Raspberry Pi Pico W $9.90 + shipping @ Core Electronics. Got an email from them, they say limited stock.
Raspberry Pi Pico W $9.90 + Delivery ($0 NSW C&C) @ Core Electronics
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Steve90pct on 19/08/2022 - 20:34 core-electronics.com.au (4275 clicks)
Last edited 19/08/2022 - 20:37 by 1 other user
Last edited 19/08/2022 - 20:37 by 1 other user
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Looks like versions with headers also in stock: https://core-electronics.com.au/raspberry-pi/pico/non-wirele…
*for the non-wireless version
Whoops, thought the original was non-wireless. Thanks for the correction
isn't there a second version of this?
If you ever have a question about computers again, this is your man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q807OdvtH0
Is it bad that i knew which video this was gonna be before i clicked the link?
Not bad - you just knew there is only one guy on youtube that has all the answers about micro-computers.
@plastic spoon: Who is your guy? My guy belongs in educational videos from the 1990s, so he better be good.
@Budju: I was thinking of Andreas Spiess who has a few hundred videos mostly on ESP32/8266 and various sensors. He doesn't have the sweet haircut of the Explaining Computers guy though
@plastic spoon: I've subscribed to your man. I have one more Ace up my sleeve - The Hans Beekhuyzen Channel offers high quality Rasperry Pi information, but only in the high fidelity audio space.
Not gonna lie, I expected it to be Moss from IT Crowd.
I guessed who it was before clicking the link haha. He’s awesome. Very good straightforward videos and 100% unique. Love this dude. Hope he gets 20m subs one day.
I think you are thinking
Pi Zero 2 (W)
This is the Pico, microcontroller not computer.
Need a WH version. My soldering skills suck.
So do mine. Take your time, I did and it worked out fine.
Agreed. In about 8 months I went from completely hopeless to ram upgrading Xboxes.
Only way to learn is to practice.
Perfect cheap excuse to practice?
postage: "Sorry, no quotes are available for this order at this time. This can happen if the order is too heavy, please try to modify your cart and try again (perhaps placing two orders)."
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edit: that has gone, but $3 stamped envelope shipping method that I used before is missing. Am I not trusted as an existing customer?
Wish CHIP was still alive
There is a guy on aliexpress selling left over CHIPS.
Was CHIP more powerful than these? I still have 2 CHIPs purchased from the Kickstarter campaign.
It was close to pi zero
I have one but sadly unable to updateHaving kick started CHIP…
They promised a lot, but the chip (allwinner) really sucked.
I took a pristine unit out of its bag last year and it didn’t even power on properly.. so reliability is crap too.The world was a very different place when CHIP started, the pi zero W basically killed it.
I think the PICO W is closer to an ESP32, because it doesn’t actually run Linux.. unless I’m mistaken?
@[Deactivated]: Agree they couldnt scale properly. But the whole project was good.
Doubt anyone can beat pi now
@life is suffering: There's some interesting alternatives out there. Check out OrangePi and NanoPi. Depends on your application though. Raspberry Pi is awesome because of the support and documentation. Bloody hard to get one at the moment though.
Ponch?
Old enough to get that 😟
My one died like 4 years ago, never even used it properly. Got stuck at reinstalling OS because USB in my Ubuntu VM wasn't playing ball with host USB. This was way before I knew anything about electronics anyway.
Was using it as computer and led experiment lol
Now sitting in dust
i am new to this stuff,what is the use of this chip ?
It’s a small low powered computer. There are endless things you can use it for.
microcontroller*
Can it be used for pi-hole?
You'd want a pi or pi zero for that. This is a microcontroller with no OS.
Can I create an FTP server with one of these ? It would be used to send/store emails sent from my Reolink DVR box (security camera setup) ?
You'd need a more powerful Pi for that type of processing.
How much does that cost?
Google is your friend. Aim for 3b+ or so.
I want this but I can't think of any project I need them for… dunno if I should get one 'just in case'
That’s pretty awesome.
If this becomes out of stock, here's another retailer with 1038 units in stock and for $9.90 + shipping
https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/raspberry-pi-p…
Both are reputable sellers, Little Bird has cheaper shipping for me too, $8 vs $10;
What is the advantage of these over an ESP32?
Technically? Probably not much, I'd expect these to be perhaps more stable/reliable. From a support, community and ecosystem perspective? Heaps. Same as the difference between the raspberry pi and the countless similar SBCs.
At this moment I think it is the opposite - ESP is a very popular microcontroller and there are a lot of projects supporting it.
Pi Pico is late to the party.
We will see in the future… But at this moment… As much as I like buying (collecting) various RPis I can't see any application for Pi Pico W.I wouldn't buy this, ESP is way to go, so many apps including WLED supports it. I hope people who buying this know the difference between this and Pi Zero.
Biggest point of difference is probably the programmable io units. These are sort of like a 'soft peripheral' where you can program it to behave like a UART, spi, iic etc module. Because they are programmable, people have implemented code for other things like neopixels. This PIO code runs in its own 'CPU' so is far more deterministic timing wise compared to bit banging libraries. This also frees up the main CPU to run your code without all the interrupts required for high line speed protocols.
Yep, this is the reason.
ESPs and Teensys and Atmels all have their uses. Obviously the ESP series have quite solid features for dirt cheap… but the PIO feature is a defining feature for the Pico.
I suspect the next gen ESPs will get something like this too, but I guess if you have to ask, it probably doesn’t matter for your needsMy next hobbie project will be getting VGA (or even basic HDMI?) out of one of these, see if I can build a train station info/display on the cheap.
That's really cool, it's something I didn't even know about. It's beyond any of my needs but I can see it being really useful for some niches.
zero w plss 😭😭😭
need my pwnagotchi 👿👿👿
HODL?
I wonder if support for Pico W will eventually overcome the ESP, with ESPHome and TASMOTA etc.
Unlikely. ESPHome is so well supported on home assistant.
Why, Esp is like half the price, it's like raspberry pi try to re invent the wheel.
It may not and may be some of these projects may never be ported to pico/pico w.
But there are somethings in pico which is not there in any esp so far like the PIO.
So eventhough it makes zero sense now to purchase a under powered controller(compared to esp32) paired with a lack luster closed wifi chipset which does not have Bluetooth/BLE support, no one can tell what the billion dollar foundation can churn out as pico 2W or pico 3 W. They may come up with an much better integrated solution and by that time many new niche projects would have matured which properly utilize the Pico specific features.
Right now Pico(RP2040) in itself is not a bad proposition for applications where earlier choices used to be either Atmel AVR/STM32/ etc and slowly it will eat many such 8bit/32-bit controller market.
Abundance of RP2040 in post Covid era, Support for MicroPython/CircuitPython for beginners, as well as support for Arduino and C/C++ and FreeRTOS makes the whole stadium take notice. The latter(C/C++ with FreeRTOS) makes puts it in a entirely different league for Industrial adoption and features like PIO and fully documented hardware for all is the icing in the cake in the long run.
Not that ESP32 is lacking in any of the above except for the PIO. But it took years and years for Espressif to reach here. And in another 2 years Espressif may have much better RISC-V based offerings with Wifi6(dual band) and other solutions for matter etc. But still RP2040 is something which managed to turn a lot of heads turn and it makes sense to pay attention.
Lot of RP2040 Pico clones available in Aliexpress at reasonable price and also couple of Built for Pico peripherals.
Bring back the $3 basic postage option.
Pickup is in Newcastle btw not Sydney