Raspberry Pi Pico: the Raspberry Pi meets Arduino

The arrival of the Raspberry Pi back in 2012 revolutionised computing. All of a sudden, we had this single-core single-board computer that cost less than $50. It wasn’t the only option, with a number of Android TV sticks also hitting the market for around the same price, but it was the Raspberry Pi that turned computing into a commodity item. However, prior to the Pi, another revolution had sparked up in the electronics engineering world – Arduino created a new common platform for single-function or ‘embedded’ applications, no operating system required.

For the last ten years, both Raspberry Pi and Arduino have built their respective