Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller chip

Raspberry Pi has announced the release of the 2040 silicon chip, which lies at the core of the Raspberry Pi Pico development board, as a standalone component.

The RP2040 microcontroller chip offers high performance for integer workloads, a large on-chip memory and a wide range of I/O options, making it a flexible solution for a wide range of microcontroller applications. Engineers can use the Raspberry Pi Pico within their design phase and shift to the RP2040 in production.

Key features include: two ARM Cortex-M0+ cores clocked at 133 MHz; 264 KB of on-chip SRAM; 30 multifunction GPIO pins; dedicated hardware for commonly used peripherals alongside a programmable I/O subsystem for extended peripheral support; a four-channel ADC with internal temperature sensor; and built-in USB 1.1 with host and device support.