Raspberry Pi Pico 2, our new $5 microcontroller board, on sale now

Blue_Morpho , 43 minutes ago

What is the advantage of a Pico 2 compared to the ESP32 variants?

IllNess , 1 hour ago

I understand they want it to be a drop in replacement for the original Pico but I wish they upgraded the MicroUSB port to a USB-C port.

I guess third party for me again.

Grippler , 1 hour ago

MicroUSB is absolutely one of the worst connectors ever designed, perhaps only surpassed by the SCART connector.

MrScottyTay , 1 hour ago

What was wrong with SCART? only thing I can think of is its bulkiness.

Grippler , 1 hour ago

They broke all the time and you had to wiggle them often because of shoddy connectivity.

thehatfox , 1 hour ago

I don’t remember much problem with the connectivity with SCART. I do remember wasting many hours dealing with cheaply made cables that didn’t even wire all the pins however.

Which come to think of it is now becoming an issue with USB-C cables. At least with SCART the connector could be easily opened for inspection, which became a habit of many an AV tech.

TimeSquirrel , 1 hour ago

only surpassed by the SCART connector.

I would rank SCART higher than the composite video RCA connector all of us had to settle for in the NTSC world. SCART was awesome in its day, being able to carry component video AND bidirectional equipment control signals. It was HDMI before HDMI.

Grippler , 40 minutes ago

The functionality was great, it’s the physical durability that was complete shit.

thehatfox , 1 hour ago

Keeping the same pin layout while upgrading to USB-C would have made more sense. USB-C is the future, seems odd to still be a Micro USB holdout in 2024.

The switch has got to happen at some point, and the Pico ecosystem is still young enough the change wouldn’t be too disruptive.

aodhsishaj , 2 hours ago

How long will it stay $5. Taking bets now.

solrize OP , 1 hour ago

It might just become unobtanium like the pi zero was til they jacked up the price and dropped the no wifi version.