Description:
Following the hugely popular Raspberry Pi Pico, the new Raspberry Pi Pico W is a wireless-enabled version of the RP2040-based board, adding 2.4GHz 802.11n WiFi connectivity!
The addition of wireless connectivity opens up the Pico W to a vast new range of projects such as remote sensor readings, remote control, home automation, mini web servers, wireless GPIO pin control and much, much more!
At the heart of the Pico W is the RP2040 – the same chip used in the original Raspberry Pi Pico, featuring two ARM Cortex-M0+ cores clocked at 133MHz; 256KB RAM; 30 GPIO pins; and a broad range of interfacing options. This is paired with 2MB of onboard QSPI Flash memory for code and data storage.
WiFi is enabled via the use of an Infineon CYW43439 wireless chip. The CYW43439 supports IEEE 802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN, and Bluetooth 5.2.
A Raspberry Pi Pico WH version, with a 40-way header pre-soldered, is also available which has a slightly different board layout.
With the same footprint and same RP2040 chip, this WiFi Pico can be used as a drop-in replacement for your existing Raspberry Pi Pico projects, upgrading them with WiFi. Just grab a Micro-USB cable, install the latest MicroPython Pico W specific U2F file and start programming!
The Pico W can be quickly and easily programmed using MicroPython and C/C++*.
Specifications:
The main chip on board is the RP2040 made by Raspberry Pi (their first in-house microcontroller chip!) and is a dual-core ARM Cortex M0+ processor, with a flexible clock running up to 133MHz. WiFi is enabled via the use of an Infineon CYW43439.
RP2040 microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi in the United Kingdom
Dual-core ARM Cortex M0+ processor, flexible clock running up to 133 MHz
264kB of SRAM, and 2MB of onboard Flash memory
Infineon CYW43439 wireless chip
IEEE 802.11n wireless LAN
Bluetooth 5.2
WPA3
SoftAP (up to 4 clients)
Onboard antenna licensed from ABRACON (connected via SPI to the RP2040)
Castellated module allows soldering directly to carrier boards
USB 1.1 Host and Device support
Low-power sleep and dormant modes
Drag & drop programming using mass storage over USB
26 multi-function GPIO pins
2×SPI, 2×I2C, 2×UART, 3×12-bit ADC, 16×controllable PWM channels
Real-time clock (RTC)
Temperature sensor
Accelerated floating-point libraries on-chip
8×Programmable IO (PIO) state machines for custom peripheral support
