs hit 24 lm

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Sharp has rounded out its lighting LED portfolio with 200mW single die variants of its Pico Zenigata LED family. The GM2BBxxQK1C series will deliver up to 24.5 lm and 125 lm/W, said the firm, and ...