The Raspberry Pi Pico WAS Overrated! But that changed!

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Free Altium Designer Trial: https://altium.com/yt/greatscott! OctoPart: https://octopart.com/ (AD, Paid Promotion) Previous video: https://youtu.be/y1ROEogHF7A Arduino Alternative video series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAROrg3NQn7cVnrEFOht5qt5vHEn2bu9r Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greatscottlab Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreatScottLab Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/great.scott.lab/ Support me for more videos: https://www.patreon.com/GreatScott?ty=h You can get the Raspberry Pi Pico (W) here: (affiliate links) Amazon.com: https://amzn.to/3P5HuTI Amazon.de: https://amzn.to/3bS9Pib In this video we will be having a closer look at the first microcontroller board from Raspberry Pi, the Raspberry Pi Pico. The board is 1.5 years old but back then I was convinced that it was overrated. But things changed and nowadays I think it is a good Arduino alternative. So let me show you how to use the board and what exactly happened that made me change my mind. Let's get started! Websites which were shown/used in the video: https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/pico/pico-datasheet.pdf https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/rp2040/rp2040-datasheet.pdf https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/pico/Pico-R3-A4-Pinout.pdf https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/microcontrollers/raspberry-pi-pico.html https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/microcontrollers/micropython.html https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/microcontrollers/c_sdk.html https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-pico https://arduino-pico.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html https://github.com/khoih-prog/RPI_PICO_TimerInterrupt https://www.arduinolibraries.info/architectures/rp2040 https://www.instructables.com/Raspberry-Pi-Pico-200Khz-Digital-Oscilloscope/ https://www.instructables.com/Arbitrary-Wave-Generator-With-the-Raspberry-Pi-Pic/ http://www.breatharian.eu/hw/picovga/index_en.html https://forum.arduino.cc/t/libraries-updated-to-support-new-rp2040-based-boards-raspberry-pi-pico-etc/860353 Thanks to Altium for sponsoring this video. 0:00 Why I think the Pico was Overrated! 1:24 Intro 2:00 General Overview of the Pico 3:43 Good Parts of the Pico 6:55 One Bad Thing about the Pico 8:01 Truly Great Stuff about the Pico 9:35 Verdict